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NecipEfe

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Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Hello and at first i am turkish and i can make some typos please discard thanks

And please read this without skipping because i told what i know about this issue and it is so important.

I got a new laptop and it came with win10 in it. Brand/model is Thomson Neo 360 X. I know it is sucks. Whatever, win10 was so slow because this laptop has a celeron n4020, lp type ram and eMMC type rom. Everything was fine except this slowy windows. And I wanted to change that OS.

I am a linux lover and i decided to switch to an ubuntu based distro. I mostly like modern-designed distros, because of this i chose Zorin OS. And then, there is no sound. But i didnt take care of it because i have a bluetooth headphone and when i use it there is no sound problem for me. Then, because of this celeron n4020, zorin was working very slowly. Not too slow, but this slowness can make a person nervous quickly.

Then i thought about it and i finally decided to switch arch. I switched and after installation i debugged the my new os (etc. bluetooth does not open, mouse cursor changes on different windows, system crashes a lot, i fixed them all). And i thought about "hm, can i install hyprland on it" and yes i did it too. But windows were too blurry and this made my os work slow again. But guess what, MY SOUND ISSUE FIXED FOR NO REASON ON HYPRLAND. I was so happy because I was hearing sound from my computer now.

But i cant use hyprland because it was too slow and fps-dropping for me. And i switched back to kde plasma arch. And yes there is no sound again. Then i wanted to fix it so hardly. KDE plasma could not have detected any output device, i fixed it with installing sof-firmware, alsa-ucm-conf etc. And yes there is now an output device.

KDE finally detected my speaker and showed up it on system tray. But there is no sound again. At first, there is no output device detected, but now, there is an audio output device, but there is still no sound. But the system thinks there is sound because it appears as sound in the sound tests. But when i got this laptop for the first time with win10 in it, yes there is sound. But i cant still hear any sound. Any ideas?

Last edited by NecipEfe (2025-01-19 22:53:28)

bad63r

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Registered: 2014-07-06

Posts: 13

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Hi,
please consider formatting your post into paragraph for better readability. Also, you might want to give more detail what did you and how did you install your OS and packages. Did you install by cherry picking packages, or using group or meta plasma package?

Best, bad63r

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,901

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Plasma does nothing that would break your sound that would randomly work on hyprland, neither enviroment directly do anything with audio.

What's your output for

aplay -lL #alsa-utils
pactl list cards
pactl list sinks
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

while trying to play something that "doesn't work"

NecipEfe

Member

Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Hi,
please consider formatting your post into paragraph for better readability. Also, you might want to give more detail what did you and how did you install your OS and packages. Did you install by cherry picking packages, or using group or meta plasma package?

Best, bad63r

First thank you for your advice.

I installed arch from arch iso file. I downloaded it from archlinux.org, and during the installation i did updates via pacman -Sy and -Syy commands. I did nothing except these updates.

Edit: I shutted off my pc and after I turned on my computer, a notification appeared and a sound came from the notification. But there is still no sound while playing videos and listening musics. I only heard a notification sound and thats all.

NecipEfe

Member

Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Plasma does nothing that would break your sound that would randomly work on hyprland, neither enviroment directly do anything with audio.

What's your output for

aplay -lL #alsa-utils
pactl list cards
pactl list sinks
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

while trying to play something that "doesn't work"

first aplay command output:

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PipeWire Media Server)
sysdefault:CARD=sofessx8336
    sof-essx8336, 
    Default Audio Device
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sofessx8336 [sof-essx8336], device 0: ES8336 (*) []
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofessx8336 [sof-essx8336], device 5: HDMI 1 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofessx8336 [sof-essx8336], device 6: HDMI 2 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofessx8336 [sof-essx8336], device 7: HDMI 3 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Second pactl list cards:

