I did an distribution upgrade from kali 1.0.6
#apt-get dist-upgrade
and realise there were no sound...tried the following:
1. check to see if the sound device is being detected
#lspci (Yes)

2. Check to see if the sound drivers for this device is installed
#lsmod

3. use "modprobe" command to manually probe for each drivers found under lsmod list

After all of the above i tried to remove pulseaudio which resulted in most important lib modules being remove including network manager. I am now contemplating to do a full re-installation of kali 1.0.6 and DO NOT UPGRADE....
Is there anyone encountering this problem when uprgading that can shed some light on the solution for other users upgrading?