I have a sound blaster sound card that doesn’t work sometimes. when i first turn on my pc there is about a 50% chance it will work. when I restart my pc it always works. It used to work fine but it started having this issue a while ago. Ive tried switching back to previous kernels but issue still persists. Issue is only present with sound blaster card. other devices like mb audio work fine.
All i have found so far is that inxi output is different when its working and when its not working.
working:
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
driver: snd_emu10k1 v: kernel bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0008
class-ID: 0401
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-1-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: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
not working:
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
driver: N/A alternate: snd_emu10k1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0008
class-ID: 0401
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-1-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: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
when its not working the driver shows up as n/a and it shows alternate
edit:
full output of inxi -zv8 (when not working)
System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.14-x86_64
root=UUID=e538ce71-cad7-4163-978a-c9c487048e24 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.0 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450M Pro4 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: P8.01
date: 03/14/2023
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 24 GiB available: 23.39 GiB used: 3.65 GiB (15.6%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 4 GiB speed: 3000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: TeamGroup
part-no: UD4-2800 serial: <filter>
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: A-DATA Technology part-no: DDR4 3000 serial: <filter>
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 4 GiB speed: 3000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: TeamGroup
part-no: UD4-2800 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 3000 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: A-DATA Technology part-no: DDR4 3000 serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3569 min/max: 550/4665 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3569 2: 3569 3: 3569
4: 3569 5: 3569 6: 3569 7: 3569 8: 3569 9: 3569 10: 3569 11: 3569 12: 3569
13: 3569 14: 3569 15: 3569 16: 3569 bogomips: 108608
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de debug_swap decodeassists erms
extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt
ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni
popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep
sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip
user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
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: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6600/6600
XT/6600M] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1, DP-3, HDMI-A-1,
Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73ff class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 model: Gigabyte G27QC serial: <filter> built: 2020
res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.655 y: 0.333 green:
x: 0.286 y: 0.635 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9
modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1280x1440, 1680x1050,
1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x960, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1440x576, 1024x768,
1440x480, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: zink surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.1.0-devel
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (radeonsi
navi23 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.61 6.14.0-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:73ff
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo gpu: amd-smi, amdgpu_top,
corectrl x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
driver: N/A alternate: snd_emu10k1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0008
class-ID: 0401
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-1-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: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: d000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: wlp2s0f0u6i2 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek 802.11ac NIC driver: btusb,rtw_8821cu type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 0bda:c820
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.34 TiB used: 1.89 TiB (56.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: PNY model: CS3030 1TB SSD
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: CS303320 temp: 25.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: solidgm model: SSDPFKNU020TZ
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingfast model: N/A size: 111.79 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 18C1 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 00WD
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 921.27 GiB size: 905.73 GiB (98.31%)
used: 444.97 GiB (49.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: e538ce71-cad7-4163-978a-c9c487048e24
ID-2: /efi raw-size: 953 MiB size: 951.1 MiB (99.80%) used: 152 KiB (0.0%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 5199-2070
ID-3: /mnt/4A6386F523732EC3 raw-size: 465.76 GiB
size: 465.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 230.96 GiB (49.6%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1
maj-min: 8:17 label: windowshare uuid: 4A6386F523732EC3
ID-4: /mnt/SOLIDIGM raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.83 TiB (98.37%)
used: 1.16 TiB (63.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
label: N/A uuid: d91d1cf8-33a0-46a4-bc8f-b1f171620e4c
ID-5: /mnt/windows raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%)
used: 70.32 GiB (62.9%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 50846C7D846C6804
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.31 GiB used: 101 MiB (1.1%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: f99c31a5-1d97-430b-bc0e-5cd447a4f548
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:3 info: Razer USA Orochi V2 type: mouse,keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1532:0094 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-6:4 info: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: bluetooth
driver: btusb,rtw_8821cu interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:c820 class-ID: e001
serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-4:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0626
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-4.2:3 info: Genesys Logic SD Card Reader and Writer
type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0749 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 3-1:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 05e3:0610
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1.2:7 info: ROYUAN EPOMAKER TH80 Pro type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 498mA chip-ID: 3151:4010 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Google Nexus/Pixel Device (MTP) type: still imaging
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 power: 2mA chip-ID: 18d1:4ee1 class-ID: 0601 serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 4-1:3 info: Genesys Logic GL3523 Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0620
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.5 C mobo: 30.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
mem: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 734 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 600 fan-4: 708 fan-5: 600
gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.33 vbat: 3.25 gpu: amdgpu watts: 20.00
Repos:
Packages: 2012 pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1998 libs: 553
tools: gnome-software,pamac,trizen pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ridgewireless.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 393
1: cpu: 17.5% command: gnome-terminal-server pid: 16638
mem: 97.7 MiB (0.4%)
2: cpu: 6.9% command: firefox pid: 5203 mem: 791.2 MiB (3.3%)
3: cpu: 5.2% command: gnome-shell pid: 3912 mem: 549.2 MiB (2.2%)
4: cpu: 0.9% command: firefox pid: 13592 mem: 320.8 MiB (1.3%)
5: cpu: 0.8% command: [kworker/u64:5-kvfree_rcu_reclaim] pid: 7160
mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
Memory top: 5 of 393
1: mem: 791.2 MiB (3.3%) command: firefox pid: 5203 cpu: 6.9%
2: mem: 549.2 MiB (2.2%) command: gnome-shell pid: 3912 cpu: 5.2%
3: mem: 320.8 MiB (1.3%) command: firefox pid: 13592 cpu: 0.9%
4: mem: 250.5 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 5383 cpu: 0.1%
5: mem: 206.7 MiB (0.8%) command: firefox pid: 5483 cpu: 0.0%
Info:
Processes: 393 Power: uptime: 1h 13m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 9.34 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 default: Zsh
v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
