Hotline Miami No Sound (sometimes?)

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.54-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=40809886-d17c-433b-876f-89a03d053b64 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 46.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.43 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 46.2 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: AB350-Gaming v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: AB350-Gaming-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F21 date: 02/08/2018
Battery:
  Device-1: ps-controller-battery-d0:bc:c1:d2:d1:f4 model: N/A serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.57 GiB used: 9.1 GiB (58.4%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: TeamGroup
    part-no: UD4-3000 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: TeamGroup
    part-no: UD4-3000 serial: <filter>
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen level: v3
    note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001129
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB
    desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1355 min/max: 1550/3200 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1355 2: 1355 3: 1355
    4: 1355 5: 1355 6: 1355 7: 1355 8: 1355 9: 1355 10: 1355 11: 1355 12: 1355
    bogomips: 76672
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
    cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
    flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate irperf lahf_lm
    lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx
    nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter
    pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sha_ni skinit
    smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock
    syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme
    vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Vulnerable: 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; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 3GB] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nvidia v: 550.120 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c02
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :1
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 1204x343mm (47.40x13.50")
    s-diag: 1252mm (49.29")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
    size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 75 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.120
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 2.93 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce GTX 1060 3GB driver: nvidia v: 550.120 device-ID: 10de:1c02
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0a:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
    driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.54-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off with: 1: a2jmidid status: off 2: nsmd
    status: off tools: cadence,jack_control
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-media-session
    status: active 2: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active with: pulseaudio-jack
    type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
    driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek ASUS USB-BT500 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 0b05:190e
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.41 TiB used: 1.28 TiB (37.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EZAZ-00L9GB0
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500312CS
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CA12 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B6Q
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: BD-RE BH30N rev: A201
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 227.88 GiB (97.98%)
    used: 156.27 GiB (68.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: N/A
    uuid: 40809886-d17c-433b-876f-89a03d053b64
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 80.3 MiB (26.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: E832-7B45
  ID-3: /run/media/nicholas/fourth-disk raw-size: 931.51 GiB
    size: 915.82 GiB (98.31%) used: 817.76 GiB (89.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd
    maj-min: 8:48 label: fourth-disk uuid: 1be4d25b-4ff6-40b0-a5c7-dfe6cc409b83
  ID-4: /run/media/nicholas/second disk raw-size: 434.51 GiB
    size: 426.62 GiB (98.18%) used: 254.21 GiB (59.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2
    maj-min: 8:34 label: second disk uuid: 1ec047b4-ec64-4d28-8893-f16ad7899256
  ID-5: /run/media/nicholas/third-disk raw-size: 1.82 TiB
    size: 1.79 TiB (98.37%) used: 78.51 GiB (4.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda
    maj-min: 8:0 label: third-disk uuid: 31f2d06a-293c-46c3-9216-27dc993cfb4e
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 31.25 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
    uuid: 14863704-322a-453c-b7a5-87bba34bb094
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: ASUSTek ASUS USB-BT500 type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0b05:190e class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
    type: audio,HID driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Optical Mouse
    type: mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c332 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Ducky One 3̠ type: HID,keyboard,mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 3233:1011 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5 C mobo: 29.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-1: 0 fan-3: 0
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.36 vbat: 3.29
Info:
  Processes: 341 Power: uptime: 28m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.22 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 2563 pm: pacman pkgs: 2549 libs: 627 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 5 pm: snap pkgs: 9 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1
    Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.36

Before I talk about the current problem let me recount installing Hotline Miami to begin with. Originally did a Linux install through Lutris where the game wouldn’t boot past the launcher settings. Then installed it with Wine and the game moved slowly. Finally installed it manually with the linux installer and it runs fine except usually there’s no sound. The sound did play normally a couple of days ago but I haven’t been able to get it working since.

I did find a fix where I added a libCg.so and libCgGL.so files to the /game folder of the installation but I can’t find that link anymore. If I do I’ll edit this post. Either way, that seemed to fix it at the time but since rebooting the sound issue persists.

… sometimes - other times not … ?

I did find a fix where I added a libCg.so and libCgGL.so files to the /game folder of the installation but I can’t find that link anymore.

… and you did something … which seemed to fix something …

check your Sound Configuration

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Pretty much! Fairly stumped. It worked after I added the files in the folder but not after a restart.

@weingeist What should I do?

So here’s an update. If I have my Dualsense plugged in to a USB port the sound will route to it’s speaker/headphone jack. Unplugging doesn’t send the sound to my regular speakers, though.

Edit: This is so confusing. After a reboot the sound no longer went through the Dualsense. I tried headphones in the regular jack on my PC and then the Dualsense and nothing. Then I switched the sound output manually to the Dualsense then it came through the speakers at full volume! I just switched the output back to the speakers and can control the volume. How bizarre!

You have both PulseAudio and PipeWire showing as active, which may cause a conflict. I mentioned the same thing in another thread.

As in the other thread, I suggest using:

sudo pacman -Syu manjaro-pipewire

This should remove the Pulseaudio stuff IIRC, but you might need to follow up with

sudo pacman -Rns pulseaudio-ctl

… but try without first. :wink:

Then log out & back in (or, preferably, reboot). See if this helps at all.

Cheers!

Didn’t do anything to solve the problem with the game. Thank you, though!

The sound seems to pretty consistently move to the Dualsense controller, however.