No sound after fresh install of manjaro xfce . kernel 5.8.6-1-MANJARO

I did a fresh install of manjaro yesterday , there was no sound in live session and after install also no sound. no output device showing only dummy audio is showing. tried different approachs couldn’t fix it .

please help!

Welcome at the forum, @amuse,

Your issue does not look to be very difficult to be solved but we need some more information of your system, first. Please, read the following guide and post some essential data here:

output of inxi -Fazy

System:
  Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 
  root=UUID=1f0949a7-c184-4173-9f4f-f6eeb7c99746 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ECS model: B85H3-M v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5 date: 06/27/2014 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-4150 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 27946 
  Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 958 2: 1349 
  3: 1130 4: 1465 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  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 mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: Elite Systems driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  chip ID: 8086:041e 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting 
  alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
  s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
  Monitor-1: VGA1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 85 size: 410x230mm (16.1x9.1") 
  diag: 470mm (18.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 20.1.7 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio 
  vendor: Elite Systems driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 
  chip ID: 8086:0c0c 
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Elite Systems driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  chip ID: 8086:8c20 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Elite Systems driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: mt7601u 
  bus ID: 1-3:2 chip ID: 148f:7601 serial: <filter> 
  IF: wlp0s20u3 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 494.17 GiB (53.1%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 127.00 GiB size: 124.51 GiB (98.04%) used: 7.47 GiB (6.0%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: /home raw size: 800.51 GiB size: 786.94 GiB (98.31%) 
  used: 486.70 GiB (61.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 189 Uptime: 1h 35m Memory: 5.66 GiB used: 1.27 GiB (22.4%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1086 lib: 335 
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.1.05 

OK, please run

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

and show us the output.

Most likely you only need to add this kernel parameter to your /etc/default/grub

snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0

Therefore, open /etc/default/grub by

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

and add

snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0

in the line starting with

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="

somewehere between the two apostrophes and keep spacing to the remaing parameters. Save the file and exit.

Afterwards, run

sudo update-grub

and reboot.

{Sorry, my comment was not yet ready :sweat_smile:}

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  vijay      2085 F.... pulseaudio

Please also run

pa-info > pa-info.out
curl --upload-file pa-info.out https://aptget.xyz

and provide the link.

http://aptget.xyz/XQpj6/pa-info.out

I added the kernel parameter but no audio still. I don’t know if my sound card is broken or not .

It seems the audio devices are properly recognized by the kernel, but PulseAudio is not picking them up. What happens if you run

pactl unload-module module-udev-detect
pactl load-module module-udev-detect

or

pactl load-module module-alsa-card device_id=1

?

Your firmware is pretty old, have you checked if there is a newer version available?

[ 7.117865] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: dmic_detect option is deprecated, pass snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1 option instead
[ 7.121323] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: no codecs found!

option to disable dmic internal digital microphone array is not needed for a desktop motherboard

suggest you remove the option snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0 added to /etc/default/grub

and sudo update-grub again

then reboot and check if audio device is detected

sudo dmesg | grep -E 'snd|hda|`

pactl load-module module-udev-detect

output 25

pactl load-module module-alsa-card device_id=1
output
Failure: Module initialization failed

[    5.904468] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: no codecs found!
[    5.997440] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])

this is the latest firmware provided by the manufacturer .

Hi All I’m having the same issue, I have a new laptop, with a fresh manjaro install (xfce).

[lavistam@lavistam-manj startup]$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=ManjaroLinux
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.1
DISTRIB_CODENAME=Mikah
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=“Manjaro Linux”

[lavistam@lavistam-manj startup]$ uname -r
5.8.6-1-MANJARO

System:
  Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 
  root=UUID=4c1c2cbe-bf0a-4dcb-9eca-e7f29fe7ab24 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20TKCTO1WW v: ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20TKCTO1WW v: SDK0R32862 WIN serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: LENOVO v: N2VET19W (1.04 ) date: 07/10/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 76.2 Wh condition: 80.0/80.0 Wh (100%) volts: 17.2/15.4 
  model: Celxpert 5B10X19050 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
  cycles: 2 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: Intel Core i9-10885H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A 
  family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: C8 L2 cache: 16.0 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 76816 
  Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/5300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 855 2: 895 3: 900 
  4: 900 5: 885 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 9: 853 10: 900 11: 900 12: 900 13: 900 
  14: 866 15: 876 16: 900 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9bc4 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f95 
  Device-3: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-8:3 
  chip ID: 04f2:b6cb serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: intel,modesetting 
  alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0") 
  s-diag: 777mm (30.6") 
  Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 186 size: 350x190mm (13.8x7.5") 
  diag: 398mm (15.7") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.7 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: sof-audio-pci 
  alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:06c8 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10fa 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9462/9560 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 
  bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:06f0 
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 10.42 GiB (0.5%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB2T0HALB-000L7 size: 1.86 TiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
  serial: <filter> rev: 3M2QEXG7 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (98.38%) used: 10.42 GiB (0.6%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: 47.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 39 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2531 
Info:
  Processes: 370 Uptime: 5h 52m Memory: 62.45 GiB used: 5.03 GiB (8.1%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: 1152 pacman: 1148 
  lib: 341 flatpak: 0 snap: 4 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: xfce4-terminal 
  inxi: 3.1.05 

@lavistam, please open your own thread, you have different hardware and drivers and might require a different solution.

You have two devices. Have you checked sound output on all possible connections?

Please, provide output of

lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t

As you seem to have issues with the codecs it could be worth to test if a reconfiguration of the codecs might help by first stopping pulseaudio services

systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket
systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service

and then reconfiguring the codecs in the ALSA driver by

sudo su
echo 1 > /sys/class/sound/card/reconfig

while "card’ could be required to be replaced by your specific card. Have a look into that folder, first.

lsmod | grep ‘^snd’ | column -t
output

snd_hda_codec_hdmi  73728   1  
snd_hda_intel       57344   1  
snd_intel_dspcfg    24576   1  snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec       167936  2  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core        106496  3  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep           16384   1  snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm             147456  4  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer           45056   1  snd_pcm
snd                 114688  8  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm
bash: /sys/class/sound/card/reconfig: No such file or directory

Thanks, I guess I’m still too new to open a topic, I’ll look around