How can one reinstall sound drivers?

10.10 sound 64-bit dell

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Solution 1

This question was solved for me on Ubuntu forums 1:0 forums vs. askubuntu :-)

Answer: (credit to Temüjin)

Try removing the .pulse files in your home directory (may have been corrupted by sudden shutdown):
cd ~/
rm -rf .pulse*
Log out and log back in.

You could use this nice script:

It should upgrade your sound drivers to the latest version and uninstall the older ones first.

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Updated on September 17, 2022

S B over 1 year

My machine shut down unexpectedly today (laptop battery is crap) and when I rebooted it I lost all sound.

I tried to go to Preferences->Sound but it just opens a little window saying "waiting for sound system to respond" and nothing happens. When my computer rebooted it did warn me of some errors in the filesystem after the unexpected shut down, but I let it correct all errors it found. I understand I may need to reinstall some packages, but I don't know which.

System: Dell XPS m1330 Ubuntu 10.10 64bit

Is there anyone out there who can help me? Thanks in advance!
Jorge Castro over 13 years

That sounds like a hammer solution when he might only need a scalpel. We need more information I think.
S B over 13 years

OK, so before I use the "hammer" above, can you direct me to what info would be of value? thanks a lot for the help
Radu Maris over 12 years

+1 worked for me, but only after reboot, log out/in didn't have any results :)