Card #50
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-essx8336"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:0"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.description = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.nick = "sof-essx8336"
                device.plugged.usec = "7421045"
                device.product.id = "0x3198"
                device.product.name = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "46"
                object.id = "50"
                object.serial = "50"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofessx8336"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-essx8336"
                alsa.long_card_name = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_es8336"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Geminilake HDMI"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086280d,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.id = "sofessx8336"
                device.string = "0"
        Profiles:
                off: Kapalı (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset): Play and record HiFi quality Music (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset) (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 10400, available: no)
                HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic): Play and record HiFi quality Music (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic) (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 10200, available: yes)
                HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker): Play and record HiFi quality Music (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker) (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 10200, available: no)
                HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker): Play and record HiFi quality Music (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker) (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 10000, available: no)
                pro-audio: Profesyonel Ses (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic)
        Ports:
                [Out] HDMI3: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: HDMI/DP,pcm=7, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "HDMI/DP,pcm=7"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "0"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)
                [Out] HDMI2: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 600, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: HDMI/DP,pcm=6, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "HDMI/DP,pcm=6"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "1"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)
                [Out] HDMI1: HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 500, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: HDMI/DP,pcm=5, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "HDMI/DP,pcm=5"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "2"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)
                [Out] Headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 300, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Headphone, available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "headphones"
                                port.availability-group = "Headphone"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
                                card.profile.port = "3"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset)
                [In] Mic: Analog Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "mic"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                                card.profile.port = "4"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker)
                [Out] Speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "speaker"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
                                card.profile.port = "5"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic, Speaker), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)
                [In] Headset: Headset Microphone (type: Headset, priority: 300, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Headset Mic, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "headset"
                                port.availability-group = "Headset Mic"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headset"
                                card.profile.port = "6"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Headset), HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)

Third pactl list sinks:

Sink #56
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI3__sink
        Description: Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        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
        Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI3__sink.monitor
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-essx8336"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086280d,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.device = "7"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_es8336"
                alsa.id = "HDMI 3 (*)"
                alsa.long_card_name = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                alsa.mixer_device = "_ucm0001.hw:sofessx8336"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Geminilake HDMI"
                alsa.name = ""
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-essx8336"
                api.alsa.open.ucm = "true"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:sofessx8336,7"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                card.profile.device = "0"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                device.id = "50"
                device.profile.description = "HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output"
                device.profile.name = "HiFi: HDMI3: sink"
                device.routes = "1"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                device.description = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI3__sink"
                node.nick = "HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofessx8336:0:playback"
                port.group = "playback"
                priority.driver = "632"
                priority.session = "632"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "46"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "56"
                object.serial = "56"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.nick = "sof-essx8336"
                device.plugged.usec = "7421045"
                device.product.id = "0x3198"
                device.product.name = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                [Out] HDMI3: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 700, availability group: HDMI/DP,pcm=7, not available)
        Active Port: [Out] HDMI3
        Formats:
                pcm

Sink #57
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI2__sink
        Description: Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        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
        Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI2__sink.monitor
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-essx8336"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086280d,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.device = "6"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_es8336"
                alsa.id = "HDMI 2 (*)"
                alsa.long_card_name = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                alsa.mixer_device = "_ucm0001.hw:sofessx8336"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Geminilake HDMI"
                alsa.name = ""
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-essx8336"
                api.alsa.open.ucm = "true"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:sofessx8336,6"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                card.profile.device = "1"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                device.id = "50"
                device.profile.description = "HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output"
                device.profile.name = "HiFi: HDMI2: sink"
                device.routes = "1"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                device.description = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI2__sink"
                node.nick = "HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofessx8336:1:playback"
                port.group = "playback"
                priority.driver = "648"
                priority.session = "648"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "46"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "57"
                object.serial = "57"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.nick = "sof-essx8336"
                device.plugged.usec = "7421045"
                device.product.id = "0x3198"
                device.product.name = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                [Out] HDMI2: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 600, availability group: HDMI/DP,pcm=6, not available)
        Active Port: [Out] HDMI2
        Formats:
                pcm

Sink #58
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI1__sink
        Description: Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        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
        Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI1__sink.monitor
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-essx8336"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086280d,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.device = "5"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_es8336"
                alsa.id = "HDMI 1 (*)"
                alsa.long_card_name = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                alsa.mixer_device = "_ucm0001.hw:sofessx8336"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Geminilake HDMI"
                alsa.name = ""
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-essx8336"
                api.alsa.open.ucm = "true"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:sofessx8336,5"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                card.profile.device = "2"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                device.id = "50"
                device.profile.description = "HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output"
                device.profile.name = "HiFi: HDMI1: sink"
                device.routes = "1"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                device.description = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__HDMI1__sink"
                node.nick = "HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofessx8336:2:playback"
                port.group = "playback"
                priority.driver = "664"
                priority.session = "664"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "46"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "58"
                object.serial = "58"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.nick = "sof-essx8336"
                device.plugged.usec = "7421045"
                device.product.id = "0x3198"
                device.product.name = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                [Out] HDMI1: HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output (type: HDMI, priority: 500, availability group: HDMI/DP,pcm=5, not available)
        Active Port: [Out] HDMI1
        Formats:
                pcm

Sink #59
        State: RUNNING
        Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__Headphones__sink
        Description: Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio Headphones
        Driver: PipeWire
        Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 4294967295
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 52086 /  79% / -5,99 dB,   front-right: 52086 /  79% / -5,99 dB
                balance 0,00
        Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
        Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__Headphones__sink.monitor
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: HARDWARE HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-essx8336"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086280d,80860101,00100000"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_es8336"
                alsa.id = "ES8336 (*)"
                alsa.long_card_name = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                alsa.mixer_device = "_ucm0001.hw:sofessx8336"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Geminilake HDMI"
                alsa.name = ""
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "MX-GEN360_4C128BK-V300-GP12"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-essx8336"
                api.alsa.open.ucm = "true"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:sofessx8336"
                api.alsa.pcm.card = "0"
                api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
                audio.channels = "2"
                audio.position = "FL,FR"
                card.profile.device = "3"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                device.id = "50"
                device.profile.description = "Headphones"
                device.profile.name = "HiFi: Headphones: sink"
                device.routes = "1"
                factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                device.description = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336.HiFi__Headphones__sink"
                node.nick = "Headphones"
                node.pause-on-idle = "false"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofessx8336:3:playback"
                port.group = "playback"
                priority.driver = "1000"
                priority.session = "1000"
                factory.id = "19"
                clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
                client.id = "46"
                node.driver = "true"
                node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
                library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
                object.id = "59"
                object.serial = "59"
                node.max-latency = "4096/48000"
                api.alsa.period-size = "1024"
                api.alsa.period-num = "8"
                api.alsa.headroom = "0"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336"
                device.nick = "sof-essx8336"
                device.plugged.usec = "7421045"
                device.product.id = "0x3198"
                device.product.name = "Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.string = "0"
        Ports:
                [Out] Headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 300, availability group: Headphone, available)
        Active Port: [Out] Headphones
        Formats:
                pcm

Fourth fuser command:

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  necipefe    543 F.... pipewire
                     necipefe    544 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   necipefe    543 F...m pipewire
/dev/snd/seq:        necipefe    543 F.... pipewire

Fifth find code:

bluetooth.service                        | bluetooth.target.wants
dbus-org.bluez.service                   | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service | system
dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service   | system
display-manager.service                  | system
getty@tty1.service                       | getty.target.wants
NetworkManager.service                   | multi-user.target.wants
NetworkManager-wait-online.service       | network-online.target.wants
p11-kit-server.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-pulse.socket                    | sockets.target.wants
pipewire-session-manager.service         | user
pipewire.socket                          | sockets.target.wants
remote-fs.target                         | multi-user.target.wants
systemd-timesyncd.service                | sysinit.target.wants
systemd-userdbd.socket                   | sockets.target.wants
wireplumber.service                      | pipewire.service.wants
xdg-user-dirs-update.service             | default.target.wants

Edit: I shutted off my pc and after I turned on my computer, a notification appeared and a sound came from the notification. But there is still no sound while playing videos and listening musics. I only heard a notification sound and thats all.

NecipEfe

Member

Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Plasma does nothing that would break your sound that would randomly work on hyprland, neither enviroment directly do anything with audio.

I know it already. I just told you what exactly happened to me but idk maybe i deleted something accidentally which requires for audio and comes preinstalled with fabric os (it is win10) but i have no clue what happened this is just a guess

And Plasma couldn't have corrupted the audio output because other Linux distros couldn't find an audio output device either. During this process, I tried to switch to Win10 again, but there was still no sound on it.

Last edited by NecipEfe (2025-01-19 23:11:56)

NecipEfe

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Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Here is one more information that i forgot to say; when i try to play music on spotify or watch videos on youtube, spotify says "cant play the current song" and does not skip songs when the current listening is finished, and youtube never loads any video and keeps loading.

NecipEfe

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Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

One more thing that happened today: i turned on my laptop and randomly opened spotify and played a music and I heard that music from the laptop. I was so happy but when i clicked on the sound icon at the right of the panel, the sound was completely gone again.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,901

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

The headphone profile is active, are you actually using headphones? Otherwise does switching to the speaker profile help

pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336 "HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)"

symptom wise it feels like you're constantly switching between profiles because the jack sensing doesn't work properly. Can you repost these pactl outputs during an instance when it works? What about:

amixer -c0
speaker-test -Dhw:0 -c2 #does that give you audio?

NecipEfe

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Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

The headphone profile is active, are you actually using headphones? Otherwise does switching to the speaker profile help

pactl set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_0e.0-platform-sof-essx8336 "HiFi (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headset, Speaker)"

symptom wise it feels like you're constantly switching between profiles because the jack sensing doesn't work properly. Can you repost these pactl outputs during an instance when it works? What about:

amixer -c0
speaker-test -Dhw:0 -c2 #does that give you audio?

I run that pactl set command and it worked but i have to say you one more thing.

