Delay before there is audio

[JC Denton]

On LMDE 6. There is about a 1-5 second delay before there is any audio. It's almost like my speakers are asleep and being woken up. This happens when I have my speakers connected to my monitor, which is connect to my RX 7900 XT via display port. When I plug them into my PC directly there is no delay.

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On LMDE 6. There is about a 1-5 second delay before there is any audio. It's almost like my speakers are asleep and being woken up. This happens when I have my speakers connected to my monitor, which is connect to my RX 7900 XT via display port. When I plug them into my PC directly there is no delay.

Someone with speakers on their monitor (part of the monitor and not separate speakers) was having a similar issue and it turned out a firmware update was needed for the monitor for it to handle the sound without a delay. In their case the monitor was still under warranty and had to be returned for the firmware update but the turnaround time was quite fast and the cost was covered by the manufacturer.

Your situation is slightly different because your speakers are not part of the monitor, but you might have a similar issue. What is the monitor name and model number?

[JC Denton]

On LMDE 6. There is about a 1-5 second delay before there is any audio. It's almost like my speakers are asleep and being woken up. This happens when I have my speakers connected to my monitor, which is connect to my RX 7900 XT via display port. When I plug them into my PC directly there is no delay.

Someone with speakers on their monitor (part of the monitor and not separate speakers) was having a similar issue and it turned out a firmware update was needed for the monitor for it to handle the sound without a delay. In their case the monitor was still under warranty and had to be returned for the firmware update but the turnaround time was quite fast and the cost was covered by the manufacturer.

Your situation is slightly different because your speakers are not part of the monitor, but you might have a similar issue. What is the monitor name and model number?

LG 32GK650F-B

[JC Denton]

I should probably add that I don't have this issue on Windows 10.

[SMG]

I should probably add that I don't have this issue on Windows 10.

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.

[JC Denton]

I should probably add that I don't have this issue on Windows 10.

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.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7A34 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.Q7 date: 07/17/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: nintendo_switch_controller_battery_0003:057E:2009.0004 model: N/A serial: N/A
    charge: High status: charging
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
    rev: 0 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4590 high: 4591 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 4591 2: 4590 3: 4591 4: 4591 5: 4587
    6: 4589 7: 4590 8: 4590 9: 4590 10: 4591 11: 4591 12: 4591 13: 4591 14: 4591 15: 4590 16: 4591
    bogomips: 146921
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 12:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:744c
  Device-2: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] driver: N/A arch: GCN-5 pcie:
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 30:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 model: LG (GoldStar) QHD res: 2560x1440 dpi: 93
    diag: 800mm (31.5")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1100 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49
    6.1.0-13-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: bus-ID: 5-1.4:12 chip-ID: 0c76:226b
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 12:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 30:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 30:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. JOUNIVO JV601 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-13-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 23:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp35s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Ralink MT7610U (Archer T2U 2.4G+5G WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: mt76x0u
    bus-ID: 3-8:4 chip-ID: 148f:761a
  IF: wlx98ded00a231a state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.24 TiB used: 1.57 TiB (48.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Micron model: 1100 MTFDDAK2T0TBN size: 1.86 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 476.94 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 907.75 GiB used: 711.77 GiB (78.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdc1
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Nintendo Switch Pro Controller type: HID driver: nintendo,usbhid rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 057e:2009
  Device-2: 3-4:3 info: 8BitDo M30 Bluetooth gamepad type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 2dc8:5006
  Device-3: 3-8:4 info: Ralink MT7610U (Archer T2U 2.4G+5G WLAN Adapter type: Network
    driver: mt76x0u rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 148f:761a
  Device-4: 3-9:5 info: Cooler Master MM710 Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 2516:012f
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-6: 5-1:2 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0bda:5411
  Device-1: 5-1.4:12 info: JMTek LLC. JOUNIVO JV601 type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0c76:226b
  Hub-7: 5-2:3 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0bda:5411
  Device-1: 5-2.3:13 info: DragonRise USB GamePad type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0079:1879
  Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
  Hub-9: 6-1:2 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0bda:0411
  Hub-10: 6-2:3 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0bda:0411
  Hub-11: 7-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Device-1: 7-2:2 info: Holtek USB Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 04d9:a0cd
  Hub-12: 8-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C mem: 66.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 466
Repos:
  Packages: 2461 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2413 pm: flatpak pkgs: 48
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_12/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com faye main upstream import backport romeo
    2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http: //security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Info:
  Processes: 363 Uptime: 3h 2m Memory: 13.53 GiB used: 4.07 GiB (30.1%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Unknown
  python3.11 client inxi: 3.3.26

