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How to reload audio, was working (20.04.1 LTS) and has now stopped working

Asked by David Barragan on 2021-01-18

My audio was working fine ... on lastest startup it stopped working ... it seems I have no drivers?

dvb@dvb-server:~$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: N/A
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF104 High Definition Audio driver: N/A

I've tried all the alsa and pulse audio fixes, I've tried the in BIOS->disable audio, reboot, bios->enable audio reboot ... nothing seems to work.

I've run the alsa-info.sh command and the resulting upload is: http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=06b566900bd524c5221cd157644eedc53916e815

Would really love some help trying to get this working again ... thanks!

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Solved by:
Manfred Hampl
Solved:
2021-01-19
Last query:
2021-01-19
Last reply:
2021-01-18
Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : #1

What is the output of the commands

dpkg -l | grep -i hwe
dpkg -l | grep ' linux-'

David Barragan (elhanan) said : #2

dvb@dvb-server:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i hwe
dvb@dvb-server:~$ dpkg -l | grep ' linux-'
ii linux-base 4.5ubuntu3.1 all Linux image base package
ii linux-firmware 1.187.8 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
ii linux-generic 5.4.0.62.65 amd64 Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii linux-headers-5.4.0-62 5.4.0-62.70 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.4.0
ii linux-headers-5.4.0-62-generic 5.4.0-62.70 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 5.4.0.62.65 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
rc linux-image-5.4.0-58-generic 5.4.0-58.64 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
rc linux-image-5.4.0-59-generic 5.4.0-59.65 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
rc linux-image-5.4.0-60-generic 5.4.0-60.67 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.4.0-62-generic 5.4.0-62.70 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
rc linux-image-5.8.0-34-generic 5.8.0-34.37~20.04.2 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.8.0-36-generic 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-generic 5.4.0.62.65 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image
ii linux-libc-dev:amd64 5.4.0-62.70 amd64 Linux Kernel Headers for development
rc linux-modules-5.4.0-58-generic 5.4.0-58.64 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-5.4.0-59-generic 5.4.0-59.65 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-5.4.0-60-generic 5.4.0-60.67 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-5.4.0-62-generic 5.4.0-62.70 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-5.8.0-34-generic 5.8.0-34.37~20.04.2 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-5.8.0-36-generic 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-58-generic 5.4.0-58.64 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-59-generic 5.4.0-59.65 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-60-generic 5.4.0-60.67 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-62-generic 5.4.0-62.70 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.4.0-58-generic 5.4.0-58.64 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-58
rc linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.4.0-59-generic 5.4.0-59.65 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-59
rc linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.8.0-34-generic 5.8.0-34.37~20.04.2 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.8.0-34
ii linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.8.0-36-generic 5.8.0-36.40~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.8.0-36
ii linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.8.0-38-generic 5.8.0-38.43~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.8.0-38
ii linux-sound-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 all base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
dvb@dvb-server:~$

Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : #3

I agree with your assumption that the driver package is missing.

It is not clear to me what the reason was for upgrading from the 5.4.0-* to the 5.8.0-* version of the kernel.
For solving the problem I suggest installing the package linux-modules-extra-(version-number)-generic

Try
sudo apt install linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04

David Barragan (elhanan) said : #4

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.

Paul Omernik (leviathor) said : #5

I can confirm that installation of linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 solved my no-audio issue on Xubuntu 20.04.1.

inxi -A
Audio: Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-38-generic

Thank you, Manfred.