I have a PC which previously had KDE and now has XFCE.
Everything is working well except I listen via the HDMI of the screen and when the screen goes to sleep the system reverts to built-in audio.
I can change it back but it is annoying. I am tempted to stop the display going to sleep but maybe someone can help?
System:
Kernel: 5.11.4-arch1-1 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=da7b12a4-11a6-4908-a3a4-a2d85deddd58 rw quiet
resume=UUID=41a6a83a-6dba-4316-a745-d453b5ab8261 loglevel=3 nowatchdog
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 v: sex serial: <filter>
BIOS: Award v: F1 date: 11/08/2017
CPU:
Info: 8-Core model: AMD FX-8350 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bulldozer
family: 15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: N/A microcode: 6000852 L2 cache: 2 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
bogomips: 64453
Speed: 1524 MHz min/max: 1400/4000 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1524 2: 1407 3: 1409 4: 1399 5: 1408 6: 1409 7: 1409 8: 1416
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, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03 class ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: nouveau,nv resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383 class ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1
class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.4-arch1-1
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8168 v: 8.048.03-NAPI modules: r8169 port: ce00
bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.94 TiB used: 113.58 GiB (3.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: TeamGroup model: T253LE240G
size: 223.57 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 61.2
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 830 Series
size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 3B1Q
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200
size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: ABB0
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 480GB
size: 447.13 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 04RL
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 109.76 GiB size: 107.48 GiB (97.92%) used: 9.13 GiB (8.5%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
ID-2: /home raw size: 335.37 GiB size: 329.11 GiB (98.13%)
used: 69.98 GiB (21.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdd5 maj-min: 8:53
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.1%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 21.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 275 Uptime: 4h 50m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.61 GiB
used: 2.2 GiB (14.1%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages:
pacman: 967 lib: 264 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: xfce4-terminal
inxi: 3.3.00
I read this this but it seems to have stopped working after an update.