post output from:
pacman -Qs 'pulse|pipewire
there are still some pulse leftovers
use formating, press this icon in the editor: </> and copy the output there
is fast boot disabled in bios - you may not have this option
are you booting with windows? if yes, is fast startup disabled in windows
did the sound worked in live usb?
pacman -Qs 'pulse|pipewire' INT ✘
local/gst-plugin-pipewire 1:0.3.56-1
Multimedia graph framework - pipewire plugin
local/lib32-libcanberra 1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-1
A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification (32-bit)
local/lib32-libpulse 16.1-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
local/libcanberra 1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-1
A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification
local/libpulse 16.1-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
local/manjaro-pipewire 20220217-2
Manjaro meta package for complete PipeWire support.
local/pavucontrol 1:5.0+r35+g964f298-1
PulseAudio Volume Control
local/pipewire 1:0.3.56-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:0.3.56-1.0
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-jack 1:0.3.56-1.0
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - JACK support
local/pipewire-media-session 1:0.4.1-2
Example session manager for PipeWire
local/pipewire-pulse 1:0.3.56-1.0
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/pipewire-zeroconf 1:0.3.56-1
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Zeroconf support
local/plasma-pa 5.24.6-1 (plasma)
Plasma applet for audio volume management using PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-alsa 1:1.2.7.1-1
ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio-ctl 1.70-1
Control pulseaudio volume from the shell or mapped to keyboard shortcuts.
local/pulseaudio-qt 1.3-1
Qt bindings for libpulse
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Hi,
Sound did not work in Live USB, it did in Windows.
remove these:
pamac remove pavucontrol pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-ctl
install wireplumber instead of pipewire-media-session:
pamac install wireplumber
reboot
so if it didnt work, why did you install it?
and check:
I only checked if it works on Live CD post install. Also fastboot is disabled on Windows. Followed the other instructions and rebooted. No progress. Thanks for the suggestions.
try disabling power safe on your audio:
create this file:
kate /etc/modprobe.d/audio.conf
and put there these lines:
options snd_hda_intel power_save=0
options snd_hda_intel power_save_controller=N
save it and run:
sudo mkinitcpio -P
reboot and see if it helped
Can you post the output of alsamixer on console ?
Done. It didn’t help 
do you have sof-firmware installed?
again open this file:
kate /etc/modprobe.d/audio.conf
and add there this line:
options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0
save it and run:
sudo mkinitcpio -P
reboot and see if it helped
Yes I already had sof-firmware. Followed this- No progress.
so again open the audio.conf
and replace all of the options with this:
options snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1
so only this one will be there, the power save didnt work, so you need them, save the file and run:
sudo mkinitcpio -P
reboot and see if it helped
Data in post #1 shows audio device is using snd_hda_intel driver and does not show SOF driver as an alternate
Please post more information about ALSA devices
sudo alsa-info.sh --upload
@brahma
dmic_detect=0 was deprecated after kernel v5.8. Replacement option snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1 to force snd_hda_intel driver is not needed because:
we’ve already got one, it’s a-very nice
( I told him we already got one)
‘mkinitcpio’ is only needed for GRUB options not for options in /modprobe.d/ folder
power_save settings are usually only needed for eliminating pops and clicks
@Keruskerfuerst
I have posted before that screenshots of ALSA are usually useless. post#12 is an excellent example
@mithrial
magical beta thinking doesn’t work if the problem is in ALSA. it may need arcane magic or help from a kernel mage
i was following instructions on arch wiki, where there i didnt notice any mention that these options are no longer needed on newer kernels …
and yes you have to run mkinitcpio after you edited modprobe.d modules or their options otherwise they will not be applied
Please find the output of nsudo alsa-info.sh --upload
http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=c97b05dd75fb927d9ee82573cbfa6e801dd64d79
ALSA data shows 3 modprobe options added to system
!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
snd_hda_intel: power_save=0
snd_hda_intel: power_save_controller=N
snd_hda_intel: dmic_detect=0
Data also confirms option dmic_detect=0 has been deprecated
!!ALSA/HDA dmesg [ 3.328916] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: dmic_detect option is deprecated, pass snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1 option instead
the same message has been appearing in dmesg data since July 2020
Bad audio quality from earphones - Hardware - Manjaro Linux Forum
[@brahma - didn’t notice dmesg data in this post or journal data requested in this post ?]
I suggest you delete modprobe options file
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/audio.conf
reboot to ensure modprobe options are not loaded
and get ALSA data again
sudo alsa-info.sh --upload
ALSA data currently shows only 6 HDMI outputs and no analog output in **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
No analog input detected in **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
ALSA is not showing Realtek ALC256 (or similar) device as expected - only Intel Icelake HDMI
Check if manufacturer’s website has any BIOS/Firmware updates
Check BIOS/UEFI settings to ensure onboard audio is turned on
Hi,
Please find the output post deleting modprobe and rebooting
http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=b0c3cc95b89cba58027323bc6ea97a935b206dc8
Hardware seems to be Intel SST But I could not find any updates for Linux. I have a dual boot Windows in which audio is working fine.
I could not see any major differences in ALSA data, except for the absent modprobe options
And I could not find out much about Infinix generally, except for a hardware scan for similar model laptop that has analog audio devices detected correctly
HW probe of Infinix INBook X1 #a06d137316: aplay
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC256 Analog [ALC256 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0HW probe of Infinix INBook X1 #a06d137316: arecord
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC256 Analog [ALC256 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
The only thing that might help is to try this command to add the Infinix subvendor ID code [2782:0208] for the previous model version and see if that works better
sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/x1slim.conf <<< 'options snd-hda-intel model=,2782:0208'
(inspired by comment from ALSA developer in an unrelated bug report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215021#c1)
Hi, I have tried this and there is no progress.
If the model option to allow detection of analog subdevices did not work I suggest you delete it
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/x1slim.conf
I cannot find out anything more about this hardware online to identify the onboard audio codec
Submitting a Bugzilla report to ALSA kernel developers without more information would not help
The only thing I can think of to find out information that ALSA developers need is this:
How to sniff verbs from a Windows sound driver · ryanprescott/realtek-verb-tools Wiki · GitHub
Running a proprietary OS in a Virtual Machine to get information about working audio configuration is not easy for inexperienced users