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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm

You were previously running LM21.1. Were you having this issue with it?

I ask because LMDE 6 is a step backwards with regards to the Mesa graphics stack as well as some other graphics-related software. Debian is more for stability rather than support for the latest hardware.

Previously, your onboard GPU was not showing in inxi which I presume was because of how you had things set up in the BIOS/UEFI with regards to graphics. However, if both are showing in inxi, then drivers for both should load and that didn't happen which is puzzling. While I wouldn't think that would affect this issue, strange things happen all the time when not all drivers are loaded so I don't rule it out.

Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie:
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 12:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:744c
Device-2: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] driver: N/A arch: GCN-5 pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 30:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638

In order to get the most from one's graphics for a 7900 XT, I recommend having the most recent BIOS/UEFI for the motherboards, the newest available kernel, and the latest linux-firmware. LMDE 6 meets only the bare minimum needed for a 7900 XT.

There are backports available in LMDE where you can install a newer kernel which will provide you with a newer AMD driver. I'm not sure what is available with regards to linux-firmware so you can start with a newer kernel and see if that helps.

As with any change, I recommend taking a Timeshift snapshot. You can install the latest kernel (which I think is 6.5) with

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sudo apt install -t bookworm-backports linux-image-amd64

[JC Denton]

I did not have my speakers hooked up to my monitor when I was using regular Mint. I have them connected to my monitor now for convenience as I have older consoles hooked to it. I couldn't get my GPU to run properly on regular Mint, so I was hopping to different distros, but none of theme worked as well as Mint before my GPU upgrade.

Updating the kernel doesn't seem to have done anything. I saw this solution brought up a few times while searching, but LMDE doesn't seem to have default.pa.

[SMG]

I couldn't get my GPU to run properly on regular Mint, so I was hopping to different distros, but none of theme worked as well as Mint before my GPU upgrade.

There's an entire section on the 7900 XT in Tips for Troubleshooting Graphics Issues (including external monitors not working) which is a sticky at the top of the Graphics Cards & Monitors forum. While there were issues when it first came out a year ago, I've not heard of others having issues recently. Use the 6.5-oem kernel and update to the latest amdgpu linux-firmware.

Updating the kernel doesn't seem to have done anything.

Okay.

I saw this solution brought up a few times while searching, but LMDE doesn't seem to have default.pa.

LMDE 6 doesn't use PulseAudio. It only uses PipeWire.

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Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

[JC Denton]

I couldn't get my GPU to run properly on regular Mint, so I was hopping to different distros, but none of theme worked as well as Mint before my GPU upgrade.

There's an entire section on the 7900 XT in Tips for Troubleshooting Graphics Issues (including external monitors not working) which is a sticky at the top of the Graphics Cards & Monitors forum. While there were issues when it first came out a year ago, I've not heard of others having issues recently. Use the 6.5-oem kernel and update to the latest amdgpu linux-firmware.

Updating the kernel doesn't seem to have done anything.

Okay.

I saw this solution brought up a few times while searching, but LMDE doesn't seem to have default.pa.

LMDE 6 doesn't use PulseAudio. It only uses PipeWire.

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Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

I fixed it by opening /usr/share/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua, uncommenting --["session.suspend-timeout-seconds"] = 5, -- 0 disables suspend by removing the two dashes at the beginning, and changing 5 to 0. I logged out and back in and now there's no more delay. Thanks for trying to help me.