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I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and there is no sound. It takes me to a dummy output and I don't know how to fix it.

Gurmande
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  • I added pulse audio and it allows me to see Dummy Output as a virtual device but does not show my sound card. If I power down, I get my sound back, but that's not a real fix. – john miglautsch Jul 16 '19 at 20:46

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Sorry for replying late, I hope you've found your solution online. In case you haven't here are things that you can try.

Install pavucontrol with

~$ sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
~$ pavucontrol

Then, go under Output Devices and chose the appropriate option. In case that doesn't work, try uninstalling and reinstalling alsa-base, pulseaudio and pavucontrol

~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio pavucontrol
~$ sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio pavucontrol
~$ sudo alsa force-reload
~$ pulseaudio --start

Open pavucontrol again. You might need to reboot after reinstalling given packages.

Pero Alex
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  • pavucontrol by itself does not help for me. Under the 'output devices' tab it only shows 'dummy output'. – Jonathan Hartley Nov 15 '18 at 02:41
  • The apt-get commands did help though. By the time I'd done sudo alsa force-reload my regular output device was back and working. – Jonathan Hartley Nov 15 '18 at 02:43
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    None of the above helped me (without a system restart). Finally, what helped was pulseaudio --kill && pulseaudio --start, which worked instantly, even without system restart. – OndroMih Apr 04 '19 at 09:37