hello! I am glad to let you know that I could find a fix for my problem! all I did was to follow the solution for this bug...
cd /etc/modprobe.d sudo gedit alsa-base.conf added the following lines in the end options snd slots=snd-hda-intel options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1 model=hp-m4 alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel save the file and run sudo reboot I rebooted and Voila! I got the sound... Thanks, Sukrish -- sound card detected but no sound https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424697 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs