Hey I just finished installing EndeavourOS with GNOME and when I try to play a youtube video on firefox, I got no audio output, I’m guessing because it doesn’t recognize the speaker I’m using because it doesn’t appear on the output device list. Please help, I will answer any question as soon as I can. Thank you.
Please, post inxi -Fza.
There are several possibilities for no audio output.
Alsa, muted audio in Gnome or FF.
System:
Kernel: 6.12.63-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: initrd=\5c18b6c87360455ebebaac9e007559db\6.12.63-1-lts\initrd
nvme_load=YES nowatchdog rw
root=UUID=aec61cf3-eb63-46e5-a4c4-07959946e87b
systemd.machine_id=5c18b6c87360455ebebaac9e007559db
Desktop: GNOME v: 49.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 49.2 Distro: EndeavourOS
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME A520M-K v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 3607 date: 03/22/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA500012
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2390 min/max: 400/4267 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 2390 2: 2390 3: 2390
4: 2390 5: 2390 6: 2390 7: 2390 8: 2390 9: 2390 10: 2390 11: 2390 12: 2390
bogomips: 86433
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
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: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Polaris 20 XL [Radeon RX 580
2048SP] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands
process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6fdf class-ID: 0300 temp: 36.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: MSI MP223 E2 serial: <filter> built: 2024
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 476x268mm (18.74x10.55")
diag: 546mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (radeonsi
polaris10 ACO DRM 3.61 6.12.63-1-lts) device-ID: 1002:6fdf
memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX
470/480 / 570/580/590] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 09:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.63-1-lts status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rtl8xxxu type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Actions general adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-2:2 chip-ID: 10d7:b012
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 8.55 GiB (1.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: RAmos
model: M.2 2280 NVMe 512GB SSD size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: V0721A0 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 474.94 GiB size: 466.41 GiB (98.20%) used: 8.37 GiB (1.8%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 36.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.41 GiB used: 2 GiB (13.0%)
Processes: 325 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.15 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 922 libs: 249 tools: yay Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1
Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.40
Additional information:
My speaker started working when I plug it in the headphone jack instead of the green audio jack on the back of my computer, the left part of my speaker does not work though. (I use those bar-like shaped speakers)
Update:
Tried to unplug and plug my speaker back to the green audio jack and the option to switch to “Line out - Ryzen HD Audio Controller” appeared, tried to select it on the AlsaMixer and it doesn’t show any volume bar just S/PDIF, S/PDIF 1 to 5, they were not muted.
Can you select a different sound card in alsamixer?
Yes, I can, there are 3 sound cards that appeared
default : 0 HDA ATI HDMI
default : 1 HD-Audio Generic
default : 2 HD-Audio Generic
the only thing that works is the default 2 which is the headphone jack, not the line out audio jack
default 1 is the line out audio jack
install pavucontrol
sudo pacman -Syu && sudo pacman -S pavucontrol
go to the Configuration tab (the last one to the right) and see if you get more option to choose.
Also look under Output Devices.
I have checked the configuration the “Ryzen HD Audio Controller” profile option’s are:
Analog Stereo Output
Analog Stereo Duplex
Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input
Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output
Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output
Digital Surround 5.1 (IEC958/AC3) Output + Analog Stereo Output
Analog Stereo Input
Pro Audio
Update:
Excuse my lack of knowledge and understanding, the audio was infact, muted. I just couldn’t find what made it muted turns out the thing to made it unmute was just in alsamixer all along. I really appreciate the help you all gave me! Have a nice day! ^^
Title edited. Had nothing to do with the choice of DE.