my audio wont work at all no mater what i do

[Travis gage Watson]

i had updated some stuff such as chrome and fire fox and after that my volume keys stopped working then my volume would turn up and down on its own then i couldn't even adjust the volume from settings and it would be on full blast and now its just wont work anymore

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-14.14-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: gage 1069 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/controlC0: gage 1069 F.... wireplumber
 /dev/snd/seq: gage 1062 F.... pipewire
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
Date: Thu Jan 11 18:36:25 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-12-19 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Unity 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Release amd64 (20231010)
PackageArchitecture: all
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/04/2023
dmi.bios.release: 15.72
dmi.bios.vendor: AMI
dmi.bios.version: F.72
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 87B7
dmi.board.vendor: HP
dmi.board.version: 28.23
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 28.23
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrF.72:bd10/04/2023:br15.72:efr28.23:svnHP:pnHPLaptop14-fq0xxx:pvr:rvnHP:rn87B7:rvr28.23:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:sku26Z02UA#ABA:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Notebook
dmi.product.name: HP Laptop 14-fq0xxx
dmi.product.sku: 26Z02UA#ABA
dmi.sys.vendor: HP