Hello everyone,
I am a totally blind user.
I am a beginner in linux, here is the issue I have.
I have ubuntu 20.04 lts with gnome installed. Everything works practically fine, but I decided to install ubuntu mate 21.10 rolling release to have most recent packages and mate as a desktop environment because it is more accessible than gnome.
However, I have the next issue:
My laptop is HP Pavilion Laptop PC 15-eg0000 (172Z8AV)
When loading into the ubuntu mate 21.10 live-cd, there is no sound. As far as I understand, the sof-firmware driver is used on new laptops to provide audio.
When pressing alt+superkey+s, there is no any sound from screen reader.
As a result, I cannot install ubuntu mate 21.10 on my laptop.
I could install 20.04 LTS but I would like to have a newer software.
I filed a bug report about it. I don't know if I did it in the right place, but I hope that it can be fixed.
If this bug can be reproduced and fixed, it will help so lot of blind users who would like to use ubuntu mate 21.10 on their machines.
Thank you!
Vsevolod