Hey everyone, I recently installed Pop OS on my laptop and I'm experiencing some issues with the sound. My system shows 'no sound card detected' and it seems to only be outputting through 'Dummy Output'. I had a similar problem when I installed Ubuntu on this laptop before, but I can't recall how I managed to fix it. Given that my laptop is a budget Chinese model, I'm guessing it might be a driver issue. I've attempted to install the Sound Open Firmware (SOF) drivers, but it didn't resolve the problem. Here's some output that might help:
Also, my console output shows some unknown results indicating that no sound cards were found. Can anyone help me troubleshoot this?
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Answered By SoundWaveRider99
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It sounds like your sound chip might need a specific firmware. You could try running `sudo dmesg | grep -i firmware` to check if anything is missing. If it is, you should be able to find the right package in your distro's repos. Let me know what you find!
I ran the command and here’s what I got:
```bash
gabi@pop-os:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -i firmware
[ 10.105589] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_12.bin (v2.12)
[ 17.646472] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: loaded firmware version 29.f2390aa8.0 7265D-29.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
```
Not sure what it means since I’m still learning Linux. Also, what do you mean by 'the adequate package'? Thanks for helping!