Comment 3 for bug 1874698

Many thanks for your prompt response. If I remove, "options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=1" from /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, then on pavucontrol, I see "Dummy Output" on the "Output Devices" tab and the speakers will not work. Attaching alsa-info here:

http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=eef8051cb397d6b1240bbbc0a84d102928ec23c9

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System: Kernel: 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Gnome 3.36.1
           Distro: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN by HP Laptop 15-dh0xxx v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: HP model: 8600 v: 44.41 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: F.22 date: 12/09/2019
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 70.1 Wh condition: 70.1/69.0 Wh (102%) model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 status: Full
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 12.0 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62399
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
           9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 440.64 bus ID: 01:00.0
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
           resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.64 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: sof-audio-pci bus ID: 00:1f.3
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus ID: 01:00.1
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-26-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel
           port: 3000 bus ID: 3c:00.0
           IF: enp60s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 3e:00.0
           IF: wlp62s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 15.11 GiB (3.2%)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 size: 476.94 GiB
RAID: Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0
Partition: ID-1: / size: 48.34 GiB used: 13.52 GiB (28.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
           ID-2: /home size: 182.34 GiB used: 1.52 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 37.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 10.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 38 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 418 Uptime: 4m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 2.68 GiB (17.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0