You say that patch fixes it, but that you still experience the problem in edgy? That's strange considering that edgy and dapper both have this patch.
Please confirm that you actually can reproduce this problem with latest dapper and edgy kernels. -- Unplugging Audigy 2 ZS Notebook (PCMCIA) still causing system crash on Ubuntu Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/40737 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs