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[solved] I'm having audio issues with Linux and while I have a temporary solution, I'd like to have a permanent solution if possible. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Final update (hopefully): It seems that I have been able to fix the issue. I'm not sure what exactly caused the problem but either removing fluidsynth or installing the wireplumber ppa fixed the issue and I have working audio again. I've also removed pulseaudio and undid my edit to the modprobe blacklist, as they were only done as a temporary solution and they are no longer necessary.

For the past three days, I've been having this issue where my computer starts with no audio and the only sound device listed is a "dummy output" device. I've tried looking online for solution but the only solution I found has to be redone manually every time I start/restart my computer. It also seems like this issue is common with and possibly specific to the sound card my computer has, which is an "Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio".

The solution that worked for me was to add blacklist snd_soc_avs to the modprobe blacklist and then run the two commands sudo alsa force-reload and pulseaudio. Adding snd_soc_avs to the blacklist permanently brought back my actually audio devices but it didn't fix the audio nor did it remove the dummy output device. The two commands I listed do restore the audio and remove the dummy output device but they only work for the current session and I have to run them again after starting/restarting my computer.

I have no problem doing this if there isn't a permanent solution but I would like a permanent solution, if possible.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I tried looking into configuring alsa and pulseaudio but the only configuration they seem to have aren't applicable to my issue. I would just switch to wayland but none of my currently preferred desktop environments have full wayland support.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

sorry, i of course meant PipeWire, wayland has nothing to do with audio.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ok well, pipewire is what's pre-installed and as of now neither pipewire nor pulseaudio are working. I have already uninstalled pulseaudio, as I would like to just use what's preinstalled if I can get it working again.