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#1 2026-01-31 23:12:33

jujimenezp
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Registered: 2026-01-29
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Audio stuttering in asus vivobook and headphones not working

I recently bought an Asus Vivobook S14 with a Realtek ALC294 chip (according to alsamixer) and the Intel Lunar Lake-M HD Audio controler (according to pwvucontrol).
When I try to play any sound, it goes silent once or twice per second and when I plug in my headphones with a jack cable there is no sound, instead I get a very loud cracking/popping repetitive sound through the headphones if I try to play something.
I am using Pipewire with Alsa as my audio config. Here are the packages I have installed

`Pacman -Qs pipewire`
local/libpipewire 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - client library
local/libwireplumber 0.5.13-1
    Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire - client library
local/pipewire 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-audio 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Audio support
local/pipewire-jack 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK replacement
local/pipewire-pulse 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/pwvucontrol 0.5.1-1
    Pipewire volume control for GNOME
local/wireplumber 0.5.13-1
    Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire

`pacman -Qs alsa`
local/alsa-card-profiles 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA card profiles
local/alsa-firmware 1.2.4-4
    Firmware binaries for loader programs in alsa-tools and hotplug firmware loader
local/alsa-lib 1.2.15.3-2
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-oss 1.1.8-6
    OSS compatibility library
local/alsa-plugins 1:1.2.12-5
    Additional ALSA plugins
local/alsa-tools 1.2.15-2
    Advanced tools for certain sound cards
local/alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-4
    ALSA topology configuration files
local/alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.15.3-1
    ALSA Use Case Manager configuration (and topologies)
local/alsa-utils 1.2.15.2-1
    Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Utilities
local/pipewire-alsa 1:1.4.10-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/vlc-plugin-alsa 3.0.21-32
    Free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework - ALSA plugins

The kernel driver is:

`lspci -k -nn -d ::0401; lspci -k -nn -d ::0403`
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Lunar Lake-M HD Audio Controller [8086:a828] (rev 10)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:10c4]
    Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-lnl
    Kernel modules: snd_sof_pci_intel_lnl, snd_hda_intel


I have tried removing some of these packages with no result. I have tried changing the `default.clock.rate` and `default-clock-quantum` in /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf to no avail. I have no idea what the problem may be.
I noticed that if I go to `alsamixer`, select the sound card `sof-hda-dsp` and unmute the Headphone option, magically the laptop speakers work! However, the headphones remain the same, so this is no permanent solution altough it may give someone more experienced a clue. I am not very well versed in linux, so any help/advice is well appreciated. Thank you

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