No sound card found - fresh KDE install (gnome install found sound card)

New Acer Spin 5 laptop, dual-booted with Win-10. The sound icon has a slash thru it and there are no audio devices listed in system settings.

Tried following this thread but pulseaudio-git failed to install with the following error:

==> ERROR: Cannot find the strip binary required for object file stripping.
error downloading sources: pulseaudio-git

Audio was fine a few hours ago when I installed Manjaro Gnome–as it was with Ubuntu a couple of days ago. (Wanted to try KDE Manjaro because of fractional display scaling availability.)

[Interestingly (or not) a conventional Arch install failed to recognize the sound card as well. Manjaro Gnome and Ubuntu were the only ones I’ve tried so far that successfully recognized the sound card out of the box.]

$ inxi-Fasy

System:
  Kernel: 5.8.18-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 
  root=UUID=d8787bf5-ca5f-4776-b31b-9d463cee72b7 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: Acer product: Spin SP513-54N v: V1.06 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: IL model: Caboom_IL v: V1.06 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.06 
  date: 09/22/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 54.7 Wh condition: 54.7/56.0 Wh (98%) volts: 17.3/15.4 
  model: SMP KT00407008 AP18C7M type: Li-poly serial: <filter> 
  status: Not charging 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ice Lake family: 6 model-id: 7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: A0 
  L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 23968 
  Speed: 1192 MHz min/max: 400/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1184 2: 1211 
  3: 1237 4: 1201 5: 1246 6: 1217 7: 1318 8: 1232 
  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 Iris Plus Graphics G7 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:8a52 
  Device-2: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 3-7:4 
  chip ID: 04f2:b5c5 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel 
  unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2256x1504 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 596x397mm (23.5x15.6") 
  s-diag: 716mm (28.2") 
  Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 2256x1504 hz: 60 dpi: 205 size: 280x190mm (11.0x7.5") 
  diag: 338mm (13.3") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: sof-audio-pci alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:34c8 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.18-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter 
  driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:34f0 
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 491.85 GiB used: 8.14 GiB (1.7%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GDJTNI-82A0A 
  size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 11000C00 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 14.91 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 2.01 
  scheme: MBR 
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 93.13 GiB size: 91.17 GiB (97.89%) used: 8.11 GiB (8.9%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: 32.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 244 Uptime: 15m Memory: 15.43 GiB used: 1.57 GiB (10.2%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1191 lib: 330 
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: konsole inxi: 3.1.08 

$ pa -info

load the corresponding discovery module"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #9
        Name: module-bluez5-discover
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
                module.description = "Detect available BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio devices and load BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio drivers"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #10
        Name: module-dbus-protocol
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Tanu Kaskinen"
                module.description = "D-Bus interface"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #11
        Name: module-native-protocol-unix
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #12
        Name: module-gsettings
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Sylvain Baubeau"
                module.description = "GSettings Adapter"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #13
        Name: module-default-device-restore
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #14
        Name: module-always-sink
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Always keeps at least one sink loaded even if it's a null one"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #15
        Name: module-null-sink
        Argument: sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'
        Usage counter: 0
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Clocked NULL sink"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #16
        Name: module-intended-roles
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based on intended roles of devices"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #17
        Name: module-suspend-on-idle
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #18
        Name: module-console-kit
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Create a client for each ConsoleKit session of this user"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #19
        Name: module-systemd-login
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Create a client for each login session of this user"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #20
        Name: module-position-event-sounds
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Position event sounds between L and R depending on the position on screen of the widget triggering them."
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #21
        Name: module-role-cork
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Mute & cork streams with certain roles while others exist"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #22
        Name: module-filter-heuristics
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #23
        Name: module-filter-apply
        Argument: 
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #24
        Name: module-x11-publish
        Argument: display=:0 xauthority=/home/wilberfan/.Xauthority
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "X11 credential publisher"
                module.version = "14.0"

Module #25
        Name: module-x11-xsmp
        Argument: display=:0 xauthority=/home/wilberfan/.Xauthority session_manager=local/acer:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1104,unix/acer:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1104
        Usage counter: n/a
        Properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "X11 session management"
                module.version = "14.0"

Sink #0
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: auto_null
        Description: Dummy Output
        Driver: module-null-sink.c
        Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 15
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        Monitor Source: auto_null.monitor
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY SET_FORMATS 
        Properties:
                device.description = "Dummy Output"
                device.class = "abstract"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card"
        Formats:
                pcm

Source #0
        State: SUSPENDED
        Name: auto_null.monitor
        Description: Monitor of Dummy Output
        Driver: module-null-sink.c
        Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
        Channel Map: front-left,front-right
        Owner Module: 15
        Mute: no
        Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
        Monitor of Sink: auto_null
        Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
        Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
        Properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of Dummy Output"
                device.class = "monitor"
                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
        Formats:
                pcm

Client #0
        Driver: module-systemd-login.c
        Owner Module: 19
        Properties:
                application.name = "Login Session 1"
                systemd-login.session = "1"

Client #3
        Driver: module-x11-xsmp.c
        Owner Module: 25
        Properties:
                application.name = "XSMP Session on KDE as 1061636572000160754265300000011040010"
                xsmp.vendor = "KDE"
                xsmp.client.id = "1061636572000160754265300000011040010"

Client #4
        Driver: protocol-native.c
        Owner Module: 11
        Properties:
                application.name = "QPulse"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "34"
                application.process.id = "1139"
                application.process.user = "wilberfan"
                application.process.host = "acer"
                application.process.binary = "plasmashell"
                application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "9ec9c6245bad48d38f0af72cf4c36e82"
                application.process.session_id = "1"

Client #5
        Driver: protocol-native.c
        Owner Module: 11
        Properties:
                application.name = "Chromium input"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "34"
                application.process.id = "3272"
                application.process.user = "wilberfan"
                application.process.host = "acer"
                application.process.binary = "vivaldi-bin"
                application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "9ec9c6245bad48d38f0af72cf4c36e82"
                application.process.session_id = "1"

Client #9
        Driver: protocol-native.c
        Owner Module: 11
        Properties:
                application.name = "Konversation"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "34"
                application.id = "org.kde.konversation"
                application.icon_name = "konversation"
                application.process.id = "4307"
                application.process.user = "wilberfan"
                application.process.host = "acer"
                application.process.binary = "konversation"
                application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "9ec9c6245bad48d38f0af72cf4c36e82"
                application.process.session_id = "1"

Client #13
        Driver: protocol-native.c
        Owner Module: 11
        Properties:
                application.name = "pactl"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "34"
                application.process.id = "6841"
                application.process.user = "wilberfan"
                application.process.host = "acer"
                application.process.binary = "pactl"
                application.language = "C"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "9ec9c6245bad48d38f0af72cf4c36e82"
                application.process.session_id = "1"
________________
> cat /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; daemonize = no
; fail = yes
; allow-module-loading = yes
; allow-exit = yes
; use-pid-file = yes
; system-instance = no
; local-server-type = user
; enable-shm = yes
; enable-memfd = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
; lock-memory = no
; cpu-limit = no

; high-priority = yes
; nice-level = -11

; realtime-scheduling = yes
; realtime-priority = 5

; exit-idle-time = 20
; scache-idle-time = 20

; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)

; load-default-script-file = yes
; default-script-file = /etc/pulse/default.pa

; log-target = auto
; log-level = notice
; log-meta = no
; log-time = no
; log-backtrace = 0

; resample-method = speex-float-1
; avoid-resampling = false
; enable-remixing = yes
; remixing-use-all-sink-channels = yes
; remixing-produce-lfe = no
; remixing-consume-lfe = no
; lfe-crossover-freq = 0

; flat-volumes = no

; rescue-streams = yes

; rlimit-fsize = -1
; rlimit-data = -1
; rlimit-stack = -1
; rlimit-core = -1
; rlimit-as = -1
; rlimit-rss = -1
; rlimit-nproc = -1
; rlimit-nofile = 256
; rlimit-memlock = -1
; rlimit-locks = -1
; rlimit-sigpending = -1
; rlimit-msgqueue = -1
; rlimit-nice = 31
; rlimit-rtprio = 9
; rlimit-rttime = 200000

; default-sample-format = s16le
; default-sample-rate = 44100
; alternate-sample-rate = 48000
; default-sample-channels = 2
; default-channel-map = front-left,front-right

; default-fragments = 4
; default-fragment-size-msec = 25

; enable-deferred-volume = yes
; deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 8000
; deferred-volume-extra-delay-usec = 0
________________
> cat /etc/pulse/client.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; default-sink =
; default-source =
; default-server =
; default-dbus-server =

autospawn = no
; autospawn = yes
; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog

; cookie-file =

; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB

; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no
________________
> cat /etc/pulse/default.pa
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)

.fail

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties

### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

### Load several protocols
load-module module-dbus-protocol
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Load additional modules from GSettings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gsettings.so
.nofail
load-module module-gsettings
.fail
.endif


### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
load-module module-role-cork

### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input
________________
> cat /etc/pulse/system.pa
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started in system
# mode.

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev/hal support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds
________________
> ls -alt /dev/snd/*
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec  9 11:37 /dev/snd/timer
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  1 Dec  9 11:37 /dev/snd/seq
________________
> lsof /dev/snd/*
________________
> jacks_do
ls: cannot access '/proc/asound/card[0-9]': No such file or directory
________________
> aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
samplerate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
    Open Sound System
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
    Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
    Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
    Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
________________
> arecord -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
samplerate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
    Open Sound System
pipewire
    PipeWire Sound Server
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
    Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
    Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
    Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
________________
> alsa_info_do
alsactl: save_state:1595: No soundcards found...
cat: /tmp/alsa-info.dQmMJ9fL81/alsactl.tmp: No such file or directory
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.65
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Wed Dec  9 20:03:28 UTC 2020


!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

ID_LIKE=arch


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      Acer
Product Name:      Spin SP513-54N
Product Version:   V1.06
Firmware Version:  V1.06
System SKU:        0000000000000000
Board Vendor:      IL
Board Name:        Caboom_IL


!!ACPI Device Status Information
!!---------------

/sys/bus/acpi/devices/10250759:00/status         15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ACPI0003:00/status         15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ACPI000C:00/status         15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/CUST0000:00/status         15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/ETD0504:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33A1:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33D3:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33D4:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT33D5:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3400:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3403:01/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3403:02/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT340E:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3455:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INT3F0D:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/INTC5000:00/status         15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:00/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:01/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:02/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:03/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:04/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:05/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/LNXPOWER:06/status         1
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/MSFT1234:00/status         15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0103:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0A05:00/status          11
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0B00:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:02/status          3
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C02:04/status          3
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C09:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0A:00/status          31
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0D:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/USBC000:00/status          15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:19/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:27/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:8f/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:96/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:97/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:98/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:9a/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:9c/status   15
/sys/bus/acpi/devices/device:9e/status   15


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    5.8.18-1-MANJARO
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      x86_64
Processor:         unknown
SMP Enabled:       Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:     k5.8.18-1-MANJARO
Library version:    1.2.4
Utilities version:  1.2.4


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------



!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

Pulseaudio:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio)
      Running - Yes

Jack:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/jackd)
      Running - No


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

--- no soundcards ---


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:34c8] (rev 30)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:141f]


!!Loaded sound module options
!!---------------------------


!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  1 Dec  9 11:37 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec  9 11:37 /dev/snd/timer


!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!--------------------

APLAY

aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found...

ARECORD

arecord: device_list:274: no soundcards found...

