Hello,
It happens on all applications with all kernels after 5.4. On first boot the audio works well, but after I suspend once, the crackling starts.
Kernel 5.4 works fine.
I replaced PulseAudio with PipeWire, but the issue remains.
Any ideas?
Is it constant cracklin, or only a popping when going from no audio to starting playing audio?
It is constant, I would say it happens every 10-20 seconds when audio is playing.
did you installed also wireplumber instead of pipewire media session? check with:
pacman -Qs wireplumber
if its not installed, install it:
sudo pacman -S wireplumber
it will replace media session, reboot and see if it helped
Thank you, for the recommendation. I tried it, but the crackling is still there.
post output from:
inxi -xxxA
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9dc8
class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.12-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Interface: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
disable power save on your audio card:
echo options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/hda.conf
reboot and see if it helped, if not post output from:
inxi -M
what exact model you are running, maybe there will be something in arch wiki
I can’t get any audio at all after installing WirePlumber, so unfortunately I can’t test this right now.
you forgot to mention this…
post output from:
pacman -Qs 'pipewire|pulse'
inxi -M
Thank for taking the time!
[lee@leenux ~]$ pacman -Qs 'pipewire|pulse'
local/gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.65-6
Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
local/kpipewire 5.26.5-1 (plasma)
Components relating to pipewire use in Plasma
local/lib32-libcanberra 1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-2
A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification
(32-bit)
local/lib32-libpulse 16.1-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
local/libcanberra 1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-3
A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification
local/libcec 6.0.2-3
Pulse-Eight's libcec for the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter
local/libpipewire02 0.2.7-2
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - legacy client library
local/libpulse 16.1-3
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
local/libwireplumber 0.4.13-1
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire - client library
local/manjaro-pipewire 20221015-2
Manjaro meta package for complete PipeWire support.
local/pavucontrol 1:5.0+r61+gee77d86-2
PulseAudio Volume Control
local/pipewire 1:0.3.65-6
Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.65-6
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-audio 1:0.3.65-6
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Audio support
local/pipewire-media-session-docs 1:0.4.2-1
Legacy session manager for PipeWire (documentation)
local/pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.65-6
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/pulseaudio-ctl 1.70-1
Control pulseaudio volume from the shell or mapped to keyboard shortcuts.
local/pulseaudio-qt 1.3-1
Qt bindings for libpulse
local/python-pulse-control 20.5.1-2
Python high-level interface and ctypes-based bindings for PulseAudio.
local/python-pulsectl 22.3.2-2
Python high-level interface and ctypes-based bindings for PulseAudio
(libpulse)
local/wireplumber 0.4.13-1
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
[lee@leenux ~]$ inxi -M
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81MV v: Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15IWL
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: ASCN40WW date: 10/11/2019
so install the pipewire media session, it will replace wireplumber, disable the power save as outlined above, reboot and see if it helped…
I did it, still no sound! 
so switch back to pulse audio and try again…
Still, no audio. Spotify takes too long to load, YouTube does not start a video. In the audio menu in settings nothing is clickable.
did you added the power save config? if yes, remove it:
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/hda.conf
reboot
I had added it, and now removed it, but still there is no audio anywhere.
i have no idea whats happening here… try with the 5.4 kernel and see if it works there
Got back to 5.4 and it does not work. An empty terminal pops-up when the desktop loads, and some empty windows flash pretty quickly. Very weird.
sound like a messed up system … are you up to date?:
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
boot into manjaro live usb, the latest comes with the 6.1 kernel, and just see if it has also audio issues