No sound after update, although devices are shown

[josineto]

Hi, it’s my first post here, although I use Manjaro for more than 5 years now. It’s a great distribution!

Yesterday I updated my system via Pamac, and then rebooted it, but didn’t use any application with sound. I just closed the notebook lid at night, and today when I tried to use it no sound could be played, neither via browser, local files, or Gnome sound test (in Settings > Sound). No sound either after reboot or after turn it off for minutes and then booted it. When I open Gnome settings, it displays both internal speakers and sound via HDMI (which is my second monitor) to select, but none of them works. When I connect my (wired) headphones they’re recognized as usual, but no sound plays through them. If I connect my bluetooth speaker, it doesn’t appear in the sound settings, as it would before this problem.

So I looked at Pacman logs, and found that both kernel and firmware packages were updated. Below are the lines of those packages:

[2025-03-19T17:14:19-0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux-firmware-whence (20250210.5bc5868b-1 -> 20250311.b69d4b74-2)
[2025-03-19T17:14:34-0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux-firmware (20250210.5bc5868b-1 -> 20250311.b69d4b74-2)
[2025-03-19T17:14:56-0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux66-rt (6.6.77_rt50-1 -> 6.6.78_rt51-1)

I then opened the Firmware application and updated a device called “UEFI dbx”, with the update named as “Secure Boot dbx”. Rebooted, and yet same situation.

Then I looked at the Kernel section of Manjaro Settings Manager. I was running kernel 6.6 RT, then installed the 6.13 RT version and rebooted using it. Same situation.

In the Pacman log, when generating kernel images, there’re these lines, I don’t know if it’s related because I remember some of them begun to appear months ago without any perceptible problem:

[2025-03-20T17:13:33-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux613-rt.preset: 'fallback'
[2025-03-20T17:13:33-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2025-03-20T17:13:33-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.13-rt-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-6.13-rt-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2025-03-20T17:13:33-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.13.0-3-rt5-MANJARO'
[2025-03-20T17:13:33-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2025-03-20T17:13:34-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2025-03-20T17:13:34-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2025-03-20T17:13:34-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [kms]
[2025-03-20T17:13:51-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
[2025-03-20T17:13:54-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2025-03-20T17:13:55-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
[2025-03-20T17:13:55-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
[2025-03-20T17:13:55-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
[2025-03-20T17:13:55-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
[2025-03-20T17:13:56-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
[2025-03-20T17:13:56-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
[2025-03-20T17:13:56-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci_renesas'
[2025-03-20T17:13:58-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2025-03-20T17:14:00-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2025-03-20T17:14:00-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
[2025-03-20T17:14:00-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
[2025-03-20T17:14:00-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [plymouth]
[2025-03-20T17:14:02-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2025-03-20T17:14:04-0300] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]

inxi -SMxxA:

System:
  Host: josi-note Kernel: 6.13.0-3-rt5-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
  Desktop: GNOME v: 47.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7348 v: A15
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: A15
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0P5D6R v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0675
    UEFI: Dell v: A15 date: 05/28/2019
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
  API: ALSA v: k6.13.0-3-rt5-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off with: a2jmidid status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: wireplumber
    status: active
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active with:
    1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module

cat /proc/asound/cards:

 0 [HDMI           ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI
                      HDA Intel HDMI at 0xc1118000 irq 49
 1 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
                      HDA Intel PCH at 0xc111c000 irq 50

sudo dmesg | grep snd:

[   18.385862] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[   18.386248] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[   18.506502] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: ALC3234: picked fixup  (pin match)
[   18.539775] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig for ALC3234: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[   18.539781] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   18.539784] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   18.539786] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[   18.539787] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    inputs:
[   18.539788] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Headset Mic=0x19
[   18.539790] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Headphone Mic=0x1a
[   18.539791] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Internal Mic=0x12

Please, anyone can help me?

[nikgnomic]

Please post more information about audio devices

pactl list cards

sudo alsa-info.sh --upload

[josineto]

pactl list cards:

Placa #0
	Nome: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_03.0
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Módulo proprietário: 6
	Propriedades:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI at 0xc1118000 irq 49"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:03.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "160c"
		device.product.name = "Broadwell-U Audio Controller"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "Áudio interno"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Perfis:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Saída Digital Stereo (HDMI) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 38668, disponível: sim)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Saída Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 5700, disponível: não)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Saída Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 600, disponível: não)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Saída Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 600, disponível: não)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Saída Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 5700, disponível: não)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Saída Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 600, disponível: não)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Saída Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 600, disponível: não)
		off: Desligado (destino: 0, fontes: 0, prioridade: 0, disponível: sim)
	Perfil ativo: output:hdmi-stereo
	Portas:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (tipo: HDMI, prioridade: 5900, mudança da latência: 0 usec, disponível)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				device.product.name = "TV PHILCO"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: output:hdmi-stereo
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (tipo: HDMI, prioridade: 5800, mudança da latência: 0 usec, não disponível)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: output:hdmi-stereo-extra1, output:hdmi-surround-extra1, output:hdmi-surround71-extra1
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (tipo: HDMI, prioridade: 5700, mudança da latência: 0 usec, não disponível)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: output:hdmi-stereo-extra2, output:hdmi-surround-extra2, output:hdmi-surround71-extra2

Placa #1
	Nome: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Módulo proprietário: 7
	Propriedades:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xc111c000 irq 50"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "9ca0"
		device.product.name = "Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Áudio interno"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Perfis:
		input:analog-stereo: Entrada Estéreo analógico (destino: 0, fontes: 1, prioridade: 32833, disponível: sim)
		output:analog-stereo: Saída Estéreo analógico (destino: 1, fontes: 0, prioridade: 39268, disponível: sim)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Duplex estéreo analógico (destino: 1, fontes: 1, prioridade: 39333, disponível: sim)
		off: Desligado (destino: 0, fontes: 0, prioridade: 0, disponível: sim)
	Perfil ativo: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
	Portas:
		analog-input-internal-mic: Microfone interno (tipo: Mic, prioridade: 8900, mudança da latência: 0 usec, disponibilidade desconhecida)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-headphone-mic: Microfone (tipo: Mic, prioridade: 8700, mudança da latência: 0 usec, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, não disponível)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-input-headset-mic: Microfone de headset (tipo: Headset, prioridade: 8800, mudança da latência: 0 usec, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, não disponível)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-speaker: Alto-falantes (tipo: Auto-falante, prioridade: 10000, mudança da latência: 0 usec, disponibilidade desconhecida)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo
		analog-output-headphones: Fones de ouvido (tipo: Fones de ouvido, prioridade: 9900, mudança da latência: 0 usec, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, não disponível)
			Propriedades:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
			Parte de perfil/perfis: output:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo

sudo alsa-info.sh --upload:

cat: /tmp/alsa-info.FCZKQWuobw/sdwstatus.tmp: No such file or directory
pgrep: pattern that searches for process name longer than 15 characters will result in zero matches
Try `pgrep -f' option to match against the complete command line.
/usr/bin/alsa-info.sh: line 679: tree: command not found
/usr/bin/alsa-info.sh: line 679: tree: command not found
Uploading information to www.alsa-project.org ... Done!

Your ALSA information is located at http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=d4f31e8e0dec6a21e4bc5dc9f9e376805000c377
Please inform the person helping you.

[josineto]

I tried to use sound via JACK (with a portable recorder that also works as audio interface), and the result is different: using “JACK sink (PulseAudio sink)” works, I can hear sound normally, just not in sound test in Gnome settings.

But the problem persists when switching back to internal speakers or headphones…

Anyone has any idea? Please, I’m writing my doctoral dissertation in Music, I really need to hear audio from this notebook…

[nikgnomic]

pactl card data shows headphone output is not available:

analog-output-headphones: Fones de ouvido (tipo: Fones de ouvido, prioridade: 9900, mudança da latência: 0 usec, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, não disponível)

ALSA mixer controls for card PCH (ALC2324) show Headphone output is muted [off]:

Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0

  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-65.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-65.25dB] [off]

To unmute Headphone output and increase audio level:

amixer --card=PCH sset 'Headphone' 80% unmute

If audio is still not working turn off PulseAudio and play audio to card 1 device 0 hw:1,0

systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.{socket,service}

To reset PulseAudio configuration to default, delete home folder configuration:

rm ~/.config/pulse/*

and reboot system to restart PulseAudio with default settings

[josineto]

@nikgnomic

pactl card data shows headphone output is not available:

When I ran pactl my headphones were not connected. If I connect them before running pactl this is the result (“disponibilidade desconhecida” = “availability unknown”):

$ pactl list cards | grep headphone
		analog-input-headphone-mic: Microfone (tipo: Mic, prioridade: 8700, mudança da latência: 0 usec, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, disponibilidade desconhecida)
		analog-output-headphones: Fones de ouvido (tipo: Fones de ouvido, prioridade: 9900, mudança da latência: 0 usec, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, disponibilidade desconhecida)
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"

Running amixer --card=PCH sset 'Headphone' 80% unmute doesn’t have any effect, neither in internal speakers or headphones. This is its output:

Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 70 [80%] [-12.75dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 70 [80%] [-12.75dB] [on]

Running systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.{socket,service} made sound work again, but without any volume control using internal speakers or headphones. If I stop PulseAudio while headphones are connected, I can control volume using keyboard keys, but when I disconnect them I lose this control. In Gnome settings > Sound, it shows there’s no audio output nor input devices while PulseAudio is stopped. If I start again PulseAudio, no sound, as in original problem.

I ran rm ~/.config/pulse/* and rebooted system. No effect, problem is still the same…

As this problem arose after a system update, I’ll write down here all the updated and installed packages in that system update, as of /var/log/pacman.log:

[2025-03-19T17:13:41-0300] [ALPM] upgraded iana-etc (20241206-1 -> 20250213-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:41-0300] [ALPM] upgraded gtest (1.15.2-1 -> 1.16.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded abseil-cpp (20240722.1-1 -> 20250127.0-2)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded fmt (11.1.3-1 -> 11.1.4-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded protobuf (29.2-1 -> 29.3-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-libs (257.3-2 -> 257.4-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libcap (2.71-1 -> 2.75-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded dbus (1.16.0-1 -> 1.16.2-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded kmod (34-1 -> 34.1-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded hwdata (0.392-1 -> 0.393-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libnghttp2 (1.64.0-1 -> 1.65.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded coreutils (9.6-3 -> 9.6-4)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.108-1 -> 3.109-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:42-0300] [ALPM] upgraded device-mapper (2.03.30-1 -> 2.03.31-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:43-0300] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (257.3-2 -> 257.4-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:46-0300] [ALPM] upgraded android-tools (35.0.2-10 -> 35.0.2-11)
[2025-03-19T17:13:46-0300] [ALPM] upgraded glib2 (2.82.5-1 -> 2.84.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libx11 (1.8.11-1 -> 1.8.12-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded pango (1:1.56.1-1 -> 1:1.56.2-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded gtk3 (1:3.24.48-2 -> 1:3.24.49-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded sdl3 (3.2.4-2 -> 3.2.8-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded sdl2-compat (2.32.50-2 -> 2.32.52-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libsm (1.2.5-1 -> 1.2.6-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:47-0300] [ALPM] upgraded gstreamer (1.24.12-3 -> 1.24.12-4)
[2025-03-19T17:13:48-0300] [ALPM] upgraded gst-plugins-base-libs (1.24.12-3 -> 1.24.12-4)
[2025-03-19T17:13:48-0300] [ALPM] upgraded gst-plugins-bad-libs (1.24.12-3 -> 1.24.12-4)
[2025-03-19T17:13:48-0300] [ALPM] upgraded audacity (1:3.7.1-2 -> 1:3.7.1-3)
[2025-03-19T17:13:48-0300] [ALPM] upgraded babl (0.1.110-1 -> 0.1.112-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:48-0300] [ALPM] upgraded nss (3.108-1 -> 3.109-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:49-0300] [ALPM] installed electron34 (34.3.2-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:50-0300] [ALPM] upgraded code (1.97.2-1 -> 1.98.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:50-0300] [ALPM] upgraded dhcpcd (10.2.0-1 -> 10.2.2-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:50-0300] [ALPM] upgraded diffutils (3.11-1 -> 3.11-2)
[2025-03-19T17:13:52-0300] [ALPM] upgraded electron33 (33.4.2-1 -> 33.4.3-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:52-0300] [ALPM] upgraded ell (0.73-1 -> 0.74-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libical (3.0.19-2 -> 3.0.20-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libphonenumber (1:8.13.55-1 -> 1:9.0.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded svt-av1 (2.3.0-1 -> 3.0.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded libavif (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.0-2)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded evolution-data-server (3.54.3-2 -> 3.54.3-4)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded exfatprogs (1.2.7-1 -> 1.2.8-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded faac (1.30-5 -> 1.31.1-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:53-0300] [ALPM] upgraded faad2 (2.11.1-1 -> 2.11.2-1)
[2025-03-19T17:13:54-0300] [ALPM] upgraded ffmpeg (2:7.1-6 -> 2:7.1-7)
[2025-03-19T17:13:54-0300] [ALPM] upgraded ffmpeg4.4 (4.4.5-2 -> 4.4.5-3)
[2025-03-19T17:13:59-0300] [ALPM] upgraded noto-fonts (1:2025.02.01-1 -> 1:2025.03.01-1)
[2025-03-19T17:14:09-0300] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (136.0-1 -> 136.0.1-1)
[2025-03-19T17:14:09-0300] [ALPM] upgraded firefox-i18n-en-us (136.0-1 -> 136.0.1-1)
[2025-03-19T17:14:09-0300] [ALPM] upgraded firefox-i18n-pt-br (136.0-1 -> 136.0.1-1)
[2025-03-19T17:14:09-0300] [ALPM] upgraded freerdp (2:3.12.0-1 -> 2:3.13.0-1)
[2025-03-19T17:14:09-0300] [ALPM] upgraded gawk (5.3.1-1 -> 5.3.1-2)
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@nikgnomic thank you for your help. Please, can you guess something more of this problem?

[nikgnomic]

@josineto

In Gnome settings > Sound, it shows there’s no audio output nor input devices while PulseAudio is stopped

Gnome audio settings would not work if audio is playing direct to ALSA
ALSA mixer controls can be adjusted using alsamixer in terminal
Or install gnome-alsamixer

@josineto

I ran rm ~/.config/pulse/* and rebooted system. No effect, problem is still the same

Check audio outputs (sinks) and PulseAudio configuration

pactl list sinks

pacmd dump

[gkraemer]

I had the issue that sound in Firefox and Zoom was broken. Weirdly VLC and MPV worked just fine. To fix I had to uninstall manjaro-pulse and install manjaro-pipewire and now everything works magically. This seems to be a known issue [1]

[1] [Stable Update] 2025-03-18 - Kernel, Systemd, Plasma 6.3.3, KDE Gear 24.12.3

[Stable Update] 2025-03-18 - Kernel, Systemd, Plasma 6.3.3, KDE Gear 24.12.3

Neither Youtube nor other video hosting sites play any videos after this update. Offline AVI files do play but there is no sound. Sound settings manager doesn’t play the test sounds. However, when I log in after restart, the initial greeting sound effect plays but after that there is no sound. Edit: I discovered that when I mute the sound on Youtube videos, they start to play, but as soon as I enable sound a loading indicator appears on the video. Also, I noticed that all sounds work properly …

[josineto]

pactl list sinks:

Destino #1
	Estado: SUSPENDED
	Nome: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
	Descrição: Áudio interno Estéreo analógico
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Especificação da amostragem: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Mapa dos canais: front-left,front-right
	Módulo proprietário: 7
	Mudo: não
	Volume: front-left: 57697 /  88% / -3,32 dB,   front-right: 57697 /  88% / -3,32 dB
	        balanço 0,00
	Volume base: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
	Fonte de monitoração: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor
	Latência: 0 useg, 0 useg configurado
	Sinalizadores: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Propriedades:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "ALC3234 Analog"
		alsa.id = "ALC3234 Analog"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xc111c000 irq 50"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "9ca0"
		device.product.name = "Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.string = "front:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Estéreo analógico"
		device.description = "Áudio interno Estéreo analógico"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Portas:
		analog-output-speaker: Alto-falantes (tipo: Auto-falante, prioridade: 10000, disponibilidade desconhecida)
		analog-output-headphones: Fones de ouvido (tipo: Fones de ouvido, prioridade: 9900, grupo de disponibilidade: Legacy 2, não disponível)
	Porta ativa: analog-output-speaker
	Formatos:
		pcm

