[17179592.136000] cannot create card instance 0 [17179592.136000] snd-usb-audio: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -5 [17179592.140000] usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
I think these are the offending lines; they show up whenever the sound card doesn't load. Thank you for your help and service to Ubuntu. Ayan ** Attachment added: "dmesg file." http://librarian.launchpad.net/6879658/soundcard -- external sound card (USB) is not detected most of the time https://launchpad.net/bugs/93922 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs