diff -u alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/init alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/init
--- alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/init
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/init
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 MYNAME=/etc/init.d/alsa-utils
+export PULSE_INTERNAL=0
 
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
diff -u alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/changelog alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/changelog
--- alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/changelog
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.17/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+alsa-utils (1.0.17-0ubuntu3) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/init: Set PULSE_INTERNAL=0 to prevent PulseAudio from
+    being inspected for invocations of alsactl and amixer.  Fixes
+    hangs attempting to (re)store mixer element values as
+    reported in LP: #274995.
+
+ -- Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:56:08 -0500
+
 alsa-utils (1.0.17-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Merge changes from asoundconf trunk to fix a crash in the asoundconf