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ubunru 18.04 sound/mic device not working; restart sound devie driver
3047 systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket
3048 systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket
3049 systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service
3050 pulseaudio -v
4791 pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload
4858 pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload
32472 pulseaudio --check
32473 pulseaudio -D
32474 pulseaudio -k
32475 pulseaudio -D
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y56 commented Dec 1, 2022

When you plug-in a new sound/mic device, sometimes, you can see it appear but you can't switch to use it. (Usually a device through USB, with its own sound chip) Then, you need to restart the sound driver.

Method 1

pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio -D

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