I had the same problem with my Latitude D610 laptop after I removed pulseaudio the fix was to install gnome-alsamixer and I clicked on "External Amplifier" and sound on my laptop's speakers were working again.
I had the same problem with my Latitude D610 laptop after I removed pulseaudio the fix was to install gnome-alsamixer and I clicked on "External Amplifier" and sound on my laptop's speakers were working again.