Audio Broken after latest updates

Hi guys, I have a broken audio after installing latest updates to my system. I tried installing/re-installing both pulse audio and pipewire but the problem remains the same.

The strange thing is that when i restart the service or restart the system the audio is available for a few minutes (at lest 1 minute) then it dis-appears. I can see the volume controls and my devices detected.

Here are some details about the system and configs:
System: HP OMEN 16 with Nvidia 3060
OS: Manjaro Gnome (22.0.0)
uname -r: 5.15.81-1-MANJARO

systemctl --user status pipewire

pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-12-07 16:27:34 PKT; 16min ago
TriggeredBy: â—Ź pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 3912 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 38057)
     Memory: 11.6M
        CPU: 494ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─3912 /usr/bin/pipewire

Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 systemd[3896]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 pipewire[3912]: mod.rt: Can't find xdg-portal: (null)
Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 pipewire[3912]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal

This ===> mod.rt: Can’t find xdg-portal: (null)appears after a few minutes

systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse

pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-12-07 16:27:34 PKT; 18min ago
TriggeredBy: â—Ź pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 3917 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 38057)
     Memory: 13.7M
        CPU: 650ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─3917 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 systemd[3896]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.
Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 pipewire-pulse[3917]: mod.rt: Can't find xdg-portal: (null)
Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 pipewire-pulse[3917]: mod.rt: found session bus but no portal
Dec 07 16:27:34 awakeelsOmen16 pipewire-pulse[3935]: 536870912

inxi -Fazy

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.81-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=823ed1c7-c2b1-4cfa-8c88-49c300e2593b rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=93054114-2b4a-4090-8fbe-5505d1a36383
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 43.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.35 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN by HP Laptop 16-b0xxx v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 88F4 v: 86.39 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.30 date: 03/19/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 62.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 62.0/70.1 Wh (88.4%)
    volts: 17.0 min: 15.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 93
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x42
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB
    L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1004 high: 1291 min/max: 800/4600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1043 2: 1039 3: 1087
    4: 867 5: 1008 6: 957 7: 912 8: 1162 9: 853 10: 801 11: 1148 12: 801
    13: 1291 14: 888 15: 1099 16: 1117 bogomips: 73744
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 525.60.11
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 520.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-10) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 3-6:3 chip-ID: 0408:5425 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :1
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 137
    size: 355x199mm (13.98x7.83") diag: 407mm (16.02") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.4 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.81-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.61 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000
    bus-ID: 0000:2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-0797b58383a2 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: br-7371d4a24f15 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: br-e2e87e02ab92 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: veth2b5c043 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: veth47f71e4 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: veth6097d05 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: veth767a826 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: veth82b886d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-10: vethc3d8ed0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-11: vethdfe7b65 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-14:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 123 GiB (25.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: N/A
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: AGHA4101 temp: 49.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 141.31 GiB size: 138.03 GiB (97.68%)
    used: 122.98 GiB (89.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 19.5 MiB (6.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.88 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 422 Uptime: 20m wakeups: 3 Memory: 31 GiB used: 5.63 GiB (18.2%)
  Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: 1503 pm: pacman pkgs: 1491 libs: 351
  tools: gnome-software,pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 12 Shell: Zsh
  v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.23

amixer --card=0

Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',3
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',4
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

amixer --card=1

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 82 [94%] [-3.75dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 82 [94%] [-3.75dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 77 [89%] [-7.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 77 [89%] [-7.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 3 [100%] [30.00dB]
  Front Right: 3 [100%] [30.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 63
  Front Left: Capture 63 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 63 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Disabled'
Simple mixer control 'Dmic0',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 70
  Front Left: Capture 62 [89%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 62 [89%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Dmic1 2nd',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 70
  Front Left: Capture 50 [71%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 50 [71%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA1.0 1 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA2.0 2 Master',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 80
  Front Left: Capture 50 [62%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 50 [62%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA30.0 30',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA31.0 31',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA7.0 7 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA8.0 8 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'PGA9.0 9 Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 32
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 32 [100%] [0.00dB]

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

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Same happens with the Pulseaudio as well, the sound come out for a few minutes then vanishes. I can see the animation bars playing while i play a video on youtube but can’t hear a thing.

here is the alsa info: http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=96fe78f35d384bccff4ab1c20cde8ea98cbe7717

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I started having the same problem two days ago…after updating system…

Frustrating.

There have been a lot of similar reports in the last few days about audio problems after latest stable branch updates. The issue affects ALSA audio for Intel Skylake (6th gen) to TigerLake (11th gen) systems with LTS kernels v5.10 and v5.15

A lot of users have confirmed that the best, simple solution for this is to install kernel v6.0 using either Manjaro Settings Manager GUI tool, or copy/paste this to terminal

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux60

I think my problem is probably related also!

Hope there’s a solution soon… It’s really important for me!

EDIT: linux60 (with ibt=off parameter to avoid the problem with my nvidia hybrid card) made the trick.
Hope 515 will be repaired soon.