Dell xps 9710 (2021) no audio

nikgnomic · 24 December 2021 18:26

A Manjaro user with a similar system reported an audio problem to ALSA recently

ALSA update from 1.2.5.1 to 1.2.6.1 loses audio devices on Dell XPS 9700

opened 09:36AM - 18 Dec 21 UTC

closed 09:38AM - 18 Dec 21 UTC

Hello, On December 16, Manjaro pushed an update which included an ALSA update… from 1.2.5.1 to 1.2.6.1. This has caused users of a DELL XPS 9700 to no longer show any audio devices except the built-in speaker. This has been reported in the release post as well by a user named sparcplug. https://forum.manjaro.org/t/stable-update-2021-12-16-kernels-kde-gear-21-12-0-gnome-extensions-libreoffice/94942/18 I can confirm that for me the audio devices also disappeared. A rollback to 1.2.5.1 and restart of the system brought back the sound devices. I have no idea what causes this but wanted to report it and if you need me to test I am happy to do so.

The patch for soundwire.conf should be available in new version of package alsa-ucm-conf