Yesterday, when I turned on my computer, there was a sound, then in a moment of panic, I pressed the sound icon at the bottom right of the panel and as soon as I pressed it, the sound went away.

Then today, when I turned on my computer there was sound, this time I didn't want to risk pressing the volume button and watched some videos. Later, when I got curious and pressed the volume button, the sound did not go away this time, the sound was still coming from the computer.

I thought it was fixed, but the next time I restarted, the sounds were gone again. And there is another situation, there are 3 different audio devices on my computer (hifi quality headphone headset, hifi quality headphone microfone and professional sound) and when sound comes from my computer, the sound output is usually set to headphone headset. However, when I change this, the sound goes away again and even if I change it back, it does not get better. However, when I restart the computer, there is a sound. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. There is no guarantee of this and I can't understand why the sound goes away or comes back for no reason.

amixer -c0:

Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 3
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 3 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 3 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone Mixer',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 11
  Front Left: 11 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 11 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Playback Polarity',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Normal' 'R Invert' 'L Invert' 'L + R Invert'
  Item0: 'Normal'
Simple mixer control 'Capture Polarity',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Normal' 'Invert'
  Item0: 'Normal'
Simple mixer control 'ADC',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Capture 0 - 192
  Mono: Capture 192 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'ADC Double Fs',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'ADC PGA Gain',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 10
  Mono: 10 [100%] [24.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'ADC Soft Ramp',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'ALC',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Attack Time',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 10
  Mono: 2 [20%]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Decay Time',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 10
  Mono: 3 [30%]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Hold Time',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 10
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Max',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 28
  Mono: 28 [100%] [35.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Min',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 28
  Mono: 0 [0%] [-12.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Noise Gate',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Noise Gate Threshold',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 31
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Noise Gate Type',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Constant PGA Gain' 'Mute ADC Output'
  Item0: 'Constant PGA Gain'
Simple mixer control 'ALC Capture Target',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 11
  Mono: 11 [100%] [-1.50dB]
Simple mixer control 'DAC',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 192
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 192 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 192 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'DAC Double Fs',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'DAC Mono Mix',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'DAC Notch Filter',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'DAC Soft Ramp',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'DAC Soft Ramp Rate',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 4
  Mono: 4 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'DAC Source Mux',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'LDATA TO LDAC, RDATA TO RDAC' 'LDATA TO LDAC, LDATA TO RDAC' 'RDATA TO LDAC, RDATA TO RDAC' 'RDATA TO LDAC, LDATA TO RDAC'
  Item0: 'LDATA TO LDAC, RDATA TO RDAC'
Simple mixer control 'DAC Stereo Enhancement',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 7
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Differential Mux',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'lin1-rin1' 'lin2-rin2' 'lin1-rin1 with 20db Boost' 'lin2-rin2 with 20db Boost'
  Item0: 'lin1-rin1'
Simple mixer control 'Digital Mic Mux',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'dmic disable' 'dmic data at high level' 'dmic data at low level'
  Item0: 'dmic disable'
Simple mixer control 'Headset Mic',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Left Headphone Mixer LLIN',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Left Headphone Mixer Left DAC',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Left Headphone Mux',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'lin1-rin1' 'lin2-rin2' 'lin-rin with Boost' 'lin-rin with Boost and PGA'
  Item0: 'lin1-rin1'
Simple mixer control 'PGA1.0 1 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA2.0 2 PCM 0',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 40
  Front Left: Capture 32 [80%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 32 [80%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA5.0 5 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA6.0 6 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA7.0 7 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Right Headphone Mixer RLIN',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Right Headphone Mixer Right DAC',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Right Headphone Mux',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'lin1-rin1' 'lin2-rin2' 'lin-rin with Boost' 'lin-rin with Boost and PGA'
  Item0: 'lin1-rin1'

speaker-test says 0 for front left and 1 for front right and it keeps going like this.

There is still no sound but i will reboot my computer after writing this and i know there will be sound after boot but it will go for no reason and i still dont know why is this happens

NecipEfe

Member

Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: Fresh installed KDE Plasma on Arch and there is no sound

Yes, I restarted my computer and the sound was still coming but I noticed something. When I press the volume button on the right side of the panel, kde loads the audio output devices and when it does this, it automatically sets the output to headphones and headset. As soon as kde does this, the sound goes away. However, until kde did this, there was sound coming from the computer.

However, there is something I don't understand; when the computer is restarted, the sound output is already set to headphones and headset and the sound is heard. But I don't understand why when I press the volume button and the audio output devices are loaded, the sound suddenly disappears.

And unfortunately your pactl command does not work now.

Last edited by NecipEfe (2025-01-21 19:38:16)