This appears to be some kind of permissions problem. If I sudo aplay -l all is well. I found my user not having permissions for audio, and changed that in the GUI Users and Groups, but that alone didn't solve it for me.
Rob -- Alsa doesn't detect soundcard without monitor connected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360090 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs