The same here with me, but only on the left channel (left satellite box). When I booted Linux Mint to test whether it could be the sound driver in the kernel, I also heard a (much quieter) plop on the left channel. I have already checked all cable connections of my sound system, since I assumed that something was defective. The only noticeable thing was that I only noticed this since the last update and reboot.
I can set the powersaving bit to 0 and the pop went away. I had to edit the file, as echo wasnt allowed to modify it. I havent set it permanently with modprobe yet.
It’s not gone, but at least it’s much quieter now. Thanks for the tip! The direction seems to be right, although it does not seem to be a final solution.
But the modprobe/boot options to disable power saving might be overruled by tlp power management
To change tlp configuration for audio devices, open tlp configuration file in a text editor
(other text editors are available, but nano is usually installed on any version of Manjaro)
Agreed that did not work. Editing TLP was the first thing I did, and it did not change anything.
I decided to remove it from the system altogether. I have a desktop, I dont need laptop power management. I also tried a different Kernel but that didnt help either.
So the only thing that is working is the first solution of setting etc/modprobe.d/audio_disable_power_save.conf is set to 0
I will look into making it permanent later on when I have time and post it here.
I cannot think of any reason why tlp would be necessary for a desktop system, so if removing it gets your system to work as you want that is a valid solution
@anon71035019
If the modprobe option is not working for you, try replacing it with a similar option added to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT boot options in /etc/default/grub like this:
The single space in the modprobe option must be replaced with a dot (full stop/period) to be read correctly in GRUB
and update GRUB
sudo update-grub
@fabby I was going to mark have marked post#15 as the solution because it did follow on from my post. OP went and RTFW and brought something new to the discussion
(and he likes old V Dubs like myself )
Just a thought: would you avoid this problem by simply connecting an external DAC to USB to bypass the ALC887? I’ve been meaning to replace the onboard sound with something better for years anyway.