Hey folks,
I recently uploaded my hw-probe to the Hardware for Linux website:
Scrolling down, you’ll notice the entry for Alder Lake-S PCH HECI Controller #1 as having a “failed” status. I dug around a bit, and this is related to the integrated intel hda which is in fact, not working on my system. I discovered this a few months ago when I plugged-in a headset into the front Mic and Headphone ports and nothing happened - no detection from the system, no audio at all. I played around with pipewire thinking it might be related to that, but it was consistently not displaying the integrated audio hardware. I chalked it up to weird pipewire errata and moved on since the monitors have integrated speakers and I’m getting audio over DP (though the system is registering is as HDMI audio).
However, in light of the “failed” status - I’ve come to realize that in fact, the integrated audio is not working at all. I checked and confirmed that I do have the kernel modules loaded (a slew of intel_hda appear in lsmod) but clearly the system is showing that the integrated audio has failed via hw-probe.
When typing lspci -k|grep intel I get this output:
> lspci -k |grep intel
Kernel driver in use: intel_vsec
Kernel modules: intel_vsec
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
Kernel driver in use: intel-spi
Kernel modules: spi_intel_pci
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
Typing aplay -Ll doesn’t list the intel sound card at all, only the NVIDIA audio output.
I also ran sudo dmesg|grep 'snd|sof' and the output is blank.
Here is my garuda-inxi:
> garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.16.8-zen3-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8dcc0c9c-8fe9-4fc6-b189-a8db2cfa3823 rw rootflags=subvol=@
rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci intel_iommu=on i915.enable_guc=3 i915.max_vfs=7
quiet resume=UUID=a14a443b-9c6b-47d0-b49a-d9686d767b7c loglevel=3
sysrq_always_enabled=1 split_lock_detect=off nvidia-drm.modeset=1
pci=disable_acs_redir=pci:12D8:2308
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z690-P WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3801 date: 05/14/2025
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x3A
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 14 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 30 MiB
desc: 1x30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 889 min/max: 800/5100:5200:3900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 889 2: 889 3: 889 4: 889
5: 889 6: 889 7: 889 8: 889 9: 889 10: 889 11: 889 12: 889 13: 889 14: 889
15: 889 16: 889 17: 889 18: 889 19: 889 20: 889 21: 889 22: 889 23: 889
24: 889 bogomips: 152985
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel AlderLake-S GT1 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
v: 2025.07.22-sriov.6.12.39 alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2020-21 ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4680 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.82.09 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-08; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,DP-4,HDMI-A-4
empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 045e:0772
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,left model: Samsung SyncMaster
serial: <filter> built: 2009 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-4 pos: right model: Dell UZ2715H serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 83 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 676mm (26.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-4 pos: right model: ROG PG248Q serial: <filter>
built: 2020 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
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: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.82.09
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 17 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 580.82.09 device-ID: 10de:2489
surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD Graphics 770
(ADL-S GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.3-arch1.2 device-ID: 8086:4680
surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.3-arch1.2 (LLVM 20.1.8)
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, gputop, intel_gpu_top,
lsgpu, lact, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info,wlr-randr
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: vfio-pci
alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 045e:0772
class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.16.8-zen3-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 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 Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-1f7862558da6 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-6e396916a229 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: br-7bfc84ea431e state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: br-82d31aa0b51e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: br-8cfdb6073e28 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: br-960c3623af4c state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-7: br-b787944b7593 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-8: br-b90412b2529c state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-9: br-c3a5729d4cf6 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-10: br-e0cf0c4bc03a state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-11: br-e9c38ec2b98c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-12: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-13: veth828f3c6 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-14: vethed8a48f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-15: vethf229e7d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-16: vethf741829 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-17: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-18: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 2.96 TiB (46.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO with
Heatsink 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7
temp: 51.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 45.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000NE001-2MA101
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: EN01 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 697.71 GiB (38.2%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 636 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 697.71 GiB (38.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 697.71 GiB (38.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 697.71 GiB (38.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.08 GiB used: 6.46 GiB (20.8%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.08 GiB
used: 12.44 GiB (40.0%)
Processes: 730 Power: uptime: 1d 2h 54m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.37 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2719 pm: pacman pkgs: 2708 libs: 617 tools: octopi,pacseek,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 11 Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 alt: 13/14
Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.0.8 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.8.3-2):
System install date: 2024-10-16
Garuda release: 240428
Last full system update: 2025-09-26
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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Of course, I’ve searched online, and the only “solved” thread on the arch bbs was to install sof-firmware which is already installed.
If anyone has any ideas, please send 'em my way!
Thank you!
Edit: Loading up all entries for this PCI ID that have been submitted to linux-hardware.org:
All the ones listed at the bottom have a “failed” status and they’re all “Garuda” distributions.
At the top of the page, under “Kernel drivers”, there’s a column titled “Config” with CONFIG_INTEL_MEI CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_ME listed. Is this a kernel configuration option that needs to be turned on when compiling the zen kernel? I’m only installed pre-compiled linux-zen - though I imagine it’s enabled in the kernel by default. Would I need to compile my own version of the linux-zen kernel with one or both those config options set to y ?