Thanks, Jarek, but for some reason it does not work:
the content of /etc/modprobe.conf is:

alias eth0 r8169
alias eth1 bcm43xx
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0

and when I run

sudo modprobe -r snd-card-0 && sudo modprobe snd-card-0

I've got the following in /var/log/messages:

Jul  3 20:57:35 noclue kernel: cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-1)
Jul  3 20:57:35 noclue kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with
error -12

and I cannot use xmms.
Any idea?

Alex

Quoting Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hello
> 
> > I just wonder how to reload audio drivers from
> > the command line?
> 
> Just execute as root:
> 
> /sbin/modprobe -r MODULE && /abin/modprobe MODULE
> 
> To see what the MODULE argument should be check your
> /etc/modprobe.conf content (most likely this will be
> snd-card-0)
> 
> Jarek
> 
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