PC doesn't detect audio devices connected directly to the motherboard on KDE Neon 20.04

I recently updated my KDE Neon to 20.04, and audio from the motherboard doesn’t get detected. It does, however, detect the one from the GPU.

$ inxi -A
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-3: Huawei UVC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-7634-generic 

Before running # alsa force-reload, $ pacmd list-cards only detects 2 audio I/O.

$ pacmd list-cards                         
2 card(s) available.
    index: 0
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 7
        properties:
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xdf080000 irq 17"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                device.product.id = "10f1"
                device.product.name = "GP106 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "2"
                device.description = "GP106 High Definition Audio Controller"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo-extra1>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra1/#0: GP106 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 2)
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra1.monitor/#0: Monitor of GP106 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 2)
        ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                device.product.name = "GF276
       "
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 1
        name: <alsa_card.usb-Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416-02>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 8
        properties:
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "UVC Camera"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Ruision UVC Camera at usb-0000:00:14.0-12, high speed"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:12:1.2"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-12/1-12:1.2/sound/card1"
                udev.id = "usb-Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416-02"
                device.bus = "usb"
                device.vendor.id = "12d1"
                device.vendor.name = "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd."
                device.product.id = "4321"
                device.product.name = "UVC Camera"
                device.serial = "Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416"
                device.form_factor = "webcam"
                device.string = "1"
                device.description = "UVC Camera"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
        profiles:
                input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (priority 1, available: unknown)
                input:multichannel-input: Multichannel Input (priority 1, available: unknown)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <input:mono-fallback>
        sources:
                alsa_input.usb-Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416-02.mono-fallback/#1: UVC Camera Mono
        ports:
                analog-input: Analog Input (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

                multichannel-input: Multichannel Input (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

And after running # alsa force-reload:

$ pacmd list-cards      
3 card(s) available.
    index: 0
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 7
        properties:
                alsa.card = "2"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xdf080000 irq 17"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card2"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
                device.product.id = "10f1"
                device.product.name = "GP106 High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "2"
                device.description = "GP106 High Definition Audio Controller"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo-extra1>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra1/#0: GP106 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 2)
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra1.monitor/#0: Monitor of GP106 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI 2)
        ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                                device.product.name = "GF276
       "
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 1
        name: <alsa_card.usb-Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416-02>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 8
        properties:
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "UVC Camera"
                alsa.long_card_name = "Ruision UVC Camera at usb-0000:00:14.0-12, high speed"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:12:1.2"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-12/1-12:1.2/sound/card1"
                udev.id = "usb-Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416-02"
                device.bus = "usb"
                device.vendor.id = "12d1"
                device.vendor.name = "Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd."
                device.product.id = "4321"
                device.product.name = "UVC Camera"
                device.serial = "Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416"
                device.form_factor = "webcam"
                device.string = "1"
                device.description = "UVC Camera"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "camera-web-usb"
        profiles:
                input:mono-fallback: Mono Input (priority 1, available: unknown)
                input:multichannel-input: Multichannel Input (priority 1, available: unknown)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <input:mono-fallback>
        sources:
                alsa_input.usb-Ruision_UVC_Camera_20200416-02.mono-fallback/#1: UVC Camera Mono
        ports:
                analog-input: Analog Input (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

                multichannel-input: Multichannel Input (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

    index: 2
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 29
        properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xdf220000 irq 128"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "a170"
                device.product.name = "100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "0"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 65, available: no)
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6500, available: no)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6565, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (priority 1300, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1365, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 1200, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1265, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 1300, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1365, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 1200, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1265, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 1300, available: no)
                output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1365, available: no)
                output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500, available: unknown)
                output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5565, available: no)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <output:iec958-stereo>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.iec958-stereo/#1: Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (IEC958)
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.iec958-stereo.monitor/#2: Monitor of Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (IEC958)
        ports:
                analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority 8500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:

                analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:

                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
                iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:

Is there a way to do fix this so that I don’t have to run # alsa force-reload every boot. I can have it autorun, but I’d prefer to have this fixed.

Here’s my system info:

  • Operating System: KDE neon Testing Edition
  • KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.3
  • KDE Frameworks Version: 5.73.0
  • Qt Version: 5.14.2
  • Kernel Version: 5.4.0-7634-generic
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
  • Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
  • Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2
  • Motherboard: MSI H170 Gaming M3

Found someone on reddit that’s experiencing that same issue. I also posted it on Stack Exchange.

it might be related to a snd_hda_intel kernel module issue, I had this issue before on the 5.4 mainland kernel though the way I solved it was by using the 5.6 kernel.

Well, let’s hope it gets fixed soon, then.

Any idea how to report bugs to Pop!_OS?

I guess here:

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Thanks! Didn’t think of reporting it there.

It looks like you filed a bug for KDE Neon on the Pop_OS! github. You probably wanted the KDE Bugzilla instead.

That was probably my fault. I read Pop OS and OP asked for it but it is true, the thread is about Neon. Sorry for that.

But the problem is related to the kernel or the kernel module.

The kernel is from Pop!_OS’s repo, so I reported it there.

Solution

After looking around, removing timidity-daemon worked.

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