I think a good place to start would be disabling the PulseAudio server.
It looks like you have been experiencing issues with audio for a while now. Have you tried running a different kernel?
Please post garuda-inxi (not inxi -Faz).
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System:
Kernel: 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=cfeb12e8-b340-4b7c-9957-a2bc51a4bef9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Console: pty pts/0 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook E14 E402YA_E402YA v: 1.0
serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: E402YA v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E402YA.303 date: 09/10/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.7 Wh (98.8%) condition: 25.0/32.3 Wh (77.6%)
volts: 7.8 min: 7.8 model: ASUSTeK E402-42 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: Charging cycles: 437
CPU:
Info: model: AMD E2-7015 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics socket: P0
bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Puma family: 0x16 (22) model-id: 0x30 (48)
stepping: 1 microcode: 0x7030106
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 1x1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1500 min/max: 1000/1500 boost: disabled
base/boost: 1500/1500 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1500 2: 1500 bogomips: 5988
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Mullins [Radeon R2 Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon
v: kernel alternate: amdgpu bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9853
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.4:5 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11 class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: eDP res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 size: 309x173mm (12.2x6.8")
diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD KABINI (DRM 2.50.0 5.16.8-zen1-1-zen LLVM 13.0.0)
v: 4.5 Mesa 21.3.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9840 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.8-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.45 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: AzureWave driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce
port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: mt7601u
bus-ID: 1-1.1.4:8 chip-ID: 148f:7601 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s18u1u1u4 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 2-1.1:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3529 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 939.07 GiB used: 175.68 GiB (18.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.3
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1J temp: 37 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 122d 20h cycles: 2059
Old-Age: g-sense error rate: 519
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: HP model: v215b
size: 7.55 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 157.84 GiB size: 157.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.12 GiB (33.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7
maj-min: 8:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 25.9 MiB (10.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 157.84 GiB size: 157.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.12 GiB (33.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7
maj-min: 8:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 157.84 GiB size: 157.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.12 GiB (33.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7
maj-min: 8:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 157.84 GiB size: 157.84 GiB (100.00%)
used: 53.12 GiB (33.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7
maj-min: 8:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.26 GiB used: 1.23 GiB (37.6%)
priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 65.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 66.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3900
Info:
Processes: 217 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.27 GiB
used: 2.1 GiB (64.4%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1493 lib: 356
Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.12
Garuda (2.5.4-2):
System install date: 2021-07-06
Last full system update: 2022-02-12
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Hi there @mincha.9999
As you have posted in the âIssues and Assistanceâ catagory it is already understood that you want help. Repeatedly, begging/pleading/demanding help is rather unappreciated on our forum and you need to stop this.
Everyone who requests help on the forum is expected to wait patiently until someone volunteers to help them. Your issue is no more urgent than everyone else that requests assistance on our forum.
Pleading that you need help because you need your computer for class/work immediately is very poor form. Everyone else that has an issue of a nontrivial nature waits patiently until help arrives. That is the nature of a forum, this is not live support. This is not a paid support chat line where you can expect immediate assistance. You are expected to wait your turn to receive help here as everyone else does.
Frankly, if I hadnât read in your profile that you are only 13 years old I would probably have silenced you for a week to reinforce to you that this behavior is unacceptable here. You have already been cautioned in the past by moderators to modify your behavior, so it is time you started conforming to our forums expectations.
If using your computer is so critical to you that you cannot go a single day without it, then you need to start making proper full backups so that you can restore your computer to a good working state whenever you need to. Just because your computer is messed up you cannot expect everyone else to drop what they are doing and come rushing to your aid to fix your computer. This is not a realistic expectation as our forum/distro has no paid staff and has only a limited number of volunteers.
Please do not continue with this type of behaviour in the future.
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@mincha.9999 thank you for posting the garuda-inxi. It looks like a few lines got cut off on the bottom, but itâs no big deal.
You forgot to disable the PulseAudio server, or perhaps you just havenât gotten around to it. You should be able to do it in the GUI in your settings menu (Iâm guessing thatâs how you turned it on). Since you are running PipeWire, it is probably best to turn off PulseAudio so it does not interfere inadvertently.
I just realized today that my laptop speakers were not working either! I have no idea how long this has been the caseâpossibly monthsâsince I rarely use the laptop speakers (they are very bad) and the laptop is not my primary machine.
I poked around for a few minutes but found a very easy solution on Arch Wiki that worked for me. Give it a shot, let me know how it goes.
Install alsa-utils:
sudo pacman -S alsa-utils
Unmute master volume:
amixer sset Master unmute
Reboot.
More here: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - ArchWiki
It might be worth keeping a different distro on a USB drive that you can fire up if you are in a pinch and donât have time to troubleshoot an issue you are having.
Part of what makes Garuda or other rolling-release distros fun and exciting is having the latest software all the time, but the flip side of that is occasionally something will come down that doesnât work on a particular setup.
Keeping a flash drive with something like MX Linux might be handy because it is based on Debian (known for being very stable). Debian is typically like five kernels behind so a lot of hardware kinks have been ironed out already. I just picked MX because it is small and decent, but if all you need to do is fire up a browser then you have hundreds of options.
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