No Sound on iMac 5k (iMac 19.1) ''27 2019

b1nary · 21 May 2022 12:39

Hey there,

I installed manjaro plasma 21.2.6 on my imac. so far, everything seems to work except my wifi and audio device. This thread is about the audio device. it is not selectable within the system settings and isn’t working.

I followed the guide on the following page with no success. Hope, to get some help here.
wiki.archlinux .org/title/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#No_cards

thanks in advance
b1nary

Attached my alsa-info.sh:
alsa-project .org/db/?f=d5a7439ee9e659ee2c87a56a9b32113747b0a7e2

Please let me know which else information is needed

Here is my inxi output:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=34e4f9a9-2c85-450c-bec3-0e721a7fbde6 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: iMac19,1 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 v: Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 v: iMac19,1
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 1731.100.125.0.0
    date: 01/20/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hid-94:f6:d6:b7:21:dc-battery model: Setup Users Maus serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.64 GiB used: 3.42 GiB (44.8%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-9600K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 9 MiB
    desc: 1x9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800
    bogomips: 44412
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt
    cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts
    epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr
    ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
    pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep
    smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
    tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
    xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: Apple driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-13:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8511 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
    s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Apple iMac serial: <filter>
    built: 2018 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD POLARIS10 (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.42 5.15.38-1-MANJARO)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Apple
    driver: N/A modules: brcmfmac pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4464 class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:1686 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0f0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.86 TiB used: 13.77 GiB (0.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD SM0128L
    size: 113 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: CXS7LA0Q temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Apple model: HDD ST2000DM001
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: AQ03 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD My Passport 25F3 size: 953.84 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1006 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.54 GiB size: 937.5 GiB (98.32%) used: 13.77 GiB (1.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: N/A
    uuid: 34e4f9a9-2c85-450c-bec3-0e721a7fbde6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: 4140-2272
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
    uuid: 5F66-17ED
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 112.71 GiB fs: apfs label: N/A
    uuid: cf1cced7-fc2f-4caf-a35d-dac9772e5e29
  ID-3: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
    uuid: 67E3-17ED
  ID-4: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1.82 TiB fs: apfs label: N/A
    uuid: cf1cced7-fc2f-4caf-a35d-dac9772e5e29
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
    type: HID,Keyboard driver: apple,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05ac:026c class-ID: 0301
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-12:3 info: Western Digital My Passport SSD (WDBK3E)
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1058:25f3 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-13:4 info: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 05ac:8511 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C pch: 58.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu
    temp: 48.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 247 Uptime: 2h 32m wakeups: 9 Init: systemd v: 250
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1221
  lib: 338 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: guake inxi: 3.3.16

sudo dmidecode | grep "Product Name"  ✔
Product Name: iMac19,1
Product Name: Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95

lspci | grep -i audio  ✔
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]

sudo dmesg | grep audio  INT ✘
[ 7.508393] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for CS8409: line_outs=2 (0x24/0x25/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[ 7.508396] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 7.508397] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x2c/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 7.508398] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 7.508399] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 7.508400] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: Internal Mic=0x45
[ 7.508400] snd_hda_codec_cs8409 hdaudioC0D0: Mic=0x3c
[ 7.934360] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: bound 0000:01:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])

cat /sys/class/sound/hwC1D0/vendor_name
ATI
cat /sys/class/sound/hwC1D0/vendor_id
0x1002aa01
cat /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/vendor_name
Cirrus Logic
cat /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/vendor_id
0x10138409

pacmd list  ✔
Memory blocks currently allocated: 1, size: 63.9 KiB.
Memory blocks allocated during the whole lifetime: 5100, size: 22.7 MiB.
Memory blocks imported from other processes: 0, size: 0 B.
Memory blocks exported to other processes: 0, size: 0 B.
Total sample cache size: 0 B.
Default sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default channel map: front-left,front-right
Default sink name: auto_null
Default source name: auto_null.monitor
Memory blocks of type POOL: 1 allocated/4419 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type POOL_EXTERNAL: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type APPENDED: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type USER: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type FIXED: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type IMPORTED: 0 allocated/681 accumulated.
27 module(s) loaded.
index: 0
name: <module-device-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute state of devices"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 1
name: <module-stream-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute/device state of streams"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 2
name: <module-card-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore profile of cards"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 3
name: <module-augment-properties>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Augment the property sets of streams with additional static information"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 4
name: <module-switch-on-port-available>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "David Henningsson"
module.description = "Switches ports and profiles when devices are plugged/unplugged"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 5
name: <module-udev-detect>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Detect available audio hardware and load matching drivers"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 6
name: <module-alsa-card>
argument: <device_id="1" name="pci-0000_01_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1" 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">
used: 0
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "ALSA Card"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 8
name: <module-bluetooth-policy>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Frédéric Dalleau, Pali Rohár"
module.description = "Policy module to make using bluetooth devices out-of-the-box easier"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 9
name: <module-bluetooth-discover>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
module.description = "Detect available Bluetooth daemon and load the corresponding discovery module"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 10
name: <module-bluez5-discover>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
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 = "15.0"
index: 11
name: <module-dbus-protocol>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Tanu Kaskinen"
module.description = "D-Bus interface"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 12
name: <module-native-protocol-unix>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 13
name: <module-gsettings>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Sylvain Baubeau"
module.description = "GSettings Adapter"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 14
name: <module-default-device-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 15
name: <module-always-sink>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Hält stets ein Ziel geladen, selbst wenn dies ein Null-Ziel ist"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 16
name: <module-null-sink>
argument: <sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy-Ausgabe"'>
used: 0
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Getaktetes NULL-Ziel"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 17
name: <module-intended-roles>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based on intended roles of devices"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 18
name: <module-suspend-on-idle>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 19
name: <module-console-kit>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Create a client for each ConsoleKit session of this user"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 20
name: <module-systemd-login>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Create a client for each login session of this user"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 21
name: <module-position-event-sounds>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
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 = "15.0"
index: 22
name: <module-role-cork>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Mute & cork streams with certain roles while others exist"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 23
name: <module-filter-heuristics>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 24
name: <module-filter-apply>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 25
name: <module-x11-publish>
argument: <display=:0 xauthority=/home/binary/.Xauthority>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "X11 credential publisher"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 26
name: <module-x11-xsmp>
argument: <display=:0 xauthority=/home/binary/.Xauthority session_manager=local/manjaro:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/724,unix/manjaro:/tmp/.ICE-unix/724>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "X11 session management"
module.version = "15.0"
index: 27
name: <module-cli-protocol-unix>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Command line interface protocol (UNIX sockets)"
module.version = "15.0"
1 sink(s) available.

index: 0
name: <auto_null>
driver: <module-null-sink.c>
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1000
volume: front-left: 64224 / 98% / -0.53 dB, front-right: 64224 / 98% / -0.53 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 344 KiB
max rewind: 344 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
module: 16
properties:
device.description = "Dummy-Ausgabe"
device.class = "abstract"
device.icon_name = "audio-card"
1 source(s) available.
index: 0
name: <auto_null.monitor>
driver: <module-null-sink.c>
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1000
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
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max rewind: 344 KiB
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
monitor_of: 0
module: 16
properties:
device.description = "Monitor of Dummy-Ausgabe"
device.class = "monitor"
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
7 client(s) logged in.
index: 0
driver: <module-systemd-login.c>
owner module: 20
properties:
application.name = "Login Session 2"
systemd-login.session = "2"
index: 3
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 12
properties:
application.name = "Plasma-PulseAudio"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "35"
application.id = "org.kde.plasma-pa"
application.icon_name = "audio-card"
application.process.id = "736"
application.process.user = "binary"
application.process.host = "manjaro"
application.process.binary = "plasmashell"
application.language = "de_DE.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5d854ddaa48d4cb088a4e2a589ff04be"
application.process.session_id = "2"
index: 5
driver: <module-x11-xsmp.c>
owner module: 26
properties:
application.name = "XSMP Session on KDE as 10ced3dd6a000165311620600000007240009"
xsmp.vendor = "KDE"
xsmp.client.id = "10ced3dd6a000165311620600000007240009"
index: 6
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 12
properties:
application.name = "Firefox"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "35"
window.x11.screen = "0"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.id = "1062"
application.process.user = "binary"
application.process.host = "manjaro"
application.process.binary = "firefox"
application.language = "de_DE.UTF-8"
application.process.machine_id = "5d854ddaa48d4cb088a4e2a589ff04be"
application.process.session_id = "2"
application.icon_name = "firefox"
index: 7
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 12
properties:
application.name = "Firefox"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "35"
application.version = "100.0"
application.icon_name = "firefox"
application.process.id = "1062"
application.process.user = "binary"
application.process.host = "manjaro"
application.process.binary = "firefox"
application.language = "de_DE.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5d854ddaa48d4cb088a4e2a589ff04be"
application.process.session_id = "2"
index: 14
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 12
properties:
application.name = "Firefox"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "35"
application.process.id = "1062"
application.process.user = "binary"
application.process.host = "manjaro"
application.process.binary = "firefox"
application.language = "de_DE.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5d854ddaa48d4cb088a4e2a589ff04be"
application.process.session_id = "2"
application.icon_name = "firefox"
index: 18
driver: <cli.c>
owner module: 27
properties:
application.name = "UNIX socket client"
1 card(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 6
properties:
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA ATI HDMI at 0x81760000 irq 60"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "1002"
device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
device.product.id = "aaf0"
device.product.name = "Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]"
device.string = "1"
device.description = "Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI)-Ausgabe (priority 5900, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI)-Ausgabe (priority 800, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI)-Ausgabe (priority 800, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2)-Ausgabe (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3)-Ausgabe (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4)-Ausgabe (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5)-Ausgabe (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra5: Digital Stereo (HDMI 6)-Ausgabe (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra5: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 6)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra5: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 6)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-stereo-extra6: Digital Stereo (HDMI 7)-Ausgabe (priority 5700, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround-extra6: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 7)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
output:hdmi-surround71-extra6: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 7)-Ausgabe (priority 600, available: no)
off: Aus (priority 0, available: unknown)
active profile: <off>
ports:
hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-5: HDMI / DisplayPort 6 (priority 5400, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
hdmi-output-6: HDMI / DisplayPort 7 (priority 5300, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
0 sink input(s) available.
0 source output(s) available.
0 cache entrie(s) available.```

