I had a stroke in 2011, and am brain-damaged, and I often ask for help in this wonderful forum.

I was having sound issues because I added a package, that uninstalled a {butt}load of other packages. And the sound stopped working.

I then purged every sound package, then I installed both ALSA and PULSE packages..... didn't work; still no sound, so I purged every sound package again.

Then I got a bit wise, and just installed the bare minimum sound packages. And I have sound again.

{sigh}

I guess what happened was that some of these packages were conflicting with each other.

WINNING!

Have yourself a fantastic day!

Good on you. I like a happy ending.

Congrats on managing to sort it out for yourself...

Isn't that a great feeling when you do that?

Pre-stroke, in 2011, I would generally have a problem, fix it, then post the solution.
Then the stroke hit.....
BUT I still use Linux, because Linux problems are light-weight compared to MiCrOsOfT, and I despise Crapple.

Everybody have yourself a wonderful day!