Running Ubuntu XFCE 20.04, the ARM version, does not have sound. Playing music with volume on, keeps silent. I must admit that it runs in a QEMU virtualization environment (UTM) on a Macbook Pro M1, so I thought is was the virtualization software, but a Windows 11 VM plays music flawlessly. I used wired headphones to test as I have no speakers or Bluetooth audio attached to the Macbook. These do work in native macOS and in a Windows 11 VM. I found this webpage with a similar problem (on a real computer, no VM) and tried these options to no avail.No sound on arm ubuntu 20.04aplay -l results in:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

alsa-info returns:

ALSA Information Script v 0.4.64
--------------------------------
This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware. dmesg lspci aplay amixer alsactl /proc/asound/ /sys/class/sound/ ~/.asoundrc (etc.)
See '/usr/sbin/alsa-info --help' for command line options.
Newer version detected: 0.5.1
To view the ChangeLog, please visit
ALSA-Info script has been downloaded /tmp/alsa-info.e39uLe4Mvu.
Please, re-run it from new location.

I tried all options of pavucontrol but it remained silent.

Is there any way to get sound in Ubuntu ?

1 Answer

I faced exact problem on my VM Ubuntu. After long unsuccessful search I discovered next simple solution:

1. Play any audio or video in Ubuntu;
2. While playing open your main OS;
3. Change level of volume in usual manner;
4. Return to your Ubuntu.

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