I was about to file a new bug report about this issue. It appears the ubuntu-drivers-common package is missing a dependency on alsa-utils (which provides the aplay command).
The problem can be fixed by running ``` sudo apt-get install alsa-utils ``` but ideally the ubuntu-drivers-common package should be modified to: 1) depend on alsa-utils 2) have better exception-handling for situations where `aplay` isn't installed 3) ideally both -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1935070 Title: Traceback during 'ubuntu-drivers list' Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: ubuntu@doubletusk:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers list ERROR:root:could not open aplay -l Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py", line 35, in detect aplay = subprocess.Popen( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 858, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1704, in _execute_child raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' nvidia-driver-418-server, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-418-server) nvidia-driver-470, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-470) nvidia-driver-460-server, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-460-server) nvidia-driver-465, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-465) nvidia-driver-450-server, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-450-server) nvidia-driver-460, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-460) ubuntu@doubletusk:~$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-drivers-common ubuntu-drivers-common: Installed: 1:0.9.0~0.20.04.1 Candidate: 1:0.9.0~0.20.04.1 Version table: *** 1:0.9.0~0.20.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:0.8.6.5~0.20.04.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages 1:0.8.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages ubuntu@doubletusk:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1935070/+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
