I've done a fresh upgrade to 18.04 and had a "no sound" problem that I haven't found a solution to. I found this and have been using it to get the sound connected. Can't find the source again, unfortunately. Thought it might help to point to the problem. Reinstalling Alsa and Pulse; starting and stopping both; eliminating one or the other; did not work. The following identifies something and places "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" into the sound output tab in Settings.
Open Terminal and type: pactl load-module module-detect -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770429 Title: Ubuntu 18.04 No audio from speakers. Headphones working. Surface Pro 3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1770429/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs