Can't hear audio

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I’m on a fresh install of Manjaro XFCE, and my audio isn’t working. Neither my speaker nor my headphone work when I plug them in, so I think the devices are working. When I plug them in, in Volume Control > Output Devices, Line Out appears, so it’s being detected, and when I have audio playing, the red audio visualizer thing moves.

System:
  Kernel: 5.9.11-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64 
  root=UUID=5783c51f-b1f9-47c0-81c2-36e65a678c12 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=ce715921-4886-469a-bf2d-00bbee2dce5c 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.3 tk: Gtk 3.24.23 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
  type: 3 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B75M-D3H v: x.x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: F12 date: 10/26/2012 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-3770 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 
  L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 54296 
  Speed: 1663 MHz min/max: 1600/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596 2: 1645 
  3: 1610 4: 1691 5: 2021 6: 1790 7: 1596 8: 1604 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  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 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Curacao PRO [Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM] 
  vendor: PC Partner Limited driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:6811 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting 
  alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3520x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 931x285mm (36.7x11.2") 
  s-diag: 974mm (38.3") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") 
  diag: 604mm (23.8") 
  Monitor-2: DVI-0 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 443x249mm (17.4x9.8") 
  diag: 508mm (20") 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD PITCAIRN (DRM 2.50.0 5.9.11-3-MANJARO LLVM 11.0.0) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
  Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 
  Series] 
  vendor: PC Partner Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  chip ID: 1002:aab0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.11-3-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR922X Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k 
  v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 04:02.0 chip ID: 168c:0029 
  IF: wlp4s2 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 8.51 GiB (0.6%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00ZF5A0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 750 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
  rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.45 GiB (98.22%) used: 6.39 GiB (1.4%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 
  ID-2: /home raw size: 923.27 GiB size: 907.77 GiB (98.32%) 
  used: 2.12 GiB (0.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: radeon temp: 41.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 226 Uptime: 18m Memory: 7.72 GiB used: 1.58 GiB (20.5%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1082 lib: 324 
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.1.08
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Hi @Seldom, and welcome!

From what I can see, it looks like you have two sound output devices, or sound cards,

I do not know the terminal command, but is the correct one selected for outputting? From what I read in your description of the problem, it seems like it is playing (outputting) the sound on the incorrect device.

Just make sure the correct one is selected. (AFAIK HDMI is also sound and counts as a sound output device, so if you don’t use that, you should make sure that’s not selected.)

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Please post response to

pacmd dump

and

pacmd list-cards
4

Thanks for your reply!

pacmd dump

### Configuration dump generated at Mon Dec  7 12:37:13 2020

load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore
load-module module-augment-properties
load-module module-switch-on-port-available
load-module module-udev-detect
load-module module-alsa-card device_id="1" name="pci-0000_01_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
load-module module-alsa-card device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_1b.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
load-module module-bluez5-discover
load-module module-dbus-protocol
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
load-module module-gsettings
load-module module-default-device-restore
load-module module-always-sink
load-module module-intended-roles
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
load-module module-console-kit
load-module module-systemd-login
load-module module-position-event-sounds
load-module module-role-cork
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply
load-module module-x11-publish display=:0.0 xauthority=/home/seldom/.Xauthority
load-module module-x11-xsmp display=:0.0 xauthority=/home/seldom/.Xauthority session_manager=local/seldom-tobefilledbyoem:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/893,unix/seldom-tobefilledbyoem:/tmp/.ICE-unix/893
load-module module-cli-protocol-unix

set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo 0xfff1
set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo no
suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo yes
set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 0xbc53
set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo no
suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo yes

set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor 0x10000
set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor no
suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor yes
set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor 0x10000
set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor no
suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor yes

set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 output:hdmi-stereo
set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 output:analog-stereo

set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
set-default-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor

### EOF

pacmd list-cards

2 card(s) available.
    index: 0
	name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	owner module: 6
	properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf7e60000 irq 32"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1002"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
		device.product.id = "aab0"
		device.product.name = "Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	profiles:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: unknown)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra5: Digital Stereo (HDMI 6) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra5: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 6) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra5: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 6) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
	active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo>
	sinks:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo/#0: Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series] Digital Stereo (HDMI)
	sources:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor/#0: Monitor of Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series] Digital Stereo (HDMI)
	ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-5: HDMI / DisplayPort 6 (priority 5400, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 1
	name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	owner module: 7
	properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7f10000 irq 31"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "1e20"
		device.product.name = "7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "Built-in Audio"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	profiles:
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 65, available: no)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6500, available: unknown)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6565, available: no)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500, available: unknown)
		output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5565, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
	active profile: <output:analog-stereo>
	sinks:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo/#1: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
	sources:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor/#1: Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
	ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority 8500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
		analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:
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My monitor doesn’t have speakers, and that’s the only thing I have plugged into HDMI, so HDMI Audio doesn’t and shouldn’t work.

