NO sound on internal speaker (sof-bytcht es8316)

vehendre · 11-13-2023, 11:01 AM

I installed Linux Mint 21.2 Cinamon on a Navon Stark NX14 notebook with an Intel Atom Z3735F.
The problem is that for some reason I canot use the internal speakers, even though internal mic seems to work fine. Here are some PrtSc-s of alsamixer:
https://i.imgur.com/vqhzneo.png
https://i.imgur.com/Kg7AfX5.png
If I turn on the speaker pressing M it starts working but after a reboot it is disabled again.

aus9 · 11-15-2023, 05:46 AM

the second image shows device order is hdmi then es8316.
I suggest your mixer levels attempt to restore over reboot hdmi.

please post on reboot without changing to es8316 the full output of

Code:

aplay -l
inxi -Axxx

it is highly likely hdmi is card=0 and es8316 is card=1

2) I am not sure what your kernel module of hdmi is at this stage....the internet suggests your es8316 might be snd_soc_es8316
but the inxi command will confirm its snd-hda-intel

Then we can disable the sound part of the hdmi eg but lets confirm first
a root powered created file lets call it /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf

Quote:

blacklist snd-hda-intel

but if both drivers from inxi show the same module name....maybe snd-hda-intel then the sound.conf might change to

Quote:

options snd-hda-intel enable=0

and only for that config it says....disable first detected card hdmi....but then finds second card and enable that.

#############

We still would then need to save your mixer levels.....but they need to be mixer levels for your es8316 after disabling hdmi

If you understood this on reboot if aplay -l gives you only the es8316 device then set your mixer levels by unmuting and adjusting volumes in alsamixer then save those settings with

Code:

sudo alsactl store

vehendre · 11-16-2023, 09:05 AM

It looks like the problem is that alsa could not restore on startup, because the sound card is not UCM compatible.
When I use alsactl restore
it comes out with this error message:
alsa-lib main.c:1541 (snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import hw:0 use case configuration -2

So I guess that is why it canot recover on bootup to

I figured out if I use the command: alsactl --no-ucm restore
It works without any error, and the sound works too

Is there any way to teach alsa to do it like this by itself on every startup?

vehendre · 11-16-2023, 01:05 PM

These are the results of the asked commands:
https://i.imgur.com/8kEebG1.png

Quote:

Originally Posted by aus9

the second image shows device order is hdmi then es8316.
I suggest your mixer levels attempt to restore over reboot hdmi.

please post on reboot without changing to es8316 the full output of

Code:

aplay -l
inxi -Axxx

it is highly likely hdmi is card=0 and es8316 is card=1

2) I am not sure what your kernel module of hdmi is at this stage....the internet suggests your es8316 might be snd_soc_es8316
but the inxi command will confirm its snd-hda-intel

Then we can disable the sound part of the hdmi eg but lets confirm first
a root powered created file lets call it /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf

but if both drivers from inxi show the same module name....maybe snd-hda-intel then the sound.conf might change to

and only for that config it says....disable first detected card hdmi....but then finds second card and enable that.

#############

We still would then need to save your mixer levels.....but they need to be mixer levels for your es8316 after disabling hdmi

If you understood this on reboot if aplay -l gives you only the es8316 device then set your mixer levels by unmuting and adjusting volumes in alsamixer then save those settings with

Code:

sudo alsactl store