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x4rkz

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Registered: 2019-06-22

Posts: 10

No sound on new arch installation

Hi,

I freshly installed arch (on a recent computer) and I have no sound. I only have sound when plugging a headset or an external screen.

I installed alsa and pipewire. From what I understand, alsa should be enough just to hear sound. I provide some info:

uname -a

Linux Professeur 5.15.80-1-lts #1 SMP Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:23:30 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

aplay -lL:

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
sysdefault:CARD=sofhdadsp
    sof-hda-dsp, 
    Default Audio Device
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 0: HDA Analog (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 3: HDMI1 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 4: HDMI2 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 5: HDMI3 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofhdadsp [sof-hda-dsp], device 31: HDA Analog Deep Buffer (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lspci  -k

00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
--
	Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl

/proc/asound/cards

 0 [sofhdadsp      ]: sof-hda-dsp - sof-hda-dsp
                      SAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.LTD.-950XED-P08RGF-NP950XED_KA1FR

pacman -Q | grep alsa

alsa-card-profiles 1:0.3.61-1
alsa-firmware 1.2.4-2
alsa-lib 1.2.8-1
alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-1
alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.8-1
alsa-utils 1.2.8-1

pacman -Q | grep pipewire

pipewire 1:0.3.61-1

pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.61-1
pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.61-1

Any ideas on what is wrong?

(By the way, I ran alsamixer to verify that master isn't muted)

Last edited by x4rkz (2022-12-03 13:37:04)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,261

Re: No sound on new arch installation

This is new hardware, check a newer kernel. FWIW I've seen people having issues here with this kind of setup and wireplumber, check behavior of pipewire-media-session and generally test whether the device is accessible in the first place via

speaker-test -Dhw:0,31 -c2

x4rkz

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Registered: 2019-06-22

Posts: 10

Re: No sound on new arch installation

Your command showed me an error like "cant get card  with index 0".

I rebooted choosing the linux kernel instead of linux-lts and it does not show the error anymore. However, there is still no sound. Note that there is sound in my second screen or in my headset if plugged.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,158

Re: No sound on new arch installation

Is sof-firmware installed ?

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x4rkz

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Registered: 2019-06-22

Posts: 10

Re: No sound on new arch installation

It is.