No cards, no /proc/asound, nada Here is a part of the problem: $ dmesg | grep -i snd [ 5.501289] snd: Unknown parameter `device_mode' [ 5.521068] snd: Unknown parameter `device_mode' [ 5.548879] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_register [ 5.549233] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry [ 5.549514] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry [ 5.549995] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf [ 5.550369] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_ecards_limit [ 5.550684] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_oss_info_register [ 5.551992] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_device [ 5.552298] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_device_new [ 5.552789] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_register_device_for_dev [ 5.555342] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_register [ 5.555677] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry [ 5.556022] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry [ 5.556537] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf [ 5.556921] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_ecards_limit [ 5.557275] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_oss_info_register [ 5.557529] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_unregister_device [ 5.557852] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_device_new [ 5.558402] snd_timer: Unknown symbol snd_register_device_for_dev [ 8.488754] snd: Unknown parameter `device_mode' [ 8.520580] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_info_register [ 8.521128] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry [ 8.521679] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry [ 8.522232] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_seq_root [ 8.522793] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf [ 8.523669] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_device_new [ 94.168026] snd: Unknown parameter `device_mode' [ 94.177591] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_info_register [ 94.177807] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_info_create_module_entry [ 94.178028] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_info_free_entry [ 94.178255] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_seq_root [ 94.178513] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_iprintf [ 94.178878] snd_seq_device: Unknown symbol snd_device_new I had compiled some of this stuff into custom kernels to solve the previous outbreak. Seems I should not need to do this and stock linux-images should work. Anyone had this and fixed it?