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BJL156

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Registered: 2023-04-02

Posts: 2

No audio in Arch Linux right after installation.

I have just installed Arch Linux yesterday, and I am dual booting it with Windows 10. Although I am having this problem with audio not working. Audio is working on Windows 10 just not Arch Linux.

Here are somethings that I have tried to do:
- Restart pulseaudio.
- Check if pulseaudio is running.
- Check if anything is muted in alsamixer.
- Installing pipewire, wireplumber, pipewire-pulse, pipewire-alsa, and pipewire-jack.
- Creating the file: "/etc/modprobe.d/dsp-fix.conf" with the contents of "options snd_intel_dspcfg dsp_driver=1" and then, typing the command, "sudo mkinitcpio -P".

Here is a pastebin of running "sudo dmesg | xclip -selection clipboard": https://pastebin.com/3nXLKAry

Here are some other information about the system:
- Linux ArchLinux 6.1.22-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:10:04 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Pastebin for "inxi -Fxz": https://pastebin.com/gNN1cDY5

Let me know if I am missing something since I am new to Arch Linux and forum websites.
Thank you in advanced.

Neonvieh

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Registered: 2015-01-01

Posts: 17

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Re: No audio in Arch Linux right after installation.

I briefly scimmed through your logs and found this section:

Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 5-2:3 v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.1
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.4
  Device-3: Razer Nari Ultimate type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.22-1-lts status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 status: active

The last line says to me that you might actually be using pipewire at the moment.
If you are not fixed on using pulseaudio, you might consider simply using pipewire. It can act as a drop-in replacement for pulseaudio and often simplifies the overall process. I would recommend to give it a try before making any changes to your config files manually. See if the wiki-article helps.

papavlos

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Registered: 2017-09-23

Posts: 67

Re: No audio in Arch Linux right after installation.

Install sof-firmware package and reboot. This already helped many people left without sound after fresh installation, including me.

BJL156

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Registered: 2023-04-02

Posts: 2

Re: No audio in Arch Linux right after installation.

I already had sof-firmware installed already but I just reinstalled it and the audio still is not working. Also I checked the pipewire wiki-article and I couldn't find anything that helped the situation.

ArchMark

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Registered: 2023-03-30

Posts: 36

Re: No audio in Arch Linux right after installation.

FWIW... I have been experiencing no audio when installing from the archlinux-2023.03.01-x86_64.iso.  I have never really figured out how to enable audio from when it is not working.  Today I installed from the archlinux-2023.04.01-x86_64.iso and audio is working.  Not sure what caused it to work this time.

I used archinstall 2.5.5 today with selecting all the same settings, which I always select pipewire for audio.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,255

Re: No audio in Arch Linux right after installation.

There's nothing actable here. Remove the modprobe file if still present, reboot and post

sudo dmesg  | grep -E 'snd|sof'
aplay -l
pactl list cards
pactl list sinks

what actual system/model is this?