sound problem on Kubuntu 20.04

[Shlomo Solomon]

pavucontrol was one of the first things I tried and no help

But, on trying it again now, Boris mentioned (and I did not notice
before), pavucontrol in fact lists dummy as the only device.


On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:40:41 +0200
Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il> wrote:

> On 10/12/2020 9:02, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> 
> > I think you're right, but I have no idea how to fix it, or why it
> > was not setup automatically. As I wrote earlier, in the LiveDVD I
> > had sound.
> 
> Have you tried pavucontrol? (from package pavucontrol) It can help 
> clarify Pulseaudio's view of things.
> 
> 
> But then again, if ALSA (as user root) does not see it, pulseaudio
> has nothing to work with. And nowadays there's even another layer:
> pipewire (pw-play, pw-cli, and such). But I have not yet heard of
> problems caused at that level.
> 
> 
> -- Tzafrir
> 



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