I was having a sound issue where sound settings show "dummy output" meaning it wasn't reading my audio card.
I followed this instructions here, got to the "alternate" method, ran "sudo apt-get remove –purge alsa-base pulseaudio", but "sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio" shows me this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package pulseaudio is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
Package alsa-base is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'alsa-base' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'pulseaudio' has no installation candidate
No I don't even have a sound icon. How can I install these two packages?
Best Answer
Adding the following line to my sources list allowed me to install these packages:
A bigger list of mirrors can be found here on packages.ubuntu.com
The audio symbol returned and settings are there, but my "dummy output" problem persists.