diff -u alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/changelog alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/changelog
--- alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/changelog
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+alsa-utils (1.0.11-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/init: Forward-port fix from Ubuntu #43197 so that leading
+    whitespace won't trip up echo_card_indices() with Linux 2.6.16+.
+
+ -- Daniel T Chen <crimsun@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 11 May 2006 17:21:39 -0400
+
 alsa-utils (1.0.11-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Elimar Riesebieter ]
diff -u alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/init alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/init
--- alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/init
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.11/debian/init
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 echo_card_indices()
 {
 	if [ -f /proc/asound/cards ] ; then
-		sed -n -e's/^\([0-7]\)[[:space:]].*/\1/p' /proc/asound/cards
+		sed -n -e's/^[[:space:]]*\([0-7]\)[[:space:]].*/\1/p' /proc/asound/cards
 	fi
 }