Audio totally disappearing randomly
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:31 pm
That's making me insane for a couple of weeks by now.
Generally I always somehow find a solution but until now, the only "solution" is to log out and in again.
So there's not much I can say about it. I could never see any problem in any log I opened and I could never connect the disappearance with any direct action. Actually it's rather (or only?) happening, when I'm not using the PC. The present powersaving settings only switch off the monitor with the integrated USB hub. When I switch it on again, if I'm lucky, the sound is still available. If not, there is simply a red bar over the Audio Volume tray icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. If I open the audio system settings, it's totally blank. I spent countless hours trying all possible tools and cli commands to check the audio hard and software, at absolutely no avail.
Moreover I read many threads, here and at other places. Still I couldn't find somehow any connection. There was this configuration problem (mistake) some time in december 2023 and I first thought, it could be connected somehow but apparently no. Updating the kernel, except bringing all the additional problems which I had after that (I always need to totally rebuild the NVIDIA drivers), unfortunately did also not change anything.
I'm open for (good) suggestions.
Thanks!!


So there's not much I can say about it. I could never see any problem in any log I opened and I could never connect the disappearance with any direct action. Actually it's rather (or only?) happening, when I'm not using the PC. The present powersaving settings only switch off the monitor with the integrated USB hub. When I switch it on again, if I'm lucky, the sound is still available. If not, there is simply a red bar over the Audio Volume tray icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. If I open the audio system settings, it's totally blank. I spent countless hours trying all possible tools and cli commands to check the audio hard and software, at absolutely no avail.
Moreover I read many threads, here and at other places. Still I couldn't find somehow any connection. There was this configuration problem (mistake) some time in december 2023 and I first thought, it could be connected somehow but apparently no. Updating the kernel, except bringing all the additional problems which I had after that (I always need to totally rebuild the NVIDIA drivers), unfortunately did also not change anything.
I'm open for (good) suggestions.

Thanks!!
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.1_KDE_x64 Libretto
July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z97-D3H v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z97-D3H-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: F9 date: 09/18/2015
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4440 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1400 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: ondemand
cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400 4: 1400 bogomips: 24798
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB
filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 625 OEM] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: nvidia
v: 390.157 non-free: series: 390.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~late 2022) arch: Fermi
code: GF1xx process: 40/28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:104b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-6.1:36
chip-ID: 046d:081b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 93 s-size: 524x321mm (20.63x12.64") s-diag: 615mm (24.19")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76")
diag: 611mm (24.05") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.157 renderer: GeForce GT 625/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte 9 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 2-6.1:36 chip-ID: 046d:081b bus-ID: 00:1b.0 class-ID: 0102 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0
serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e08 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C310 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f040
bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153b class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 21.03 TiB used: 18.9 TiB (89.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EURX-63BMCY0 size: 3.64 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EURX-63T0FY0 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
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block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: AB51
scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BW120A4 size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: DC32 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARS-00MVWB0 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: AB51
scheme: GPT
ID-8: /dev/sdh maj-min: 8:112 vendor: Western Digital model: WD15EARS-00Z5B1 size: 1.36 TiB
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ID-9: /dev/sdi maj-min: 8:128 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: External USB 3.0
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0201
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ID-10: /dev/sdj maj-min: 8:144 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: EXTERNAL USB size: 3.64 TiB
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ID-11: /dev/sdk maj-min: 8:160 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Book 1140
size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1022
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 39.59 GiB size: 38.8 GiB (98.00%) used: 31.22 GiB (80.5%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sde3 maj-min: 8:67
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 19.53 GiB used: 198.2 MiB (1.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sde2
maj-min: 8:66
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Repos:
Packages: 2899 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2890 libs: 1652 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 9
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
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Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
Info:
Processes: 422 Uptime: 6d 1h 28m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 4.14 GiB (26.7%)
Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI