Bang and Olufsen speakers with Garuda

[FlameHazeNylocke]

Hello, I am very new to Garuda and put the XDE dr4g0n1zed in my laptop almost 2 weeks ago. I got everything set up by looking through much of the advise posted on here but one thing I can’t seem to get to the bottom of is with my speakers currently. I remember seeing somewhere that Bang and Olufsen isn’t supported on Linux so perhaps I’m lucky I even have sound at all but it just sounds a little thin and I have to turn it up much louder than I used to for easy listening. I do have easy effects which helps a little but I guess there’s only so much one can do with less speakers I guess. Otherwise I do love the set up and managed to work out other issues and wonder why I never made the switch to Linux years ago (:

My laptop is an HP laptop 17-ce1xxx my processers are 8 x Intel Coree i7-10510U CPU 1.80GHz, got 16GB of RAM, I do have ndvia graphic card but my about page currently says “mesa intel UHD graphics”.

Hopefully this information is helpful with getting to my solution as I haven’t used a forum in years (:

[TilliDie]

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[FlameHazeNylocke]

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System:
Kernel: 6.12.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=a51d7358-30f2-47c4-a552-9712de5eb9d7 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: lxlock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ENVY Laptop 17-ce1xxx
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 86B0 v: 84.16 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 6UX02AV uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: F.07
date: 08/06/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.9 Wh (84.6%) condition: 43.6/43.6 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 13.1 min: 11.6 model: 333-1B-35-A LK03052XL type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check
built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xFC
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 400/4900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 bogomips: 36799
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d13
class-ID: 0302
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.7-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
device-ID: 8086:9b41 memory: 7.48 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 8 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics (CML GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.2.7-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:9b41 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce MX250 driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01
device-ID: 10de:1d13 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.2.7-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs,
snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.12.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:4
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 104.02 GiB (10.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ1T0HALB-000H1 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: HPS2NFXV temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 104.02 GiB (10.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 104.02 GiB (10.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 104.02 GiB (10.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 104.02 GiB (10.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.32 GiB used: 51.2 MiB (0.3%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0 C pch: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.32 GiB used: 5.27 GiB (34.4%)
Processes: 332 Power: uptime: 8h 9m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 7 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.08 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1640 pm: pacman pkgs: 1636 libs: 459 tools: gnome-software,
octopi, pamac, paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 4 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-11-19
Last full system update: 2024-11-27 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

[FlameHazeNylocke]

I will try JamesDSP and potentially dump easyeffects

edits: I tried JamesDSP and it crashed ): I made sure to get the regular one and not pulse audio version

edit #2 I deleted easy effects and restarted then ran JamesDSP and now my sound is really coming through !!

edits again: though … the sound is still controlled from the main line so I have to have the main one turned up and then the jamesDSP goes on top of it. Wow my sound is weird, I basically have to tweak around with the sound settings because it seems I have 4 listings on that currently. Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS speaker has some duplicates but there’s not much I can do about that. The others are Coment Lake PCH-LP cAVS HDMI display ports 1, 2 and 3 output but I guess that’s the HDMI. So much confusion but JamesDSP is better than easyeffects so far

[FlameHazeNylocke]

Edits again for more context but it’s another reply because it wouldn’t let me edit a 4th time I guess: To put into perspective the issues I have with my sound after dumping windows for Linux is that before I used to run my sound at 20% and that was loud enough for me in a small room. If I wanted to turn it up in said small room I could turn it to 40% or 50% but would be content with 40% in a small room. In a bigger room I could do 70% and get a pretty substantial output and for that I’ve never had to turn my sound all the way to 100%.

Now with my current set up I have to turn my speakers to 50% just to have a low comfortable volume and basically have to turn it almost to max or 80% or 90% and even then it still sounds a bit thin like there’s less speakers or lower quality or if it was coming from a cave or if you used to record audio on a cell phone back then. Which speaking of cell phone my current phone which is an LG G8 is actually louder than my computer which is quite unfortunate.

Also I noticed that every so periodically JamesDSP will crash and then I won’t have sound so that’s not great … ): I meant to post this on the post that was deleted but then when I edited the post before what I said showed on there so I guess this is a triple post of sorts which was unintended but hopefully not a problem