The other day my sound stopped working on Ubuntu 18.04 desktop. I have no clue why. The sound stopped working overnight for some reason. After some research and taking a walk around Brooklyn, I found the below command to restart the sound service on Ubuntu:

pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload

All works now! Give it a try and let me know if it works for you. Follow me on Twitter @itprohelper and also check out my coffee mugs and T-Shirts shop where I design cool stuff.

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  1. Worked perfectly for me! I am running Ubuntu 20.04.2 on a Veriton M6610G
    the output from this command:
    /sbin/alsa: Warning: Processes using sound devices: 35252(pulseaudio).
    Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-codec-realtek snd-hda-codec-generic snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-hda-intel snd-intel-dspcfg snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer (failed: modules still loaded: snd-hda-codec-realtek snd-hda-codec-generic snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-hda-intel snd-intel-dspcfg snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-timer).
    Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-codec-realtek snd-hda-codec-generic snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-hda-intel snd-intel-dspcfg snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer.
    Has a FAILED in the first ALSA sound driver modules output – My question is – Is there any value in analyzing this????

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