Destino #2
	Estado: SUSPENDED
	Nome: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo
	Descrição: Áudio interno Digital Stereo (HDMI)
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Especificação da amostragem: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Mapa dos canais: front-left,front-right
	Módulo proprietário: 6
	Mudo: não
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
	        balanço 0,00
	Volume base: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
	Fonte de monitoração: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo.monitor
	Latência: 0 useg, 0 useg configurado
	Sinalizadores: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS 
	Propriedades:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "TV PHILCO"
		alsa.id = "HDMI 0"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "3"
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel HDMI at 0xc1118000 irq 49"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:03.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "8086"
		device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
		device.product.id = "160c"
		device.product.name = "Broadwell-U Audio Controller"
		device.form_factor = "internal"
		device.string = "hdmi:0"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
		device.description = "Áudio interno Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Portas:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (tipo: HDMI, prioridade: 5900, disponível)
	Porta ativa: hdmi-output-0
	Formatos:
		pcm

pacmd dump:

### Configuration dump generated at Sun Mar 23 14:14:00 2025

load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore
load-module module-augment-properties
load-module module-switch-on-port-available
load-module module-udev-detect
load-module module-alsa-card device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_03.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_03.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
load-module module-alsa-card device_id="1" name="pci-0000_00_1b.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes avoid_resampling=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1"
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
load-module module-bluez5-discover
load-module module-dbus-protocol
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
load-module module-gsettings
load-module module-default-device-restore
load-module module-always-sink
load-module module-intended-roles
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
load-module module-systemd-login
load-module module-position-event-sounds
load-module module-role-cork
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply
load-module module-x11-publish display=:1 xauthority=/run/user/1000/.mutter-Xwaylandauth.DN4132
load-module module-x11-cork-request display=:1 xauthority=/run/user/1000/.mutter-Xwaylandauth.DN4132
load-module module-x11-xsmp display=:1 xauthority=/run/user/1000/.mutter-Xwaylandauth.DN4132 session_manager=local/josi-note:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/929,unix/josi-note:/tmp/.ICE-unix/929
load-module module-cli-protocol-unix

set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 0xe161
set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo no
suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo yes
set-sink-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo 0x10000
set-sink-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo no
suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo yes

set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor 0x10000
set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor no
suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor yes
set-source-volume alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 0x10004
set-source-mute alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo no
suspend-source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo yes
set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo.monitor 0x10000
set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo.monitor no
suspend-source alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo.monitor yes

set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_03.0 output:hdmi-stereo
set-card-profile alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo

set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
set-default-source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo

### EOF

If I understood correctly, both sinks are suspended. I tried to revert this state with pacmd suspend-sink 1 0 and pacmd suspend-sink 2 0, but they persist in suspended state.

I’ll try now uninstalling manjaro-pulse and installing manjaro-pipewire as suggested by @gkraemer . In a few minutes I’ll write here the results.

[nikgnomic]

To unload module-suspend-on-idle

pactl unload-module module-suspend-on-idle

[josineto]

The solution was to uninstall manjaro-pulse and install manjaro-pipewire as suggested by @gkraemer . Almost everything works again, but the configuration of my recorder/audio interface’s inputs is more difficult with PipeWire. I didn’t test yet those inputs, only opened them in Reaper. But if there are problems there, I’ll post in another topic.

Thank you, @gkraemer and @nikgnomic for your help!!

[bendipa1]

I use pavucontrol (aka Volume Control) for a GUI controlling audio inputs and outputs. Although strictly speaking it’s a Pulseaudio tool, it works equally well with Pulseaudio on Pipewire also.