Missing sound outputs on a fresh install

acceleration3 · September 8, 2024, 2:13pm

Hello, I just did a fresh install of CachyOS from a live ISO and when I was in the live environment my sound worked just fine, but when I booted the fresh install I don’t have any audio inputs or outputs, and KDE is marking my sound cards as inactive.

I ran pactl list cards on both and it finds my card on both but it’s missing the HIFI profile on the install?

Live ISO:

Card #48
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA NVidia at 0x86080000 irq 17"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA NVidia"
                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-0000:01:00.1"
                device.description = "GA104 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1"
                device.nick = "HDA NVidia"
                device.plugged.usec = "33775043"
                device.product.id = "0x228b"
                device.product.name = "GA104 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "47"
                object.id = "48"
                object.serial = "48"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:NVidia"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0x86080000 irq 17"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Nvidia GPU 9e HDMI/DP"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10de009e,103c8a4c,00100100"
                alsa.id = "NVidia"
                device.string = "0"
        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 0, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: off
        Ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 1, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 1"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "0"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "1"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 3, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 3"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "2"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 4"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "3"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #49
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "1"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HP-OMENbyHPGamingLaptop16_k0xxx--8A4C"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-soundwire"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:1"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio1"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
                device.description = "Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
                device.nick = "sof-soundwire"
                device.plugged.usec = "35646244"
                device.product.id = "0x51c8"
                device.product.name = "Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sof_sdw/sound/card1"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "47"
                object.id = "49"
                object.serial = "49"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofsoundwire"
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-soundwire"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HP-OMENbyHPGamingLaptop16_k0xxx--8A4C"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_sdw"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Alderlake-P HDMI"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086281c,80860101,00100000  cfg-amp:1 mic:dmic cfg-mics:2 hs:rt711-sdca spk:rt1316"
                alsa.id = "sofsoundwire"
                device.string = "1"
        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                HiFi: Play HiFi quality Music (sinks: 5, sources: 2, priority: 10400, available: yes)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 7, sources: 3, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: HiFi
        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
                [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
                [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
                [Out] Headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 200, 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
                [Out] Speaker: Speaker (type: Speaker, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "speaker"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
                                card.profile.port = "4"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [In] Headset: Headset Microphone (type: Headset, priority: 200, 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 = "5"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi
                [In] Mic: Digital Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 100, latency offset: 0 usec, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "mic"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                                card.profile.port = "6"
                        Part of profile(s): HiFi

Install:

❯ pactl list cards
Card #42
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA NVidia at 0x86080000 irq 17"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA NVidia"
                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-0000:01:00.1"
                device.description = "GA104 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1"
                device.nick = "HDA NVidia"
                device.plugged.usec = "4545694"
                device.product.id = "0x228b"
                device.product.name = "GA104 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card0"
                device.vendor.id = "0x10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "41"
                object.id = "42"
                object.serial = "42"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:NVidia"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0x86080000 irq 17"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Nvidia GPU 9e HDMI/DP"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10de009e,103c8a4c,00100100"
                alsa.id = "NVidia"
                device.string = "0"
        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 600, available: no)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 0, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: off
        Ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (type: HDMI, priority: 5900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 1, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 1"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "0"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo, output:hdmi-surround, output:hdmi-surround71
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (type: HDMI, priority: 5800, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "1"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (type: HDMI, priority: 5700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 3, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 3"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "2"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (type: HDMI, priority: 5600, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "hdmi"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 4"
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                card.profile.port = "3"
                        Part of profile(s): output:hdmi-stereo-extra3, output:hdmi-surround-extra3, output:hdmi-surround71-extra3

Card #43
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.alsa.card = "1"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HP-OMENbyHPGamingLaptop16_k0xxx--8A4C"
                api.alsa.card.name = "sof-soundwire"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:1"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio1"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
                device.description = "Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
                device.nick = "sof-soundwire"
                device.plugged.usec = "5684460"
                device.product.id = "0x51c8"
                device.product.name = "Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sof_sdw/sound/card1"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "41"
                object.id = "43"
                object.serial = "43"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:sofsoundwire"
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "sof-soundwire"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HP-OMENbyHPGamingLaptop16_k0xxx--8A4C"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_sdw"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Alderlake-P HDMI"
                alsa.components = "HDA:8086281c,80860101,00100000  cfg-amp:1 mic:dmic cfg-mics:2 hs:rt711-sdca spk:rt1316"
                alsa.id = "sofsoundwire"
                device.string = "1"
        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 7, sources: 3, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: off

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I would appreciate any help you can give me figuring this out.

1fallen · September 8, 2024, 4:33pm

Sometimes just running “speaker-test” helps find what things are taking place.

