Raymond, I followed the advice given here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1158033#p1158033
to wit, add blacklist i82975x_edac to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf It really did kill two birds with a stone: booting Ubuntu could take several minutes and the sound was disabled, now both problems are gone. Thank you very much! Rodrigo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1075367 Title: PCI/internal sound card not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1075367/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
