Heyla, After reading up some more I removed alsa and pulseaudio and reinstalled like this:
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio Now install again Alsa and Pulse Audio: sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio Then, reload Alsa: sudo alsa force-reload That made audio up and running again! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1720519 Title: Module "module-switch-on-connect" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load. Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Pulseaudio daemon does not start after the update to Kubuntu 17.10 beta2, because the module fails to load although it is there. From 'pulseaudio -vv' E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Module "module-switch-on-connect" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. PS sorry I am not a seasoned bug reporter. Let me know if I can provide more info. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:10.0-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ben 2809 F...m chrome /dev/snd/controlC0: ben 2809 F.... chrome /dev/snd/timer: ben 2809 f.... chrome CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sat Sep 30 11:20:55 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-07 (175 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Beta amd64 (20170321) PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-09-30 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/29/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.10 dmi.board.name: B150M-ITX dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.10:bd10/29/2015:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnB150M-ITX:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1720519/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp