Quick Answer: How Do I Enable Audio in Ubuntu?
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Open the Activities overview and start typing Sound. Click on Sound to open the panel. Under Output, change the Profile settings for the selected device and play a sound to see if it works.

How do I fix no sound on Ubuntu?

How to Resolve no sound problem on Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10, 13.04 and Older versions

  1. Check the volume. First thing you need to check is the volume settings, Go to top menu and click sound settings (see screenshot bellow): …
  2. Check Alsa Mixer. …
  3. Reinstall Alsa and Pulse Audio. …
  4. Install Ubuntu Audio Development Team Driver.

How do I fix no sound in Linux?

Check your Linux kernel version and if it is 5.4 or lower, try this possible workaround that is suggested by Arch Linux and Ubuntu developers. Save and close the file and reboot your system. You should have the audio back. If it fixed your sound problem, you may want to fix brightness issue as well.

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