Speakers and gerenally all devices connected to my sound card (not the Bluetooth ones) are getting disable some time after booting

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Not sure if it's a hardware problem, but this didn't used to happen in the past (it happens since November). To re-active them I have to change the output from the settings, but again if no sound is played, the speaker and the microphone are getting disabled...

System:
Kernel: 5.16.14-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=952017aa-dcff-42ae-8a0e-d05399391137 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 5.24.3 tk: Qt 5.15.3 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME A520M-A v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1804
date: 02/01/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8600106
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3130 high: 3914 min/max: 1400/4454 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3537 2: 2991
3: 2994 4: 2995 5: 2995 6: 3399 7: 2994 8: 2992 9: 2995 10: 3914 11: 2995
12: 3015 13: 3305 14: 3040 15: 2976 16: 2948 bogomips: 114992
Flags: avx avx2 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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Renoir vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microdia Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 0c45:64ab class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
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 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Philips PHL 243V7
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.44.0 5.16.14-zen1-1-zen LLVM 13.0.1)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.14-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey] type: USB driver: rtl88x2bu
bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:b812 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp7s0f4u1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: 22bb hci-v: 4.0 rev: 22bb
Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept
service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.13 TiB used: 342.58 GiB (29.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 223.57 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A8R0
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 214.77 GiB size: 214.77 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.8 GiB (26.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 214.77 GiB size: 214.77 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.8 GiB (26.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 214.77 GiB size: 214.77 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.8 GiB (26.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 214.77 GiB size: 214.77 GiB (100.00%)
used: 57.8 GiB (26.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 22.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 421 Uptime: 10m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15 GiB used: 3.1 GiB (20.7%)
Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1
Packages: pacman: 1811 lib: 519 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.13
Garuda (2.5.6-2):
System install date:     2022-02-20
Last full system update: 2022-03-14 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       NetworkManager
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Snapshots:               Timeshift (maybe)
Failed units:            pacman-files.service shadow.service
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The problem smacks of "power saving" features. The solution will most likely involve the same.

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Hahaha I'm so dump for all those months I thought it was something with my sound card, thank you!

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No wait, it still happens..

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You have two items that you might want to start with:

You have both PulseAudio and PipeWire running, you might want to remove one. ALSA uses one of the other two, and can be left alone. Currently, Garuda uses PipeWire, but the choice is yours to make on which one to keep.

The current bios is 2604. While the updates don’t mention sound, manufacturers can be lazy and state “System stability” if it not CPU or Network.

Now, if there is still no progress, this link is for buzzing sound, but has how to disable power settings for snd_hda_intel driver.

Hope something helps here for you!

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So first I'll try removing pulseaudio
It's safe right?

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Just make sure that pipewire-pulse is installed, which covers that "gap" (but this is provided by default via the pipewire-support package, so...)

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I can't install pipewire-pulse or pipewire-support, because it says it breaks some pulseaudio dependecies

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It’s supposed to. Be brave, replace them.

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I don't wanna risk my OS, I had lots of trouble in the past

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Break Em’ Brother :ninja:

PS: Go ahead and take a manual snapshot… WAIT…

Snapper :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: to the rescue!

(1/1) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations…

( 9/10) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations…

snapper should be triggered by pacman to make pre and post snapshots. You’re good @RaptaG

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Just FYI, Snapshots by default don't include user configuration files in the user's home directory. If you want a backup of those conf files in home, you need to configure that yourself.

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