Browser sound not working when webcam is connected

Hi,
The other day I got a USB logitech webcam and I was able to get it working on my arch Linux. However, I'm having problems with the sound. When I plug in my webcam to my computer, there won't be any problem if my computer was already running, but if I plug in my USB webcam before starting my computer, the sound for browsers won't work at all. I thought it was Flash related issue, but I noticed that Chromium cannot play html5 videos, either. On the other hand, Amarok and other applications have no problem with the sound.
My other issue is with the volume manager. My keyboard has a button for adjusting the volume, but if my webcam is connected, it won't be able to adjust the volume for my speakers. When I try to use this button, the picture for volume adjustment shows up with an empty bar.
I think there's a conflict between my PCI sound card and the microphone of my USB webcam. Any idea how to resolve this issue?
Thanks

It's not the browser issue. It's an issue with the order of the cards.
Sometimes The webcam goes as HW0 and the system try to use that rather than your sound card.
Quickest fix:
Edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
Add:
alias snd-card-0 snd-whatso-ever
alias sound-slot-0 snd-whatso-ever
Where snd-whatso-ever is your... sound card.
To find it use:
ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders
Farther reading:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Als … sound_card

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