Olli · 21 May 2022 12:43

imac 19.1 is no clearifying information to deal with for others.

bogdancovaciu · 21 May 2022 12:46

See iMac Unibody - ArchWiki
or iMac Aluminum - ArchWiki

b1nary · 21 May 2022 12:47

Its iMac 5k 2019
Model Number: MRR12D/A

b1nary · 21 May 2022 12:53

Thx bogdancovaciu,

tried
echo 'options snd-hda-intel model=imac27' >> /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf' && reboot

but with no success at all.

bogdancovaciu · 21 May 2022 13:00

Correct way to do it is:

echo 'options snd-hda-intel model=imac27' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf

you simply rebooted your system and no file was created …

b1nary · 21 May 2022 14:54

somehow the file has been created (see timestamp), but its still not working even after reboot.

[binary@manjaro /]$ ls -l /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 21. Mai 14:48 /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
[binary@manjaro /]$ cat !$
cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
options snd-hda-intel model=imac27
[binary@manjaro /]$

Olli · 21 May 2022 14:58

first things first, what driver is installed ? could you give us any information that are useful instead of guessing what ? A minimum is the basic inxi-information from everyone who asks for help !

b1nary · 21 May 2022 15:10

Thx for your help.

Thats exactly the reason I wrote “Please let me know which else information is needed”. Well as my manjaro is a fresh “out-of-the-box” install, I’ve no idea which driver is installed or where I can get the information from as Im quite new to arch and linux in general.

In my quote of the first post are the most outputs of infos I received when I was googleing for help

inxi
CPU: 6-core Intel Core i5-9600K (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 900/800/4600 MHz
Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO x86_64 Up: 2h 20m Mem: 3826.0/7828.5 MiB (48.9%)
Storage: 2.86 TiB (0.5% used) Procs: 250 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.16

Olli · 21 May 2022 15:11

Please read this:
[HowTo] Provide System Information
and press the three dots … below your post and press the to give us more information so we can see what’s really going on.
Now we know the symptom of the disease, but we need some more probing to know where the origin lies…
An inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width would be the minimum required information for us to be able to help you. (Personally Identifiable Information like serial numbers and MAC addresses will be filtered out by the above command)
Also, please copy-paste that output in-between 3 backticks ``` at the beginning and end of the code/text.

