Audio issues since latest update

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Since the latest update, I’ve been experiencing sound issues when switching from headphones to laptop speakers, to external speakers. I can’t get external speakers to work at all it seems. As for the internal speakers vs. headphones, only one of them will work at a time. I read somewhere it had something to do with profiles in the pavucontrol configuration - after fidgeting with all the options in there for a couple of minutes, I can switch from laptop speakers to headphones audio. I don’t understand what’s going on, it’s always worked just fine, switching automatically.

I’m on a Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X, a newer model that has had some issues with the linux kernel, occasional screen flickering on boot, probably due to the dedicated nVidia GPU. Not sure what sort of information I might post here to shed some light on what’s going on, do let me know please.

P.S. I originally set up Manjaro XFCE but I use AwesomeWM as my DE

EDIT:
inxi output:

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.5-1-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=f3ef34a1-65a4-4541-ab8d-4cdb5d39b446 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: awesome v: 4.3 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82TL v: Yoga Slim 7 ProX 14ARH7
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Yoga Slim 7 ProX 14ARH7
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76463 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: JVCN32WW date: 09/23/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 70.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 70.2/70.0 Wh (100.3%)
    volts: 17.6 min: 15.5 model: Celxpert L21C4PC4 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 103
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404101
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
    desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 758 high: 3372 min/max: 400/4785 scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
    4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 3159 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 3372 13: 400
    14: 400 15: 400 16: 400 bogomips: 102246
  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 mitigation: safe RET, no microcode
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA107BM [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: nvidia v: 535.129.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:25e2 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] vendor: Lenovo 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: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,
    DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 45.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3072x1920 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 812x507mm (31.97x19.96")
    s-diag: 957mm (37.69")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x0aa8 built: 2021
    res: 3072x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 250 gamma: 1.2 size: 312x195mm (12.28x7.68")
    diag: 368mm (14.5") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 3072x1920 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
    drv: nvidia x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm,wayland,device-2
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (rembrandt LLVM
    16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.5-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:1681 memory: 1.95 GiB
    unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.264 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 535.129.03
    device-ID: 10de:25e2 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
    name: AMD Radeon Graphics driver: amd v: 2023.Q3.3 (LLPC)
    device-ID: 1002:1681 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x,
    snd_pci_acp5x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.5-1-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: 0.3.81 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: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Lenovo driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 0489:e0d8
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 392.84 GiB (82.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL2512HCJQ-00BL2
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: CL1QGXA7 temp: 38.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 468.09 GiB (98.21%)
    used: 392.81 GiB (83.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 32.3 MiB (10.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
    zswap: yes compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 1.54 GiB (19.3%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 47.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 397 Uptime: 1d 14h 46m wakeups: 4 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
  available: 13.34 GiB used: 9.74 GiB (73.0%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1723 libs: 441 tools: pamac,paru pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 0 Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.31

A screenshot of pavucontrol current settings - headphones work at this moment. If I unplug them, it does not switch to internal speakers and there is no sound.
https://paste.pics/06152fbfe8e99a849c4c768a7c8f417e

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Hi @samvega,

You mentioned you’re not sure what information you can provide. Well, I can tell you to see:

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Just ran the latest update, which contained several pipewire related updates - the issue is now fixed as far as I can tell.

Pavucontrol now has an option called Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller Speaker + Headphones which was missing previously. When selecting this, it automatically switches between speakers and headphones when plugging/unplugging.

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