No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

benedict_0 · 2021-09-01 09:09:50

I installed Arch Linux on a Dell Latitude 9520 and can't get the audio/mic to work. The issue looks really similar to the one here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=260139 but the solution proposed does not work for me.

Here is the output of some relevant commands:

aplay -l

aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found...

lspci -v | grep "audio"

00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller (rev 20) (prog-if 80)
	Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci

sudo dmesg | grep -i audio

[    0.123527] ACPI: Added _OSI(Linux-Lenovo-NV-HDMI-Audio)
[    2.440255] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040380
[    2.440272] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: SoundWire enabled on CannonLake+ platform, using SOF driver
[    2.440664] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    2.440926] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if 0x040380
[    3.373129] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[    3.381266] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: use msi interrupt mode
[    3.431769] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: hda codecs found, mask 4
[    3.432794] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warning: unknown sof_ext_man header type 6 size 0x20
[    3.432796] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware info: version 1:8:0-9e7a8
[    3.432797] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware: ABI 3:18:1 Kernel ABI 3:17:0
[    3.432798] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warn: FW ABI is more recent than kernel
[    3.432802] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warning: unknown sof_ext_man header type 3 size 0x30
[    3.432803] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warning: unknown sof_ext_man header type 5 size 0x20
[    3.520481] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware info: version 1:8:0-9e7a8
[    3.520483] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware: ABI 3:18:1 Kernel ABI 3:17:0
[    3.520484] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warn: FW ABI is more recent than kernel
[    3.529550] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Topology: ABI 3:18:1 Kernel ABI 3:17:0
[    3.529552] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: warn: topology ABI is more recent than kernel
[    3.543601] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: physical link SDW0-Capture (id 4) not exist
[    3.543603] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: topology: could not load header: -22
[    3.544376] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: tplg component load failed -22
[    3.544380] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: failed to load DSP topology -22
[    3.544382] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on 0000:00:1f.3: -22
[    3.544383] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: ASoC: failed to probe component -22

Thank you in advance for any help you could provide.

V1del · 2021-09-01 09:25:32

Which of the suggestions in the linked thread did you end up trying and what configuration is actually active right now?

benedict_0 · 2021-09-01 09:28:07

I added to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf:

options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=1

but this did not work so I resorted to the original configuration.

V1del · 2021-09-01 09:40:52

Try dsp_driver=2 oh and which kernel? If this is LTS try the normal one.

Last edited by V1del (2021-09-01 09:41:49)

benedict_0 · 2021-09-01 09:52:58

Thank you V1del for your prompt responses.

I was on LTS but I have just now tried the normal one. Neither one of the 4 combinations with dsp_driver works

benedict_0 · 2021-09-04 07:13:24

I researched and found that my audio chip is Realtek ALC714-CG. I find very few information by googling it, but apparently its fellow ALC711-CG is not yet well supported:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/ … 0_realtek/

andyturfer · 2021-10-10 18:34:59

Just a long shot, but try installing sof-firmware:

sudo pacman -S sof-firmware

benedict_0 · 2021-10-11 08:26:01

Thank you ! That package is already installed and up to date though.

V1del · 2021-10-11 08:45:07

It's probably a similar bug like in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1997106 though since it's a different model I don't know whether the quirk mentioned in that bug report would work as well, it appears to check the BIOS version though so if these are shared it will be picked up on the 5.15 kernel.

Last edited by V1del (2021-10-11 08:46:03)

benedict_0 · 2021-10-11 09:30:07

Thank you V1del.

Yes, the XPS 17 (9710) ships with Realtek ALC711-CG and I have Realtek ALC714-CG. I would suppose they are very similar?

V1del · 2021-10-11 09:36:02

The loading failure error message is the same at least, maybe check the posted logs in the bug report I linked and compare e.g. dmidecode whether you turn up the same values. Will probably also not hurt to chime in on that bug report with your own system information (though not sure whether they'd rather want a separate bug or whether it's acceptable to mention you get the same issue on your particular model).

benedict_0 · 2021-10-14 09:14:43

For those of you affected, you may want to follow up here:
https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/issues/3206

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#1 2021-09-01 09:09:50

No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#2 2021-09-01 09:25:32

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#3 2021-09-01 09:28:07

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#4 2021-09-01 09:40:52

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#5 2021-09-01 09:52:58

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#6 2021-09-04 07:13:24

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#7 2021-10-10 18:34:59

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#8 2021-10-11 08:26:01

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#9 2021-10-11 08:45:07

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#10 2021-10-11 09:30:07

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#11 2021-10-11 09:36:02

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

#12 2021-10-14 09:14:43

Re: No sound and no mic on Dell Latitude 9520

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