b1nary · 21 May 2022 15:25

Hey Olli,

done

The output is within my original post now and also here:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=34e4f9a9-2c85-450c-bec3-0e721a7fbde6 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: iMac19,1 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 v: Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 v: iMac19,1
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 1731.100.125.0.0
    date: 01/20/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hid-94:f6:d6:b7:21:dc-battery model: Setup Users Maus serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.64 GiB used: 3.42 GiB (44.8%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-9600K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 9 MiB
    desc: 1x9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800
    bogomips: 44412
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt
    cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts
    epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr
    ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
    pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep
    smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
    tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
    xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: Apple driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-13:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8511 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
    s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Apple iMac serial: <filter>
    built: 2018 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD POLARIS10 (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.42 5.15.38-1-MANJARO)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Apple
    driver: N/A modules: brcmfmac pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4464 class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:1686 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0f0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.86 TiB used: 13.77 GiB (0.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD SM0128L
    size: 113 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: CXS7LA0Q temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Apple model: HDD ST2000DM001
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: AQ03 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD My Passport 25F3 size: 953.84 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1006 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 953.54 GiB size: 937.5 GiB (98.32%) used: 13.77 GiB (1.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: N/A
    uuid: 34e4f9a9-2c85-450c-bec3-0e721a7fbde6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: 4140-2272
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
    uuid: 5F66-17ED
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 112.71 GiB fs: apfs label: N/A
    uuid: cf1cced7-fc2f-4caf-a35d-dac9772e5e29
  ID-3: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
    uuid: 67E3-17ED
  ID-4: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1.82 TiB fs: apfs label: N/A
    uuid: cf1cced7-fc2f-4caf-a35d-dac9772e5e29
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
    type: HID,Keyboard driver: apple,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05ac:026c class-ID: 0301
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-12:3 info: Western Digital My Passport SSD (WDBK3E)
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1058:25f3 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-13:4 info: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 05ac:8511 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C pch: 58.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu
    temp: 48.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 247 Uptime: 2h 32m wakeups: 9 Init: systemd v: 250
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1221
  lib: 338 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: guake inxi: 3.3.16

Olli · 21 May 2022 15:52

searching the internet brings up the simple answer: there is no way to linux to support audio of this apple-crap. thanks to the apple-developers that did the tricks to be total incompatible. you can wait for years until a solution might be able under linux and you can waste a lot of time with useless attempts to get it running. the only really working solution that works today is to buy a usb-audio stick (there are a lot of them) and replace the internal audio with that. otherwise you have to use apple-os.
i wouldn’t waste any more time for this ugly problem, a good audio-stick that is working flawless with linux is less than 20 bucks and solves the problem faster, better and without headache.

bogdancovaciu · 21 May 2022 15:55

There was another discussion about it here

The thing is

both servers are running.
might want to stick to just one …

TheReaperUK · 21 May 2022 18:15

PulseAudio should not be running/installed at the same time as Pipewire, but alsa should be, should look like this:

Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.6-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes

Alsa k5 number is the Kernel version, so yours is correct for Kernel 5.15.
I’m not even sure how you got Pipewire and PulseAudio running at the same time.

Try running/installing/reinstalling package “manjaro-pipewire” and see if that tells you what files are conflicting/have dependency errors, then remove them, until “manjaro-pipewire” installs with out errors.

or do it the other way and try package “manjaro-pulse” to remove Pipewire.

philliex · 22 May 2022 05:13

I had the same issue for a long time, and solved it yesterday by install the Sound Driver for Cirrus Logic CS8409 for iMac27-5k from github.

get the kernel version:
```
uname -r
```
Install package linux-headers, select the same version with kernel (with root user or sudo):
```
pacman -S linux-headers
```

clone the driver code:

git clone https://github.com/egorenar/snd-hda-codec-cs8409.git

compile the code:
```
cd snd-hda-codec-cs8409
make
```
install the driver (with root user or sudo):
```
make install
```
reboot system.

Hope this can help you.

PS:
If anyone have the no sound issue on Macbook Pro, maybe this repo Kernel audio driver for Macs with 8409 HDA chip + MAX98706/SSM3515 amps can be a solution.

philliex · 3 June 2022 08:09

PPS:
If the kernel updated, the driver need to be recompile and install

SomeGuy · 31 October 2022 16:08

@philliex Thank you, thank you, thank you. Was going nuts trying to find a solution to the dreaded “iMac won’t make any sound” problem. Was on the verge of buying a silly USB-audio adapter with associated headaches…

Your solution worked perfectly. Will keep this hand for future reference … especially likely when I update my kernel down the road.

francoisromain · 6 February 2023 17:29

Does the internal microphone work with the module installed?

(I installed this module on Fedora 37 anf it fixed the audio output, but the mic still does not work.)

SomeGuy · 2 November 2023 17:27

I’ve been using the solution @philliex posted above ever since noted above. It continues to bail me out of 2019 iMac’s “silence” after upgrading kernels and restoring my native hardware audio. Thank you again!

TheRoark · 30 December 2023 23:20

Having to do this on every kernel upgrade will be a pain with Manjaro’s frequent updates. Is this the kind of change that could be suggested to the kernel devs?