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Desault

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Registered: 2025-04-27

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alsa-base.conf file not found [SOLVED]

Any headphone connected through the headphone jack does not give out any sound. I have used ubuntu before where I had the same issue. But there I fixed it by adding this line:
"options snd_hda_intel model=dell-headset-multi" at the end of the alsa-base.conf file. I have switched to arch, but I do not have an alsa-base.conf file anymore. And even if I create one
I have no idea what to put in there, as when I was using ubuntu there were many lines of text there. I am using pipe wire, and my laptop is an GL503GE

I am extremely new to Arch, hence the dumb question.

Last edited by Desault (2025-04-28 09:21:22)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: alsa-base.conf file not found [SOLVED]

Literally add that one line into the file you create

Desault

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Re: alsa-base.conf file not found [SOLVED]

Literally add that one line into the file you create

Thank you so much, as in ubuntu there was many  lines of code, and I thought if I did not add it I would break something. But thankfully it worked, and thank you

seth

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Re: alsa-base.conf file not found [SOLVED]

I suspect most lines in the ubuntu file should have been # commented?

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: alsa-base.conf file not found [SOLVED]

Afaik Ubuntu bends some not common devices/drivers to index=-2 to ensure they don't take the "default" 0 spot. But this isn't generally a problem and also mostly irrelevant with stuff like pulse/pipewire being more commonly used as opposed to straight ALSA