No Sound in Linux Manjaro version

[Kackb00n]

I am using the package from the official arch repo (version 20210321-2).
I have absolutely no sound. Neither in menu, nor in game. Game itself works flawlessly besides that issue.
When I choose music in the skirmish menu, it fast forwards the playback timestamp through the song within 1 second or so without playing any sound.

I searched the forum and git issues because I can't imagine I am the first one experiencing this, and did not found anything. So probably I am just doing something wrong?

the sound part of Setting.yaml in ~/config/openra:

Sound:
SoundVolume: 1
MusicVolume: 1
VideoVolume: 1

device is set to default (don't have sound issues with any other application or game) and not muted. Setting to the specific output device instead of "default" does not help.

Console output does only tell about the openGL setup, not about the sound (besides "using default sound device"). I did not found anything about a debug/verbose output. "--help" or ("-h") is not implemented, "--debug" or "-d" does not change console output.

[Kackb00n]

I think this is solved. Updating the Kernel yesterday somehow messed up my audio output profiles (though somehow it kept working with other applications). Fixed these and now also have sound.

thread can be closed.

[alanpowel47]

hello everyone.
i’m new to manjaro and i have some issue with audio.
i have no sound on speakers and plugged headphone via jack but i have sound with my wireless headphone.
i apply some of tips but they failed.
my inxi output:

System:
Kernel: 5.15.48-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=b6ecf08e-b147-45f5-8e40-481c6dc1a25b rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=41065a63-06ec-4758-b39d-c05d8cc73177
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.4 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X542UF v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X542UF.306 date: 05/22/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 18.2/38.0 Wh (48.0%)
volts: 7.6 min: 7.6 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging cycles: 921
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1398 high: 1791 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1285 2: 1578 3: 1791
4: 1221 5: 1352 6: 1290 7: 1234 8: 1433 bogomips: 28808
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX130] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 515.48.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Maxwell process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:174d class-ID: 0302
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x15d5 built: 2015 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.48-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 Basically it is happening when it is connected with my py script while developing iphone app development agency. IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter. vendor: AzureWave driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:4
chip-ID: 13d3:3496 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 98.23 GiB (10.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM4 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 150 GiB size: 146.59 GiB (97.72%) used: 19.07 GiB (13.0%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 27.3 MiB (28.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2600
Info:
Processes: 289 Uptime: 45m wakeups: 1 Memory: 11.57 GiB
used: 4.02 GiB (34.8%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1253
pacman: 1246 lib: 338 flatpak: 0 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.19

my ALSA settings for audio device:

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-65.25dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-65.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',3
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',4
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 63
Front Left: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
Item0: 'Disabled'
Simple mixer control 'Headset Mic',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Headset Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic 1',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic Boost',1
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]

Any help would be appreciated.

[milkman]

Not sure if that helps but for me switching audio devices after starting the game does not work. That seems consistent across multiple Linux flavours I've used in the past. So if your primary device when starting the game is headphone, those will work. If you switch while the game is running, all other devices will play no sound.

Based on gut feeling rather than scientific evidence, I found that AppImage versions work most reliably btw