I'm experiencing intermittent sound issues with my Gigabyte B450M S2H (Realtek ALC887-VD) on Arch Linux.
I'm using Pipewire as the audio system and KDE Plasma as the desktop environment.
The problem is that my internal soundcard does not pop up in the device lists and i cannot use it.
I've read so many forums and tried so many things but the sound issue persists. Any help in diagnosing and resolving this problem would be greatly appreciated.
System Information:
OS: Arch Linux (latest version)
Kernel: 6.9.9-arch1-1
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M S2H
I'm using Pipewire as the audio system and KDE Plasma as the desktop environment.
The problem is that my internal soundcard does not pop up in the device lists and i cannot use it.
Bash:
When sound doesn't work
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
When sound does work
$ play -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0I've read so many forums and tried so many things but the sound issue persists. Any help in diagnosing and resolving this problem would be greatly appreciated.
System Information:
OS: Arch Linux (latest version)
Kernel: 6.9.9-arch1-1
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M S2H
