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I have the same problem. No HDMI sound output since the update
System: Kernel: 5.14.15-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=dda55cd6-2d77-4164-9784-1224a901a547 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.2 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 2.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.70 date: 06/23/2021
CPU: Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: A201016 cache: L2: 3 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 88802
Speed: 3599 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3599
2: 3628 3: 3600 4: 3636 5: 3639 6: 3733 7: 3622 8: 3607 9: 3630 10: 3626 11: 3597
12: 3590
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 and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 528x310mm (20.8x12.2")
diag: 612mm (24.1")
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (SIENNA_CICHLID DRM 3.42.0 5.14.15-zen1-1-zen
LLVM 12.0.1)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.4 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT]
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.15-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.39 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 402.16 GiB (43.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 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
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QGXA7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.41 GiB (23.8%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) used: 25.8 MiB (10.1%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.41 GiB (23.8%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
used: 46.41 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
used: 46.41 GiB (23.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 2.5 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C mem: 34.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info: Processes: 342 Uptime: 2h 19m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.27 GiB used: 4.48 GiB (14.3%)
Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1
Packages: 1891 pacman: 1885 lib: 554 flatpak: 6 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 default: Bash
v: 5.1.8 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.08