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OGDEFILER

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Registered: 2026-03-06

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Audio not working

So I installed arch on a new computer I got today, which is the LG Gram 16Z90U-H.AU87U1. I'm having audio issues with the computer and I'm not sure why, I think it may have to do with the laptop being relatively new and the sof firmware not having caught up. I already installed sof, alsa, pipewire, pipewire-pulse, and wireplumber. The services have been started up as well regarding pipewire, I'm still not getting any audio playback. Aplay is telling me it cannot find a soundcard, and pipewire shows a dummy output. I'm not sure how I would go about fixing this issue and I need help. Thank you.

cvcarloscv

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Registered: 2026-08-30

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Re: Audio not working

try linux-lts kernel? i had a similar issue when i updated the mainline kernel two days ago, audio suddenly stopped working. maybe the old kernel would work for you like it did for me

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OGDEFILER

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Registered: 2026-03-06

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Re: Audio not working

I did that, the issue is not fixed and I'm still getting the same issues, thanks for the suggestion though.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Audio not working

If aplay tells you there's no soundcard then this is quite low level and pipewire or wireplumber won't help you. Can you post a full journal?

sudo journalctl -b

likely the assertion that sof-firmware hasn't caught up yet could be true, in which case you'd have to check on their git whether therer's any progress