Thanks for the bug report. It appears you have jackd installed, which is not a normal part of Ubuntu and might steal the sound devices before pulseaudio starts. Please uninstall jackd, restart, and tell us if the problem persists.
Also if you have 'timidity' installed please remove that too. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878527 Title: "Dummy Output" as Audio Device in Ubuntu settings - Ubuntu 20.04. Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi All As soon as i boot to OS, my sound device is shown as "Dummy Output". i wait for 10 to 15 minutes and run below commands and then, it kills few processes and sound starts working. I have to do this step every time system is rebooted. # pulseaudio --kill; sleep 2s; sudo alsa force-reload ; pulseaudio --start Thanks. RD ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-7625.27~1576774585~18.04~c7868f8-generic 5.3.13 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-7625-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/dsp', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu May 14 09:39:15 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-12 (671 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-28 (15 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/04/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: System76 dmi.bios.version: 1.07.11RSA4-1 dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345 dmi.board.name: Oryx Pro dmi.board.vendor: System76 dmi.board.version: oryp4 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: System76 dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSystem76:bvr1.07.11RSA4-1:bd12/04/2018:svnSystem76:pnOryxPro:pvroryp4:rvnSystem76:rnOryxPro:rvroryp4:cvnSystem76:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.family: Not Applicable dmi.product.name: Oryx Pro dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable dmi.product.version: oryp4 dmi.sys.vendor: System76 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1878527/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp