Hey Aron,
here is the output of lsmod on my Thinkpad X61 where the current natty boots up fine (done with up-to-date natty live CD):

Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
dm_crypt               18012  0 
lp                     13349  0 
snd_hda_codec_analog    70788  1 
arc4                   12473  2 
snd_hda_intel          24140  2 
snd_usb_audio          99605  1 
snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm                80274  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
thinkpad_acpi          73780  0 
snd_hwdep              13274  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_usbmidi_lib        24389  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25301  2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
iwlagn                280166  0 
snd_seq                51303  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
pcmcia                 43767  0 
iwlcore               138295  1 iwlagn
uvcvideo               66852  0 
snd_timer              28689  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac80211              246296  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
ppdev                  12849  0 
videodev               75171  1 uvcvideo
tpm_tis                13993  0 
v4l1_compat            21825  2 uvcvideo,videodev
parport_pc             32111  1 
tpm                    21121  1 tpm_tis
yenta_socket           27230  0 
joydev                 17322  0 
snd                    55129  18 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,thinkpad_acpi,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
nvram                  14035  1 thinkpad_acpi
tpm_bios               13460  1 tpm
parport                36746  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
pcmcia_rsrc            18292  1 yenta_socket
cfg80211              146707  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
pcmcia_core            21505  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
psmouse                64260  0 
soundcore              12600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw              12990  0 
squashfs               35795  1 
aufs                  158932  3953 
nls_iso8859_1          12617  1 
nls_cp437              12751  1 
vfat                   17313  1 
fat                    55474  1 vfat
dm_raid45              88410  0 
xor                    21860  1 dm_raid45
btrfs                 517268  0 
zlib_deflate           26594  1 btrfs
libcrc32c              12543  1 btrfs
hid_cherry             12547  0 
usbhid                 45936  0 
hid                    76993  2 hid_cherry,usbhid
usb_storage            43946  1 
uas                    17676  0 
i915                  393710  3 
drm_kms_helper         40746  1 i915
drm                   182215  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
ahci                   21591  1 
sdhci_pci              13573  0 
firewire_ohci          31396  0 
firewire_core          60264  1 firewire_ohci
e1000e                138373  0 
sdhci                  22720  1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
libahci                25249  1 ahci
i2c_algo_bit           13150  1 i915
video                  18975  1 i915
output                 12999  1 video