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Fixing the "Dummy Output" audio output error on Ubuntu 20.04/20.10
# In order to fix the "Dummy Output" Error we will reset PulseAudio
# restarting PulseAudio deamon
systemctl --user restart pulseaudio
# removing the user configuration files for PulseAudio
rm -r ~/.config/pulse
# killing all instances of PulseAudio
pulseaudio -k
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Bnux256 commented Jun 25, 2021

Couldn't hear any audio on my Ubuntu 20.10 installation after reboot. Audio output was called "Dummy Output". In order to fix the issue, we will reset PulseAudio. If this isn't helpful, try seeing if the issue is in ALSA and verify that this isn't a hardware issue.

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