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bemxio

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Reoccuring sound card issues after kernel version 6.7+

Hello!

I've been using Arch Linux on my ASUS TUF Gaming F15 for more than a year already. When installing it back then though, I faced an issue with the sound card not working at all. After searching and experimenting, setting kernel module snd_hda_intel's probe_mask to 1 worked perfectly, until version 6.7 of the Linux kernel got released.

After that, the sound card refused to work again. I tried playing around with module parameters - changing probe_mask to different values, trying to set power_controller, etc. It didn't make a difference whatsoever.
Here's the output of sudo dmesg | grep snd_hda_intel:

[    3.314889] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.315233] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.315276] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Disabling MSI
[    3.315281] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[    5.087605] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[    6.103256] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x200f0000
[    7.106749] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: No response from codec, disabling MSI: last cmd=0x200f0000
[    8.116759] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...
[    8.121583] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: no codecs initialized

I am using KDE 6.1.4 on Wayland with KWin and Pipewire 1.2.2. Any help will be appreciated!

fish4terrisa-MSDSM

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Re: Reoccuring sound card issues after kernel version 6.7+

Maybe that is a codec problem.....?
A (maybe) similliar problem is at here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=278058
However, they didn't found any ways to fix it(right now)
I'm using a ASUS TUF GAMING A16(FA607PV) and archlinux works well(on audio...see my post about it)...maybe changing the sound card can fix it?(I'm not sure about whether this is possible)
And, you don't need to wasting on asking this problem to ASUS....ASUS supports nearly know nothing about linux on laptops.

bemxio

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Re: Reoccuring sound card issues after kernel version 6.7+

Maybe that is a codec problem.....?.

Just tried models dell-headset-multi and alc256-asus-mic, but sadly it didn't make a difference, sudo dmesg | grep snd_hda_intel still has the exact same output. My audio codec is a Realtek ALC256.

...maybe changing the sound card can fix it?

Sadly, I think it is soldered into the motherboard as a chip. It is theoretically possible to desolder and replace it, but the new chip would need to have the same pin layout. Either way, I don't have enough skills to do that

And, you don't need to wasting on asking this problem to ASUS....ASUS supports nearly know nothing about linux on laptops.

I know, I'm regretting getting this laptop a little bit, since ASUS really sucks, but I got it back in 2021, way before I even thought about using Linux as my main OS.
Luckily, I can still use the LTS kernel with my earlier fix, which is at version 6.6, but well, it won't be 6.6 forever!

Last edited by bemxio (2024-08-10 15:33:59)

fish4terrisa-MSDSM

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Re: Reoccuring sound card issues after kernel version 6.7+

Have you ever tried alc256-asus-aio? Maybe it will work.
(Or even alc256-samsung-headphone?)
I got them at here: https://docs.kernel.org/sound/hd-audio/models.html

Last edited by fish4terrisa-MSDSM (2024-08-11 08:39:35)

bemxio

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Re: Reoccuring sound card issues after kernel version 6.7+

Both alc256-asus-aio and alc256-samsung-headphone (and also laptop-amic) make no change too.
No idea what else could be a fix, this problem is really confusing.