I've downgraded kernels back to a stock maverick kernel (2.6.35-22-generic) and i've installed the linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.35-22-generic package from the ubuntu-audio-dev ppa (as suggested in the wiki entry pointed out by David above) and everything is still working perfectly.
I've downgraded kernels back to a stock maverick kernel (2.6.35-22-generic) and i've installed the linux-alsa- driver- modules- 2.6.35- 22-generic package from the ubuntu-audio-dev ppa (as suggested in the wiki entry pointed out by David above) and everything is still working perfectly.