In my Volume Icon > Audio mixer… > Output Devices, whenever I plug in my speakers or headphones, the Line Out port changes between Line Out (plugged in) and Line Out (unplugged), so I’m pretty sure that’s the right port.

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I understand perfectly. My monitors don’t have speakers, either.

Unfortunately, computers aren’t as smart as humans. (Or some humans anyway, we create them after all.) We have to tell them how to do things (programming) what and when to do things (IT support.)

I suspect @nikgnomic is on the right track to help from what I can see , and I don’t know the terminal command, but it looks like he does.

And from what I can see in the pacmd list-cards command output, my diagnosis of the problems cause is correct, I just don’t know the terminal commands to fix it. But as I mentioned, @nikgnomic is obviously on the right track.

Good luck! (And thanks @nikgnomic.)

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@Mirdarthos might be correct
Pulseaudio is configured to use both audio devices HDMI and Built-In Analog

set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 output:hdmi-stereo
set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 output:analog-stereo

I suggest you change the Profile for HDMI output to ‘Off’

pacmd set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 off

then check PulseAudio only has sinks and sources for analog-stereo

pacmd dump | grep -v modules

if audio is still not working, please post response to

amixer -c1
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I was looking online for solutions to this, and ended up removing some packages, but I don’t know which ones, so I reinstalled Manjaro. Just letting you know in case anything is different. I’m still having the same issue, though.

pacmd dump | grep -v modules

### Configuration dump generated at Tue Dec  8 18:43:16 2020

load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore
load-module module-augment-properties
load-module module-switch-on-port-available
load-module module-udev-detect
load-module module-alsa-card device_id="1" name="pci-0000_01_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
load-module module-alsa-card device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_1b.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
load-module module-bluez5-discover
load-module module-dbus-protocol
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
load-module module-gsettings
load-module module-default-device-restore
load-module module-always-sink
load-module module-intended-roles
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
load-module module-console-kit
load-module module-systemd-login
load-module module-position-event-sounds
load-module module-role-cork
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply
load-module module-x11-publish display=:0.0 xauthority=/home/seldom/.Xauthority
load-module module-x11-xsmp display=:0.0 xauthority=/home/seldom/.Xauthority session_manager=local/seldom-desktop:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/902,unix/seldom-desktop:/tmp/.ICE-unix/902
load-module module-cli-protocol-unix

set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 0x76d3
set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo no
suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo no

set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor 0x10000
set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor no
suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor no

set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 off
set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 output:analog-stereo

set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
set-default-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor

### EOF

^^ I think this is looking good. The HDMI card is off.

It hasn’t fixed the audio though, even after a restart :frowning:

amixer -c1

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]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',5
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
9

I got the wrong ALSA card number

please post response to

amixer -c0
10

Ooh, this one’s a lot longer.

amixer -c0

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono: Playback 51 [80%] [-13.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-64.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-64.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 46
  Front Left: Capture 28 [61%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 28 [61%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 46
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-16.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-16.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch'
  Item0: '2ch'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Rear Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' 'CD'
  Item0: 'Rear Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Rear Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' 'CD'
  Item0: 'Rear Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Loopback Mixing',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Disabled'
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]

Hope this is useful!

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These are the relevant ALSA controls for Onboard Audio
(you can also see and adjust these controls using alsamixer)

Your ‘Line Out’ level control for green jack socket is probably ‘Front’
that is unmuted and has level set to 100%

Simple mixer control 'Front',0

  Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]

Audio from green rear jack socket should be working with PulseAudio

But the controls for front panel Headphone jack are muted and set to 0

Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0

  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-64.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-64.00dB] [off]

I suggest you use this command to turn Headphones on

amixer -c0 sset 'Headphone',0 64 unmute

I also suggest you turn off the control for IEC958 (aka SPDIF) digital output
(that might be causing a problem for analog audio playback)

Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0

  Mono: Playback [on]

with this command

amixer -c0 sset 'IEC958 Default PCM',0 mute

and finally save the new settings so they are restored to same state when system boots

sudo alsactl store
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Thanks for the reply.

I ran all three of those commands and tried the headphone jack, and it still isn’t working, even after restarting T_T.

I borrowed a friend’s speakers and those don’t work on my computer, but my speakers work on their computer.

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Try clearing PulseAudio cookie and databases in user home folder

rm ~/.config/pulse/cookie ~/.config/pulse/*.tdb

and reboot to ensure PulseAudio reloads and recreates new files

check PulseAudio again with

pacmd dump | grep -v modules

you will probably need to turn off HDMI profile again

pacmd set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1 off
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I discovered that my monitor has an audio jack, so I plugged my speakers into that. When I ran

rm ~/.config/pulse/cookie ~/.config/pulse/*.tdb

which reset my audio config, the speakers started working over HDMI. Sorry, I probably should have known that :P. Thanks for your help, though! I’m very grateful that you all volunteer your time to help with our simple issues. Happy holidays!

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