Issues with newer kernels

[personman]

I have a couple issues on my laptop with the latest stable kernel, 2.6.31-19-generic:

1.) My ALC268 audio chipset no longer functions. KDE gives a message asking to remove the devices.

2.) KDE intermittently fails to boot properly. Sometimes I just get a black screen.

I've tried a vanilla 2.6.32.12 from ubuntu's kernel ppa, it doesn't have issue #1, but it does have issue #2.

Reverting to an older kernel like 2.6.31-9-rt seems to make both issues go away.

It's an Acer Aspire laptop, 5520-5155.

[personman]

Re: Issues with newer kernels

This might be more appropriate for Software Support, actually. So if a moderator would like to move it, that'd be fine with me.

-Andy