(In reply to Takashi Iwai from comment #2) > Please give alsa-info.sh output. Run the script with --no-upload option and > attach the output. > > The error message "cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-0), error: -16" > usually implies that you specify the module option index=0 for this driver > while the given slot (0) has been already occupied by another sound card > (e.g. USB-audio). In that case, it's more about a configuration failure. Since I've updated the nvidia drivers the issue has not yet happened again, do you want the output from alsa-info when it happens or when everything is working, or both?