Have you installed the Jack Audio Connection Kit and the Jack audio Connection tool kit - Qt GUI interface? Do you want to or need to install them? If you have not or do not, then the fact that they are not installed is irrelevant to your problem.
Both of those packages are not part of the default install of Ubuntu. I do not have them installed on my install of Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. I have no problems with sound.
nareesh-pal-memorial-trust@cpim-pc:~$ arecord -L && inxi -A
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
PipeWire Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Alt Analog
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Alt Analog
Hardware device with all software conversions
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
Front output / input
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Alt Analog
Direct sample snooping device
Command 'inxi' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install inxi
nareesh-pal-memorial-trust@cpim-pc:~$
I’m also searching the answer of my problem. When OS was 22.04 I had no problem so far audio sound is concerned. It is also a fact, that after upgrading to Noble, as I have seen in different platforms, many users are facing audio problems. Though in my another PC with same OS, I also do not have sound problem.
I have applied all the troubleshooting steps one-by-one, as mentioned in the above link, except downgrading the kernel. After rebooting, I’m now getting sound in my speaker.
How exactly do I revert back to pulse audio? I installed 24.04 LTS about 6 weeks ago and my audio has been totally fine till today, today it started acting up. I can actually hear audio but the sound is crackly and has static.
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There is no need to add this PPA>>ppa:pipewire-debian
It might be just as easy as this, and this is only a simulation no changes are made,
apt -s install pulseaudio
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libasound2-plugins
I am having cracking sound too.
The issues occurs on VLC and Rhythmbox.
The sound files are FLAC format.
I suppose some recent update broken the sound system.
# Move the content of that two folder
mv ~/.config/pulse ~/.config/pulse-bak
mv ~/.local/state/wireplumber ~/.local/state/wireplumber-bak
# Reboot the computer
sudo reboot
# If everything works, remove the folder
rm -rf ~/.config/pulse-bak
rm -rf ~/.local/state/wireplumber-bak
