No sound on Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic - MSI GE76 Laptop

Question

I have a new laptop, a Raider GE76. I installed Ubuntu on it and everything is working except the sound presently.

I only have dummy sound as an output option.

I've tried some solutions on the web but none have worked.

I've tried adding entries to GRUB
I've tried installing the SOF binaries (v2.2.4)
I've tried tweaking the driver options in modprobe/alsa.conf
I've tried switching to the legacy driver

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/06/fix-no-sound-dummy-output-issue-in.html

Sound card not detected - Ubuntu 20.04 - sof-audio-pci

I'd appreciate any suggestions/troubleshooting on getting the sound to work.

aplay -l output:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC274 Analog [ALC274 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 12: HDMI 6 [HDMI 6]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 13: HDMI 7 [HDMI 7]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 14: HDMI 8 [HDMI 8]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 15: HDMI 9 [HDMI 9]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 16: HDMI 10 [HDMI 10]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 17: HDMI 11 [HDMI 11]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio output:

00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller [8086:51c8] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller [1462:1324]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
--
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:228e] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:1324]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

lsmod | grep snd_hda_intel output:

snd_hda_intel          53248  0
snd_intel_dspcfg       36864  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_intel_hda_common
snd_hda_codec         172032  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_soc_hdac_hda
snd_hda_core          118784  9 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_soc_hdac_hda,snd_sof_intel_hda
snd_pcm               159744  11 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,soundwire_intel,snd_sof,snd_sof_intel_hda_common,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_sof_utils,snd_hda_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
snd                   114688  14 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_sof,snd_timer,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi

sudo alsa force-reload output:

Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-sof-pci-intel-tgl snd-sof-intel-hda-common snd-sof-intel-hda snd-sof-pci snd-sof-xtensa-dsp snd-sof snd-sof-utils snd-soc-hdac-hda snd-hda-ext-core snd-soc-acpi-intel-match snd-soc-acpi snd-hda-codec-realtek snd-hda-codec-generic snd-soc-core snd-compress snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-pcm-dmaengine snd-hda-intel snd-intel-dspcfg snd-intel-sdw-acpi snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer (failed: modules still loaded: snd-hda-codec-realtek snd-hda-codec-generic snd-soc-core snd-compress snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-pcm-dmaengine snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-timer).
Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-sof-pci-intel-tgl snd-sof-intel-hda-common snd-sof-intel-hda snd-sof-pci snd-sof-xtensa-dsp snd-sof snd-sof-utils snd-soc-hdac-hda snd-hda-ext-core snd-soc-acpi-intel-match snd-soc-acpi snd-hda-codec-realtek snd-hda-codec-generic snd-soc-core snd-compress snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-pcm-dmaengine snd-hda-intel snd-intel-dspcfg snd-intel-sdw-acpi snd-hda-codec snd-hda-core snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-rawmidi snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-timer.

Editing GRUB with:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0"

results in:

$ lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller [8086:51c8] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller [1462:1324]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
--
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GA106 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:228e] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:1324]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

However, sound still doesn't work.

Changed the GRUB entry based on previous error message from:

#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0"

to:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1"

because it threw an error message:

fafnir /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[3129]: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.19.0-28-generic root=ZFS=UbuntuZFS/root ro quiet splash snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0 vt.handoff=1

Now syslog reports:

Syslog entries with revised grub driver entry:
Jan  8 17:02:10 fafnir kernel: [    9.404460] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Jan  8 17:02:10 fafnir kernel: [    9.404638] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
Jan  8 17:02:10 fafnir kernel: [    9.404816] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Jan  8 17:02:10 fafnir kernel: [    9.404872] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Disabling MSI
Jan  8 17:02:10 fafnir kernel: [    9.404877] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client

Alsa report - http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=9bcc15cd8d2a29a5e0f3b60e2b1f84a6e95ed7ae

$ inxi -SMA
System:
  Host: fafnir Kernel: 5.19.0-28-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME
    v: 43.1 Distro: Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Raider GE76 12UE v: REV:1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-17K4 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E17K4IMS.209 date: 09/13/2022
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.0-28-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.58 running: yes

I followed this guide as well: no joy

https://itsfoss.com/fix-sound-ubuntu-1304-quick-tip/

Do you have the correct nVidia driver installed? From Ubuntu repository? — oldfred, Jan 08 '23 at 19:24
Nvidia-driver-525 is installed from the repos. Additional Drivers says it is the recommended driver. Card is GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q — Thystra, Jan 08 '23 at 19:38
I would then think sound would be using nVidia driver, not the Intel one. But I do not have nVidia to see details. — oldfred, Jan 08 '23 at 20:49
I think NVIDIA sound would go out HDMI. I haven't tested HDMI, but the onboard speakers, mic etc. comes from the Realtek/Intel driver.
I did a hardware probe and this appears to be card installed: https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:8086-51c8-1462-1324

How do I configure these drivers? — Thystra, Jan 08 '23 at 20:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 16 '23 at 19:03

I followed this guide: How to install PipeWire on Ubuntu Linux

Sound (speakers only) is restored. No microphone, however. When I plug in a USB speaker with microphone, it shows up in the sound settings.

I reverted/taken out the following changes:

/etc/defaults/grub changes:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0"
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash snd-intel-dspcfg.dsp_driver=1"

alsa-base.conf changes. The below entries were recommended by various sites:

#options snd-usb-audio index=-2
#options snd-hda-intel model=generic
#options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=0
#options snd-hda-intel model=auto
#options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0

I had also disabled (and then re-enabled) secure boot (no change on the problem).

Once I backed out all the above changes, full sound system was detected:

No sound on Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic - MSI GE76 Laptop

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