--- /var/lib/dpkg/info/alsa-utils.postinst.orig	2010-10-21 18:39:46.000000000 +0200
+++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/alsa-utils.postinst	2010-10-22 07:12:06.709730362 +0200
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@
 	if [ -f "$S" ]
 	  then mv "$S" "$S.conf"
 	fi
-    if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3"; then
-        # we need to call alsactl init once to activate the cards
-        # on later boots the state file handles this
-        id=`cat /proc/asound/card$1/id 2>/dev/null`
-        if [ "$id" = "Panda" -o "$id" = "SDP4430" ]; then
-            alsactl init
-        fi
-    fi
+	if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3"; then
+		for idfile in /proc/asound/card*/id; do
+			card=`echo "$idfile" | cut -d'/' -f4 | tr -d '^card'`
+			id=`cat "$idfile"`
+			if [ "$id" = "Panda" -o "$id" = "SDP4430" ]; then
+				# for these versions of alsa-utils, for these cards, we need to call alsactl init on the card once to activate them
+				# on later boots the state file handles this
+				alsactl init $card
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
 	;;
   abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
 	# Nothing to do because we didn't take any action in the prerm