Running latest Ubuntu 20.04 Kernel version 5.4.0-31
Just as simple as other questions about this topic, I've tried every solution available on forums but nothing seems to work, the main problem is that no sound card is in use
With this command lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio there's an output
08:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 HD Audio Controller [10de:10f8] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TU104 HD Audio Controller [1043:8708]
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
08:00.2 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 USB 3.1 Host Controller [10de:1ad8]
(rev a1)
0a:00.4 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
Controller [1022:1487]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller [1043:8723]
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
0b:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI
mode] [1022:7901] (rev 51)but none of them are in use, reloading alsa also shows this so I'm kind of stuck, any help would be appreciated,
5 Answers
I ran into this exact same issue on my issue. I don't know if you are experiencing the same problem because it ended up being that timidity-daemon was causing this to appear. I ended up having to remove that and it started working.
The one thing I can suggest as a workaround is running this command
sudo alsa force-reloadThis would force my device to start working again.
0Found here: Ubuntu no sound, dummy output, and no sound card detected
Open /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and add the following line at the end:
options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0Then:
pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reloadYou will hear the sound.
1remove timidity:
sudo apt-get remove timidity
sudo rebootThis ended up solving by updating Kernel from 5.4 to 5.6, then it was gone instantly if anyone has this issue that sound card is detected but not in use should try that, thanks for the answers
Same issue on kernel 5.4.
But if some audio output device is connected during boot, the device seems to function properly, although unplugged devices are not working anymore.
On my environment, a simple solution to avoid using dummy output is leaving at least one audio output device connected during boot. Additionally, this allows others to be plugged in/out.
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