I tried to play sound today, and no sound.
Similar questions and my failed attempts:
No Sound (Dummy Output) error Ubuntu 19.10 but no solution here
pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload
changed nothingpacmd list-cards
lists 0 cards.
also, typing pacmd set-card-profile 0 output:analog-stereo
gives No card found by this name or index.
source: "Dummy Output" No sound in Ubuntu 16.04
- Trying
sudo alsactl init 0
gives
alsactl: init:1778: Cannot find soundcard '0'...
mv ~/.config/pulse ~/.config/old_pulse
and then rebooting also fails source: https://itsfoss.com/fix-sound-ubuntu-1304-quick-tip/sudo apt-get remove alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio
failed. Source: https://itsfoss.com/fix-sound-ubuntu-1304-quick-tip/
- sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-uname -r
alsa-base alsa-firmware-loaders alsa-oss alsa-source alsa-tools
alsa-tools-gui alsa-utils alsamixergui
sudo usermod -a -G audio username
sudo reboot