No sound nor mic is working linux mint 21.1, pulseaudio is showing dummy output, showing no cards available for configur

[GeekyHacks]

No sound nor mic is working linux mint 21.1, pulseaudio is showing dummy output, configuration page showing no cards available.

inxi -A

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Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.1.0-1013-oem running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes

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No sound nor mic is working linux mint 21.1, pulseaudio is showing dummy output, configuration page showing no cards available.

Welcome to the forum, GeekyHacks.

Please open the System Reports app and click the System Information tab on the left. Your computer's information should come up in the right pane. Then click the Copy button in the lower right and paste the results into a reply window here so we can see how Linux Mint views your hardware.

Please also provide the output of

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journalctl -k | grep -Ei "ALSA|HDA|sof[-]|HDMI|snd[_-]|sound|hda.codec|hda.intel"

Many problems are hardware dependent so we really need to know more information to be able to help you, especially because the output you provided is not showing the pulseaudio server like LM21.1 normally would.

[kuifje09]

I think you have an Intel audio chipset.

Test if module is loaded : lsmod | grep snd_hda_intel

Test pci for device : lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio

I just had the same issue after install mint 20. Also only dummy device.

Fixed with ( for my intel audio )

append to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

these lines:
# intel generic audio
options snd-hda-intel model=generic
options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0

Probably the last line is not needed. omit it in the first try...

Then after a reboot, sound was back again.

b.t.w., its a bit silly this standard audio is not detected in the first place, or at least not configured.


[ UPDATE ] this site showed me the solution :
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/06/f ... ue-in.html

[kuifje09]

Hopefully there is another answer.. This was a one-time success. I mean,
It worked for me yesterday, but today it want work no more.

Very strange.