No sound, new install, openrc, amdgpu, kde, pulse

[RinkyDinksRJ]

This is a new install however the kernel configuration is pretty much exactly the same as a side-by-side working install where the sound does work. Same kernel version with exception of +.12 point releases or so. Biggest difference in kernel config is I switched from SystemD back to OpenRC for this new install.

I have onboard audio as well as HDMI audio. I want to be using the HDMI audio not the onboard.

I have been through alsamixer and kde settings and have everything set to the videocard output however am not getting anything back. I have been through the alsa guide and the pulse guide to no effect.

What else could I look into?

[RinkyDinksRJ]

amdgpu built as a module

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# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA is not set
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_HDMI=y
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CIRRUS is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0110 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0132 is not set
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y
# CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054 is not set

[fedeliallalinea]

Try to enable all codec as module

[Jaglover]

Does

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aplay -l 

list your HDMI playback device?

[RinkyDinksRJ]

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ryan@localhost ~ $ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: Generic Digital [Generic Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[RinkyDinksRJ]

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ryan@localhost ~ $ aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, Generic Digital
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=4
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 4
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=5
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 5
    HDMI Audio Output

[Jaglover]

The way I see it ... there are 6 digital outputs in your hardware, most of them probably have no physical connector and cannot be used. You need to figure out which one is in use, make sure it is enabled in alsamixer and make sure your player is set to use it. You can also make it the default output, then all players will send sound to it automatically.

[mark4]

Try to enable all codec as module

I would not recommend enabling all at all. in fact after months of zero audio through my speakers on my ALC1220 I finally got audio working by REMOVING all audio codecs from my kernel build. I read somewhere that what is happening is the kernel tries the first codec, fails and stops trying.

[Hu]

Try to enable all codec as module

I would not recommend enabling all at all. in fact after months of zero audio through my speakers on my ALC1220 I finally got audio working by REMOVING all audio codecs from my kernel build. I read somewhere that what is happening is the kernel tries the first codec, fails and stops trying.

This thread is from 2019. OP abandoned it without any indication of whether codec choice was relevant. Where did you read that the kernel abandons sound after the first failure?

[mark4]

Try to enable all codec as module

I would not recommend enabling all at all. in fact after months of zero audio through my speakers on my ALC1220 I finally got audio working by REMOVING all audio codecs from my kernel build. I read somewhere that what is happening is the kernel tries the first codec, fails and stops trying.

This thread is from 2019. OP abandoned it without any indication of whether codec choice was relevant. Where did you read that the kernel abandons sound after the first failure?

I was afraid someone would ask that lol but it was from a post into the LMKL that was referenced by some forum I browsed while trying to fix my problem. After reading it i went straight into menuconfig, removed all codec's because my 1220 is not listed in there and that fixed it.... i didnt save the reference link at all :/