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Arnob672

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Registered: 2022-12-16

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] No sound - Pulseaudio

I just installed arch linux on my new laptop and I get no sound from pulseaudio. Pavucontrol still shows the silence level going up and down.
Info:
pacmd list-sinks

1 sink(s) available.
  * index: 0
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: IDLE
        suspend cause: (none)
        priority: 9039
        volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 39.38 ms
        max request: 6 KiB
        max rewind: 6 KiB
        monitor source: 0
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 3
        configured latency: 40.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
        card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
        module: 6
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "ALC295 Analog"
                alsa.id = "ALC295 Analog"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6016110000 irq 141"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "34c8"
                device.product.name = "Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "front:0"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        ports:
                analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
        active port: <analog-output-speaker>

systemctl --user status pulseaudio:

pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; enabled>
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-12-16 16:01:11 UTC; 14min>
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
   Main PID: 1797 (pulseaudio)
      Tasks: 7 (limit: 9247)
     Memory: 12.0M
        CPU: 19.976s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.sli>
             ├─1797 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=jo>
             └─1803 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper

Dec 16 16:01:10 archlinux systemd[572]: Starting Sound Service...
Dec 16 16:01:11 archlinux pulseaudio[1797]: stat('/etc/pulse/default.p>
Dec 16 16:01:11 archlinux systemd[572]: Started Sound Service.
Dec 16 16:01:11 archlinux pulseaudio[1797]: Could not find org.bluez.BatteryProviderManager1.RegisterBatteryProvider(), is bluetoothd started wi>

I tried reinstalling pulseaudio, restarting service and nothing seems to work.

Last edited by Arnob672 (2022-12-17 12:04:49)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,259

Re: [SOLVED] No sound - Pulseaudio

Welcome to the boards, what are you using to test? You aren't attempting to play back anything in these outputs. If you think you are post

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
aplay -lL
pacmd list-sinks
pacmd list-sink-inputs

while doing so

Arnob672

Member

Registered: 2022-12-16

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] No sound - Pulseaudio

Nevermind. It seems like my device was somehow muted. Plus some pipewire packages and pulseaudio was installed at the same time. Unmuting through alsamixer and then removing all pipewire related packages fixed the problem. Marking this as solved.