I don't have any sound, only dummy output which doesn't work, and following the Ubuntu guide for troubleshooting sound, I get stuck at loading the modules.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
(This is the guide I'm trying to follow)
To preface this, I have had sound working before on fresh install and it seemed to stop working when I shut my laptop lid. And in my quest to fix the issue, I have updated to kernel 4.18.8 using ukuu which appears to work fine other than the sound still not working.
So, when I get to step 4 of the guide, I get no soundcard found. Then, when I go to check if the modules are installed (step 5 of the guide), I get a normal result.
However, using alsa info to give me an output, it appears to not have any
modules actually loaded.
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d1320e6df212a41f4dccda8b33ff5fe13c4adc86
That is the output of alsainfo as suggested by a number of forums for sound troubles. via this link:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/AlsaInfo
Strangely, to add to this, I tried sudo alsa force-reload
and I do actually get an output:
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-soc-skl snd-soc-skl-ipc snd-soc-sst-ipc snd-soc-sst-dsp snd-hda-ext-core snd-soc-acpi snd-soc-core snd-compress snd-pcm-dmaengine snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-dummy snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer.
Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-soc-skl snd-soc-skl-ipc snd-soc-sst-ipc snd-soc-sst-dsp snd-hda-ext-core snd-soc-acpi snd-soc-core snd-compress snd-pcm-dmaengine snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-dummy snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer.
Which is strange, because if there are no modules loaded, what is it unloading and loading...
(Maybe that's just me being a noob, but that seems odd).
Would greatly appreciate help.
