Audio stopped working with systemd v253.10

Downgraded to systemd v253.09. Audio stopped working with systemd v253.10. Using Linux kernel v6.5.1. HW is an ASUS motherboard with integrated audio.

Could you please give us more information about your system with this command?:

inxi --full --admin --filter --width

and

journalctl -b -p err

Hmm, there was only one revert done with those: Comparing v253.9...v253.10 · systemd/systemd-stable · GitHub

Yes, that is weird. I don’t know what happened. I have updated to systemd 254.3-1 and audio working fine.

inixi’s ouput:

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.2-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5-x86_64
    root=UUID=fb733bb1-dfa2-4cde-9e9b-3e874ba4a2d1 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=02d44c38-1a15-4dc7-a38a-9eefbb949f04 udev.log_priority=3
    amd_pstate.shared_mem=1 amd_pstate=passive mitigations=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.7 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG CROSSHAIR X670E GENE v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1415
    date: 05/16/2023
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Ergo Multi-Device Trackball
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
    level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA601203
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 16 MiB desc: 16x1024 KiB
    L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3223 high: 5881 min/max: 400/5881 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate governor: schedutil cores: 1: 5029 2: 2769 3: 3011 4: 3011
    5: 2974 6: 3011 7: 2777 8: 3011 9: 3011 10: 3011 11: 3011 12: 5475 13: 3011
    14: 3011 15: 3011 16: 3011 17: 2986 18: 3011 19: 3011 20: 3011 21: 3011
    22: 3011 23: 3011 24: 3011 25: 3011 26: 3011 27: 3011 28: 5881 29: 3011
    30: 3011 31: 3011 32: 3011 bogomips: 288115
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable, no microcode
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and
    usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
  Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Raphael vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
    code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1,DP-3
    bus-ID: 69:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 44.0 C
  Device-2: Elgato Systems GmbH Facecam driver: hid-generic,usbhid,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 10-2:2
    chip-ID: 0fd9:0078 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 126 s-size: 774x435mm (30.47x17.13")
    s-diag: 888mm (34.96")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 model: Gigabyte M32U serial: <filter>
    built: 2022 res: 3840x2160 dpi: 140 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43")
    diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.7-1 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics
    (raphael_mendocino LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.2-1-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 69:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Medeli AudioPro X5 Microphone
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 0a67:c003 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ASUSTek USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-6:3
    chip-ID: 0b05:1a52 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.2-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-7:8 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 9.1 TiB used: 6.2 TiB (68.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 34.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST6000VN0033-2EE110
    size: 5.46 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.78 TiB (98.37%) used: 875.52 GiB (48.0%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.02 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 44.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 606 Uptime: 24m wakeups: 2 Memory: total: 64 GiB
  available: 61.94 GiB used: 8.05 GiB (13.0%) Init: systemd v: 253
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1718 libs: 298
  tools: pamac,paru,yay pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  running-in: tmux: inxi: 3.3.29

journactl’s output:

Sep 11 08:22:28 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0.GPP7.UP00.DP40.UP00.DP68], AE_NOT_FOUND (20230331/dswload2-162)
Sep 11 08:22:28 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20230331/psobject-220)
Sep 11 08:22:28 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: i2c i2c-0: Failed to register i2c client ITE8853:00 at 0x4e (-16)
Sep 11 08:22:28 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: hub 12-0:1.0: config failed, hub doesn't have any ports! (err -19)
Sep 11 08:22:28 jetm-rog-x670e-gene (udev-worker)[644]: event8: Failed to call EVIOCSKEYCODE with scan code 0x7c, and key code 190: Invalid argument
Sep 11 08:22:37 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: WRT: Invalid buffer destination
Sep 11 08:22:37 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: WRT: Invalid buffer destination
Sep 11 08:22:38 jetm-rog-x670e-gene kernel: iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: WRT: Invalid buffer destination

Motherboard has a firmware update for audio codec ALC4080
ROG CROSSHAIR X670E GENE - BIOS & Firmware

Thank you. I will update the Mobo.