Static crackling noise in wired in-ear headphones connected through audio jack to BenQ GC2870H monitor
I’ve recently reinstalled Manjaro on my system and I’m experiencing a static crackling noise in my headset speaker connected through the audio jack. I had this issue before and was able to resolve it by running yay -Sy sof-firmware. However, this time the same solution only works temporarily, and the issue returns after restarting the computer. I’m not sure how to troubleshoot this error and would appreciate any guidance. I don’t remember installing any other sound packages and I don’t know whether I’m using PipeWire, PulseAudio, ALSA or what. Here’s some system info for reference:
inxi -v7azy
System:
Kernel: 6.5.0-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5-x86_64
root=UUID=baa9b4ca-d69c-4415-a122-a7b7ae627a58 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=e7067eb1-d67d-4439-b456-e20569f068e2
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F61c date: 05/10/2021
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.74 GiB
used: 6.81 GiB (22.1%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA50000C
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1046 high: 2994 min/max: 400/4673 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 2983 10: 2994 11: 2993 12: 400 13: 400
14: 400 15: 400 16: 2981 bogomips: 121428
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 cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de 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 v_spec_ctrl
v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling 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: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET, no microcode
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
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 35.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: BenQ GC2870 serial: <filter>
built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 79 gamma: 1.2
size: 621x341mm (24.45x13.43") diag: 708mm (27.9") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.6-3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir
LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.0-1-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.5.0-1-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: 0.3.79 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
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: 10.01 TiB used: 7.22 TiB (72.1%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 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: 211210WD temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion size: 4.55 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0712
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: Portable size: 4.55 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0712
scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 897.4 GiB size: 882.24 GiB (98.31%)
used: 183.77 GiB (20.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: baa9b4ca-d69c-4415-a122-a7b7ae627a58
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 23E6-7A2B
ID-3: /mnt/hdd1 raw-size: 4.55 TiB size: 4.51 TiB (99.19%)
used: 2.87 TiB (63.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: S
uuid: 1615d12a-a9fb-41a9-a84b-34c618f16832
ID-4: /mnt/hdd2 raw-size: 4.55 TiB size: 4.51 TiB (99.19%)
used: 4.17 TiB (92.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: T
uuid: d605a480-f133-443c-8fe7-5b0a2d1c60c1
ID-5: /mnt/storage raw-size: N/A size: 9.02 TiB used: 7.04 TiB (78.0%)
fs: fuse.mergerfs source: ERR-102
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 33.82 GiB used: 1.2 MiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
uuid: e7067eb1-d67d-4439-b456-e20569f068e2
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: 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-3: 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-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 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
Device-1: 4-1:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC Expansion type: mass storage
driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 0bc2:2343 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 4-2:3 info: Seagate RSS LLC Portable type: mass storage
driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 0bc2:2344 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 5-0:1 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: 5-1:2 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: 5-1.1:3 info: SONiX USB Keyboard type: keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 2efd:7812 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 5-1.2:4 info: Razer USA RZ01-0321 Gaming Mouse [DeathAdder V2]
type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA
chip-ID: 1532:0084 class-ID: 0300
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 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: 6-1:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 05e3:0612
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.2 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 464 Uptime: 13h 15m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 254
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2391 libs: 436 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: tmux: inxi: 3.3.29
pacmd list-sinks
❯ pacmd list-sinks
2 sink(s) available.
index: 1
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_07_00.6.iec958-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9037
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 request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 1
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 .. 1999.82 ms
card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_07_00.6>
module: 7
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC887-VD Digital"
alsa.id = "ALC887-VD Digital"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "1"
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfca80000 irq 89"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:07:00.6"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:07:00.6/sound/card1"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "1022"
device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
device.product.id = "15e3"
device.product.name = "Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller"
device.string = "iec958:1"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "iec958-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (IEC958)"
device.description = "Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller Digital Stereo (IEC958)"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
active port: <iec958-stereo-output>
* index: 3
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_07_00.1.hdmi-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: RUNNING
suspend cause: (none)
priority: 9030
volume: front-left: 42325 / 65% / -11.39 dB, front-right: 42325 / 65% / -11.39 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 2.02 ms
max request: 0 KiB
max rewind: 0 KiB
monitor source: 3
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 1
linked by: 2
configured latency: 2.51 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_07_00.1>
module: 6
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "BenQ GC2870"
alsa.id = "HDMI 0"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "3"
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfca88000 irq 88"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:07:00.1"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:07:00.1/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "1002"
device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
device.product.id = "1637"
device.product.name = "Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller"
device.string = "hdmi:0"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
device.description = "Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
properties:
device.icon_name = "video-display"
device.product.name = "BenQ GC2870"
active port: <hdmi-output-0>
The first result I found when searching for static noise firmware site:https://forum.manjaro.org was this closed topic without any answers… You could remove it or rename it to make it clear it’s unsolved.