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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.1.6 and loss of sound
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Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Today I upgraded my kernel from 3.0.6 to 3.1.6 and promptly lost sound.
> This motherboard has Intel HDA. All the required modules are loaded, and
> I hear a thud as they're loaded, but alsaconf can't find the device.
>
> I tried recompiling all the alsa drivers into the kernel instead of as
> modules but it made no difference.
>
> Has anyone a fix for this?

I think the first step for something like this is to run 
/usr/bin/alsa-info to get some debugging detail.

In other news...So 3.1.6 just went stable for amd64. I wonder what's 
special about that one that wasn't met by 3.0.{13|14} or 3.1.[0-5].