*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1793640 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1793640
Same thing for me with a Lenovo L520 and Intel chipset. Some relevant information just in case sudo lshw -c sound *-multimedia description: Audio device product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:28 memory:f0900000-f0903fff *-usb:1 description: Video product: Integrated Camera vendor: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. physical id: 4 bus info: usb@2:1.4 version: 2.22 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=200mA speed=480Mbit/s ------------------------------------------------------------------- lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04) Subsystem: Lenovo 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [17aa:21dd] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel ------------------------------------------------------------------- lsmod | grep snd_hda_intel snd_hda_intel 40960 3 snd_hda_codec 126976 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_core 81920 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_pcm 98304 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core snd 81920 17 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,thinkpad_acpi,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801538 Title: no sound after upgrading to ubuntu 18.10 from 18.04 Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 18.10 does not recognize sound devices. After upgrading there is only a dummy device known. All others are gone. In tune there is no sound output to nowhere. It does not mater it headphones are plugged or not while booting. It does not matter if any usb-sound device is plugged or not. The only device show for output in mixer is "Dummy device". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:12.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: timidity 8931 F.... timidity /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: timidity 8931 F...m timidity /dev/snd/seq: timidity 8931 F.... timidity /dev/snd/timer: timidity 8931 f.... timidity Date: Sat Nov 3 17:25:55 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (2571 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-03 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/21/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. dmi.bios.version: V2.15 dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: TravelMate P643-M dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: V2.15 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.15 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrV2.15:bd10/21/2013:svnAcer:pnTravelMateP643-M:pvrV2.15:rvnAcer:rnTravelMateP643-M:rvrV2.15:cvnAcer:ct9:cvrV2.15: dmi.product.family: TravelMate P643-M dmi.product.name: TravelMate P643-M dmi.product.sku: TravelMate P643-M_0681_2.15 dmi.product.version: V2.15 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1801538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp