Comment 5 for bug 186940

alsactl -v still shows 1.0.15; I've installed backports for 2.6.24 and don't see any newer kernel version.

Could you provide a link or something?

Sound still does not work as of today, with all recent updates and several different /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base configurations.

This is a very popular soundcard model for newer Dells, I'm surprised there hasn't been a solution yet. :(