I have a sound blaster z sound card that works fine in windows so I can rule out a hardware issue. The card did show up once but then just disappeared from the audio selection in the audio settings. Shows up in alsamixer just fine, don’t know if I’m missing some configuration or smth. Any help is appreciated.
update: I just went into alsamixer again and when I switched between the speaker and headphone output options I could hear my headphones “engaging” like making a short pop sound. Sadly I couldn’t get the speaker-test working tho. I tried the command “speaker-test -Dsysdefault:Creative” and couldn’t hear anything.
Here is some debugging info:
$ sudo alsa-info.sh --upload
http (remove this) ://alsa-project.org/db/?f=1055c1f6919d02e27cc82e81573b3ba64dd06794
$ inxi -Ax
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Device-3: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D /
Z-Series BlasterX AE-5 Plus] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 02:00.0
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.11-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
$ sudo dmesg | grep snd
[ 3.109788] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Disabling MSI
[ 3.109793] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[ 3.109856] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 3.109911] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Disabling MSI
[ 3.109913] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Force to non-snoop mode
[ 3.192278] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for Sound Blaster Z: line_outs=3 (0xb/0x11/0x10/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 3.192284] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 3.192287] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 3.192289] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 3.192290] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0xd
[ 3.192292] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 3.192293] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 3.192295] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Line=0x13
[ 3.192296] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 3.220346] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: ALC1150: SKU not ready 0x00000000
[ 3.222605] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for ALC1150: line_outs=4 (0x14/0x15/0x16/0x17/0x0) type:line
[ 3.222609] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 3.222612] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 3.222614] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 3.222616] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 3.222617] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Front Mic=0x19
[ 3.222619] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Rear Mic=0x18
[ 3.222620] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Line=0x1a
[ 3.789923] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: ca0132 DSP downloaded and running
[ 281.265856] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=529152
[ 281.327054] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=2116608, period=1058304
[ 281.386255] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=40704
[ 281.449950] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=3174912, period=1058304
[ 281.518060] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=4194048, period=2097024
[ 281.582498] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=529152
[ 281.644177] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=2116608, period=1058304
[ 281.702739] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=40704
[ 281.766507] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=3174912, period=1058304
[ 281.834308] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=4194048, period=2097024
[ 281.895658] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=529152
[ 281.956672] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=2116608, period=1058304
[ 282.014393] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=40704
[ 282.075944] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=3174912, period=1058304
[ 282.145122] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=4194048, period=2097024
[ 282.209747] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=529152
[ 282.270863] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=2116608, period=1058304
[ 282.329667] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=1058304, period=40704
[ 282.393569] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=3174912, period=1058304
[ 282.460694] snd_hda_intel 0000:02:00.0: Too many BDL entries: buffer=4194048, period=2097024
$ aplay --list-devices
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC1150 Analog [ALC1150 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [SAMSUNG]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [U28E590]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [DELL G3223D]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Creative [HDA Creative], device 0: CA0132 Analog [CA0132 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Creative [HDA Creative], device 1: CA0132 Digital [CA0132 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0