No sound after install (Devices Detected)

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New install. Cards are detected. No playback from anything and the mic does not record. Pipewire and wireplumber both installed. All the alsa packages are installed, and the devices are not muted when I check in alsamixer. I’m going to provide some output on my onboard intel audio card:
From lspci:

00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake High Definition Audio Controller (rev 11)

from inxi -A

Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.4-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active

I don’t want to have to use another distro. I’ve just about managed to get all of my hardware working and I’m in love with Manjaro, but I need to have sound. Any help is much appreciated.

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Welcome to the Manjaro Community! :vulcan_salute:

It will be better if you post the full inxi -zv8 output (this is privacy-filtered) as it’s usually requested and will provide more insight into your setup.

I’m no audio expert but we do have one or two quite knowledgeable and helpful people here :smiley:

(I see a reply coming already) :wink:

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Welcome to Manjaro forum @bizzyb

Please post more information about audio card(s) detected in PipeWire

pactl list cards

and PipeWire/WirePlumber audio services

systemctl --user -l --no-pager status pipewire-pulse.service wireplumber.service
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pactl list cards

Card #42
        Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3
        Driver: alsa
        Owner Module: n/a
        Properties:
                device.enum.api = "udev"
                device.api = "alsa"
                media.class = "Audio/Device"
                api.alsa.path = "hw:0"
                api.alsa.card = "0"
                api.alsa.card.name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                api.alsa.card.longname = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6103130000 irq 164"
                device.plugged.usec = "8294526"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.subsystem = "sound"
                device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "0x7a50"
                device.product.name = "Raptor Lake High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"
                device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
                api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
                api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
                api.acp.auto-port = "false"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
                api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
                api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
                spa.object.id = "2"
                factory.id = "15"
                client.id = "41"
                object.id = "42"
                object.serial = "42"
                object.path = "alsa:acp:PCH"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x6103130000 irq 164"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC274"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0274,103c8a9a,00100004"
                alsa.id = "PCH"
                device.string = "0"
        Profiles:
                off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6565, available: yes)
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 6500, available: yes)
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: 1, priority: 65, available: yes)
                pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
        Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
        Ports:
                analog-input-internal-mic: Internal Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 1, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "mic"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 1"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                                card.profile.port = "0"
                        Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
                analog-input-mic: Microphone (type: Mic, priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 2, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "mic"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 2"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                                card.profile.port = "1"
                        Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
                analog-output-speaker: Speakers (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 3, availability unknown)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "speaker"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 3"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
                                card.profile.port = "2"
                        Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 usec, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
                        Properties:
                                port.type = "headphones"
                                port.availability-group = "Legacy 4"
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
                                card.profile.port = "3"
                        Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo\

Pipewire and WirePlumber audio services

pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-16 11:02:55 EST; 54min ago
 Invocation: 5e2c8d8a5d044c0a85c1e18672aba5d1
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 1345 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 37939)
     Memory: 15.9M (peak: 19.1M)
        CPU: 463ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─1345 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Jan 16 11:02:55 BizzyB systemd[1085]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.

● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-01-16 11:02:53 EST; 54min ago
 Invocation: 79b4c8aa38f043349a5a1903b793ea74
   Main PID: 1234 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 37939)
     Memory: 45.5M (peak: 47.3M)
        CPU: 1.936s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─1234 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Jan 16 11:02:53 BizzyB systemd[1085]: Started Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Jan 16 11:02:53 BizzyB wireplumber[1234]: wp-device: SPA handle 'api.libcamera.enum.manager' could not be loaded; is it installed?
Jan 16 11:02:53 BizzyB wireplumber[1234]: s-monitors-libcamera: PipeWire's libcamera SPA plugin is missing or broken. Some camera types may not be supported.