!!Amixer output
!!-------------


!!Alsactl output
!!--------------

--startcollapse--
--endcollapse--


!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------

ac
ac97_bus
acer_wmi
acpi_thermal_rel
aesni_intel
af_alg
agpgart
algif_hash
algif_skcipher
atkbd
battery
bluetooth
bnep
btbcm
btintel
btrtl
btusb
ccm
cec
cfg80211
cmac
coretemp
crc16
crc32_pclmul
crc32c_generic
crc32c_intel
crct10dif_pclmul
cryptd
crypto_simd
crypto_user
drm
drm_kms_helper
ecc
ecdh_generic
evdev
ext4
fat
fb_sys_fops
fuse
ghash_clmulni_intel
glue_helper
hid
hid_generic
hidp
i2c_algo_bit
i2c_hid
i8042
i915
idma64
input_leds
int3400_thermal
int3403_thermal
int340x_thermal_zone
intel_cstate
intel_gtt
intel_hid
intel_lpss
intel_lpss_pci
intel_powerclamp
intel_rapl_common
intel_rapl_msr
intel_soc_dts_iosf
intel_spi
intel_spi_pci
intel_uncore
intel_wmi_thunderbolt
ip_tables
irqbypass
iwlmvm
iwlwifi
jbd2
kvm
kvm_intel
ledtrig_audio
libarc4
libps2
loop
mac80211
mac_hid
mbcache
mc
mei
mei_hdcp
mei_me
mousedev
msr
mtd
nls_cp437
nls_iso8859_1
pcspkr
processor_thermal_device
psmouse
rapl
rc_core
rfcomm
rfkill
rng_core
serio
serio_raw
sg
snd
snd_compress
snd_hda_codec
snd_hda_codec_generic
snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core
snd_hda_ext_core
snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep
snd_intel_dspcfg
snd_pcm
snd_pcm_dmaengine
snd_soc_acpi
snd_soc_acpi_intel_match
snd_soc_core
snd_soc_dmic
snd_soc_hdac_hda
snd_sof
snd_sof_intel_byt
snd_sof_intel_hda
snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_sof_intel_ipc
snd_sof_pci
snd_sof_xtensa_dsp
snd_timer
soundcore
sparse_keymap
spi_nor
squashfs
syscopyarea
sysfillrect
sysimgblt
thunderbolt
tpm
tpm_crb
tpm_tis
tpm_tis_core
typec
typec_ucsi
uas
ucsi_acpi
uinput
usb_storage
uvcvideo
vfat
videobuf2_common
videobuf2_memops
videobuf2_v4l2
videobuf2_vmalloc
videodev
wmi
wmi_bmof
x86_pkg_temp_thermal
x_tables
xhci_hcd
xhci_pci


!!ALSA/HDA dmesg
!!--------------

Thanks in advance for your help! I’ve been using Arch for many years and am looking forward to giving Manjaro a serious test drive!

Please post the output of sudo dmesg | egrep -i '(snd|hda|sof|alsa)'.


Kernel 5.8 is end-of-life, please upgrade soon.

I booted into that kernel based on the suggestion in that other thread. Same issue with 5.9 kernal tho…

$ sudo dmesg | egrep -i ‘(snd|hda|sof|alsa)’

[    0.709757] pps_core: Software ver. 5.3.6 - Copyright 2005-2007 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
[    0.845656] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[    0.845657] software IO TLB: mapped [mem 0x28595000-0x2c595000] (64MB)
[    3.290921] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100
[    3.290925] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[    3.676824] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100
[    3.676828] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[    3.676840] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.677012] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if 0x040100
[    4.494189] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[    4.500889] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: use msi interrupt mode
[    4.604676] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: hda codecs found, mask 5
[    4.604678] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: using HDA machine driver skl_hda_dsp_generic now
[    4.604682] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: DMICs detected in NHLT tables: 2
[    4.604834] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Direct firmware load for intel/sof/sof-icl.ri failed with error -2
[    4.604836] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: request firmware intel/sof/sof-icl.ri failed err: -2
[    4.604837] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: failed to load DSP firmware -2
[    4.605213] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: sof_probe_work failed err: -2

Fortunately, it seems all you need to do is install the sof-firmware package and reboot.


I didn’t expect that to solve the problem, it was just a reminder that the upgrade is due soon.

The system installed with the 5.9 kernel is what I meant–and I installed the 5.8 based on the advice of that thread. I’ll remove the 5.8 now.

And your suggestion to install the ‘sof-firmware’ package indeed solved the issue! :sunglasses:

Thank you so much!

I’m curious–assuming the missing firmware was the problem with the other installs–why Manjaro Gnome and Ubuntu apparently included that package when the others didn’t.

I installed sof-firmware now what?

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