Apologies, this issue might be unrelated after all. I do not have the exact same errors from chromium:
ALSA lib conf.c:3916:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf ALSA lib seq.c:935:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ hw -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850912 Title: ALSA audio not working any more (with snap package) Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After upgrading from Ubuntu 19.04 to Ubuntu 19.10, audio in chromium browser stopped working, presumably this is related to chromium now being a snap package: Description: Ubuntu 19.10 Release: 19.10 Package: chromium-browser Architecture: amd64 Version: 77.0.3865.120-0ubuntu1~snap1 Note that I don't use pulseaudio or any other audio server on my system, it's supposed to use ALSA directly. In .xsession-errors I see: ALSA lib conf.c:3916:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default [2536:2536:1031/194827.989956:ERROR:alsa_util.cc(204)] PcmOpen: default,No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:3916:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM plug:default [2536:2536:1031/194827.990132:ERROR:alsa_util.cc(204)] PcmOpen: plug:default,No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1850912/+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
