I am still having trouble getting the internal speaker to work, after a year, several full-system upgrades, two BIOS flashes, and countless setting adjustments. The screen will either flash static or go completely black and the entire computer will become unresponsive upon attempting to play any sound from the internal sound card. REISUB/O, which I have enabled through grub, will cease to work at this point, the only option is hard powering off. As it seems rather dangerous to mess with for the time moment, I have turned the internal sound card off. Digging through my old inxi
s, I noticed that my old logs display the sound driver as sof-audio-pci
while currently it is sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
. Could that be a reason? If so, how do I change it back to sof-audio-pci
?
I have circumvented this issue so far by using an external sound card. Recently, however, the external sound card will crackle on changing input sources. For instance, if I play a video, pause it, then open a game, the game will crackle once before playing its audio. Some combination of re-plugging the card, re-plugging the charger, or suspending the system will solve this, but I prefer to not have it happen at all.
~ >>> inxi -Faz
System:
Kernel: 6.6.1-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=9f1e15e1-145d-4d25-94c0-790195da9733 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 sysrq_always_enabled=1 ibt=off
iommu=soft snd_hda_intel.power_save=0 intel_iommu=igfx_off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 17 9710 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0TXN0W v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.22.0 date: 08/11/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 92.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 92.2/95.1 Wh (97.0%)
volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL 01RR3YM type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x4E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB
L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 961 high: 1377 min/max: 800/4600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1266 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 1230 6: 800 7: 800 8: 1113 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 1128 13: 1377
14: 800 15: 1275 16: 800 bogomips: 73744
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB:
conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 535.129.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-11:5 chip-ID: 0bda:5510
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2400 s-dpi: 266 s-size: 366x229mm (14.41x9.02")
s-diag: 432mm (17")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp 0x14d6 built: 2020 res: 3840x2400 hz: 60
dpi: 266 gamma: 1.2 size: 366x229mm (14.41x9.02") diag: 432mm (17")
ratio: 16:10 modes: 3840x2400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
device-ID: 8086:9a60 memory: 61.07 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 535.129.03
device-ID: 10de:2520 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
device-ID: 8086:9a60 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Conexant Systems (Rockwell) Hi-Res Audio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-3:7 chip-ID: 0572:1b08 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 627.59 GiB (32.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: KXG60PNV2T04 NVMe
2048GB size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 10704103
temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 64 GiB size: 61.94 GiB (96.79%) used: 44.35 GiB (71.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 284 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.73 TiB size: 1.7 TiB (98.37%)
used: 583.24 GiB (33.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 68.79 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 39.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1289
Info:
Processes: 366 Uptime: 9h 15m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est.
available: 62.53 GiB used: 9.58 GiB (15.3%) Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: 1746 pm: pacman pkgs: 1736 libs: 475 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 10 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.15
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31