No they are not because lsmod didn't show them. I had to add the following lines: 8139too snd-intel8x0 uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore usb_storage usbhid vfat to /etc/modules and then things started to work.
It seems that this is a rare bug and very few users face it, but it sure as hell does exist and shouldn't be rejected. -- Some modules are not automatically loaded after dist-upgrade from 5.10 to 6.06 beta https://launchpad.net/bugs/41144 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