And a check with:
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

Should point to wireplumber.

But it might help us to see the results of “speaker-test” and maybe the Specs for machine.

acceleration3 · September 8, 2024, 5:15pm

This is the output:

❯ sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  accel      1072 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC1:  accel      1072 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/seq:        accel      1071 F.... pipewire

speaker-test executes normally but I can’t hear anything through my headphones or my speakers.

The machine is an HP Omen 16 Laptop with:
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-12700H (Alder Lake)
GPU 1: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 1TB Sandisk WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD

Here is an lspci -k:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: igen6_edac
        Kernel modules: igen6_edac
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller #1 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
        DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915, xe
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Innovation Platform Framework Processor Participant (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal_pci
        Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device_pci
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #0 (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #0 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:07.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor Gaussian & Neural Accelerator (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
00:0d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:0d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Thunderbolt 4 NHI #0 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
        Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
        Kernel modules: thunderbolt
00:12.0 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Integrated Sensor Hub (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: intel_ish_ipc
        Kernel modules: intel_ish_ipc
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH USB 3.2 xHCI Host Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 01)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX211 160MHz 2x2 [Garfield Peak]
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: iwlwifi
00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
        Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: mei_me
        Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 51bc (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH eSPI Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P SMBus Host Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH SPI Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: intel-spi
        Kernel modules: spi_intel_pci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104M [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] (rev a1)
        DeviceName: NVIDIA Graphics Device
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp WD PC SN810 / Black SN850 NVMe SSD (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD PC SN810 / Black SN850 NVMe SSD
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
        Kernel modules: nvme
57:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5228 (rev 01)
        DeviceName: Realtek PCIE CardReader
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
        Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
58:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
        DeviceName: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a4c
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169

This is KDE’s sound settings panel:

1fallen · September 8, 2024, 5:57pm

Dang I can’t see anything jumping out at me, besides the Volume Control shows “Off”.
Have you tried to to toggle on?

And is this a dual boot with windows?

If I remember right this needs to be there as installed:

pacman -Ss sof-firmware
extra/sof-firmware 2024.06-1 [installed]
    Sound Open Firmware

Sometimes the LTS kernel is the best way to go forward, but lets peek at yours:

less /proc/cmdline

acceleration3 · September 8, 2024, 6:11pm

If you mean selecting Pro Audio, it adds like 10 different outputs but none of them actually plays any sound. If you mean using the volume widget in KDE, this is how it looks like:

I installed sof-firmware just now and rebooted but it’s still not working.

Funny you mention the LTS kernel, I was thinking this might be a regression somewhere so I looking at the differences between the live install environment and my actual install to look for clues and noticed two differences, one being the kernel version and the other being the pipewire version. I downgraded my pipewire to the same version and tried using the LTS kernel but still no dice.

Here is my (now using the LTS kernel) command line:

❯ cat /proc/cmdline 
BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-cachyos-lts root=UUID=cc5ecd24-1894-4f83-b568-983a772d3e7c rw rootflags=subvol=@ nowatchdog nvme_load=YES zswap.enabled=0 splash splash loglevel=3

Also yes, this is a Windows dual boot.

1fallen · September 8, 2024, 7:56pm

Sorry I’ve been a bit busy.

Is Secure Boot enabled? If it is try to disable it once to check.

acceleration3 · September 8, 2024, 8:26pm

No problem! Thank you very much for the tech support.

Secure boot is disabled

EDIT: I’ve also downgraded all alsa, pipewire, wireplumber and sof packages to the live environment versions and it still doesn’t work, I’m running out of ideas…

EDIT2: I found the solution after looking through my journalctl. It was a kernel bug this whole time: [6.10.8] Audio stopped working after upgrade / Laptop Issues / Arch Linux Forums

The problem is version 6.10.7 is the version before the bug was introduced but my kernel manager shows that almost all of the available kernels are on version 6.10.8 except this very specific one:

1fallen · September 9, 2024, 7:04pm

Nice Find. I was running out of things to chase down more rabbit holes…Wink Wink

We should let @ptr1337 know about this…

BTW Welcome to the Forums.

Sunda-Spirit · September 9, 2024, 7:46pm

Everything is documented. Even dual boot with Windows. You just have to read and understand

1fallen · September 9, 2024, 8:01pm

I’m not sure why you quoted me??? Please explain.
I’m a long time Arch user, so all that is old news to me. Thanks though.
Maybe a link to that documented info would be helpful
The OP seems to have discovered thier machine had no audio but for the specific kernel shown in the OP post.

Sunda-Spirit · September 9, 2024, 8:07pm

Glad to hear it, but that wasn’t obvious to me.

acceleration3 · September 9, 2024, 8:17pm

Thanks and I appreciate your time!