Wired earphones do not work out of the box

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Few weeks ago I figured out that the wired earphones does not work out of the box in my laptop.
As a workaround, after many trial and errors, I got a way to get it working, by first selecting port Headphones (unplugged) in Profile Analog Stereo Output or Analog Stereo Duplex and only then switching profile to Pro Audio in Sound settings.
Also this settings reset after reboot, so I have to set it up before every time I use my wired earphones.

Since I am not sure if this bug is due to a KDE package or some other package, I am posting it here to get a confirmation.
Thanks

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I forgot to put my system details. Sorry for that.

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.25.0
Qt Version: 6.11.0
Kernel Version: 6.19.11-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 2 × Intel® Celeron® N4500 @ 1.10GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP Laptop 15s-fq3xxx

$ pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 175
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: xxxxxxx
Host Name: xxxxxxx
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.6.3)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor
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inxi -zv8 would be more helpful

Along with:

journalctl -b --no-pager | grep "snd"

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$ inxi -zv8**
System:**
Kernel: 6.19.11-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=afeb13a1-a23c-487c-b92b-acc516342c96 rw loglevel=3 quiet
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.25.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15s-fq3xxx v: N/A
serial: Chassis: type: 10 serial:
Mobo: HP model: 88EA v: 81.51 serial:
part-nu: 7W475PA#ACJ uuid: Firmware: UEFI vendor: AMI
v: F.63 date: 10/05/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.7 Wh (86.8%) condition: 34.2/41 Wh (83.4%)
volts: 12.22 min: 11.34 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial:
charging: status: discharging cycles: 151
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.46 GiB used: 1.98 GiB (26.5%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Bottom type: no module installed
Device-2: Bottom type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB speed:
spec: 3200 MT/s actual: 2933 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1
width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Nanya Technology
part-no: NT8GA64D88CX3S-JR serial:
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Celeron N4500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Alder Lake
level: v2 built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6
model-id: 0x9C (156) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x24000024
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 2 smt: cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 1x1.5 MiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2707 min/max: 800/2800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 2707 2: 2707 bogomips: 4454
Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
arch_perfmon art bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush clflushopt clwb cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb
ept ept_ad erms est flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr gfni ht hwp
hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida
intel_pt lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni
popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
tsc_known_freq umip vme vmx vnmi vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: old_microcode status: Vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel JasperLake [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:4e55 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1
class-ID: 0e02 serial:
Display: wayland server: v: 1.21.1.22 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.10
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x3191 built: 2020 res:
mode: 1366x768 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
x: 0.561 y: 0.337 green: x: 0.333 y: 0.576 blue: x: 0.161 y: 0.122 white:
x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.0.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (JSL)
device-ID: 8086:4e55 memory: 7.29 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 2 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics (JSL) driver: mesa intel v: 26.0.4-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:4e55 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: gputop, intel_gpu_top, lsgpu
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Jasper Lake HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:4dc8 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.19.11-arch1-1 status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.6.3 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: Realtek RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw88_8822ce v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c822
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac:
IP v4: type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast:
IP v6: type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek USB 10/100 LAN driver: r8152 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4:7 chip-ID: 0bda:8152
class-ID: 0000 serial:
IF: enp0s20f0u1u4 state: down mac:
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-8:3 chip-ID: 0bda:b00c
class-ID: e001 serial:
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 58.11 GiB (12.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix
model: BC711 HFM512GD3JX013N size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial:
fw-rev: HPS1 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 460 GiB size: 451.71 GiB (98.20%) used: 58.06 GiB (12.9%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: afeb13a1-a23c-487c-b92b-acc516342c96
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 488 MiB size: 487 MiB (99.80%)
used: 48.5 MiB (10.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: N/A uuid: FC68-616F
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.46 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -1 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: f65e185e-46da-4799-8629-642f89856217
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:4 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 1a86:8095 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.2:5 info: USB Optical Mouse type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 30fa:0400 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-1.3:6 info: CASUE USB KB type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 300mA
chip-ID: 2a7a:9005 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-1.4:7 info: Realtek USB 10/100 LAN type: Network driver: r8152
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0bda:8152 class-ID: 0000 serial:
Device-4: 1-4:2 info: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1 class-ID: 0e02
serial:
Device-5: 1-8:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:b00c class-ID: e001 serial:
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: nix-default pkgs: 0 pm: nix-sys pkgs: 0 pm: nix-usr pkgs: 0
pm: pacman pkgs: 988 libs: 238
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

No nix channels found for user: xxxx
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 184
1: cpu: 10.4% command: brave pid: 1353 mem: 366.3 MiB (4.7%)
2: cpu: 10.1% command: brave pid: 1554 mem: 246.3 MiB (3.2%)
3: cpu: 8.2% command: plasmashell pid: 979 mem: 360.9 MiB (4.7%)
4: cpu: 6.3% command: kwin_wayland pid: 812 mem: 185.4 MiB (2.4%)
5: cpu: 6.0% command: brave pid: 1394 mem: 165.3 MiB (2.1%)
Memory top: 5 of 184
1: mem: 366.3 MiB (4.7%) command: brave pid: 1353 cpu: 10.4%
2: mem: 360.9 MiB (4.7%) command: plasmashell pid: 979 cpu: 8.2%
3: mem: 246.3 MiB (3.2%) command: brave pid: 1554 cpu: 10.1%
4: mem: 185.4 MiB (2.4%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 812 cpu: 6.3%
5: mem: 175.4 MiB (2.2%) command: brave pid: 1487 cpu: 1.4%
Info:
Processes: 184 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.96 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 260 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 22.1.3 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40

$ journalctl -b --no-pager | grep “snd”
Apr 22 16:17:11 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 → 0002)
Apr 22 16:17:11 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops intel_aud
io_component_bind_ops [i915])
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: ALC236: picked fixup for P
CI SSID 103c:0000
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for ALC236: line
_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
0x0/0x0/0x0)
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/
0x0/0x0)
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: Internal Mic=0x12
Apr 22 16:17:12 sd-0xff kernel: snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC0D0: Mic=0x19
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Eewww! Can you format that block as preformatted text please?

Can you try creating /etc/modprobe.d/disable_snd_soc_avs.conf with the contents being blacklist snd_soc_avs

Then reboot and see if the issue still exists?

You can just delete that file and reboot again if it breaks anything.

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Thanks for your reply.
Yeah, I will make sure to use proper formatting.

And yup, your suggestion didnt fix it.
The thing when I select Headphones (unplugged) in Port, I do not sound whatsoever.
I tried testing with youtube with brave first. The video was running (without any sound), but it was not showing any applications in the Sound panel widget (not sure what do you call it).
I also tried mpv with following command:

$ mpv Downloads/file_example_MP4_1920_18MG.mp4 
● Video  --vid=1  (h264 1920x1080 30 fps) [default]
● Audio  --aid=1  (aac 2ch 48000 Hz 256 kbps) [default]
AO: [pipewire] 48000Hz stereo 2ch floatp
VO: [gpu-next] 1920x1080 yuv420p
[ao/pipewire] Stream in error state, trying to reload...
[ao/pipewire] Error during playback: No such file or directory, no target node available
[ao/pipewire] Stream in error state, trying to reload...
[ao/pipewire] Error during playback: No such file or directory, no target node available
Exiting... (Quit)

Also I get Audio feedback for changes to volume in my headphone, but not the output from any applications.
Maybe, instead we should look why it only works with Pro Audio profile? Let me know what else should I try.

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That was the problem on my system, which led me to the solution I suggested.

What about the test button within the KDE Sound settings window?

Also were your headphones connected when you ran inxi above? And how are they connected, USB?

If they’re USB, what is the output of lsusb with them connected and powered on? (you did turn them on didn’t you).

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The test buttons work, both left and right.

Yes they were connected when I ran inxi and journalctl. They are connected through headphone jack in my laptop.

My system doesn’t even detect them, it just shows Headphones (unplugged) in the port selection in sound settings.

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Ahh, so they do work! But something is going wrong after that.

I’m just guessing because there is a bunch of troubleshooting to do first. You might want to read through the whole PipeWire wiki so you can check your config properly, but the section on the system not automatically switching when a new device is connected might get you some luck.

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My reason to post here was this, shouldn’t it work out of the box?

I do have the workaround, and yes I will go through the pipewire and audio config wiki in my free time.

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Well that depends what the problem actually is. Which seems to be above ALSA (since the test button works), and likely to do with PipeWire which is why I directed you to the wiki page since I can’t access your computer to test it for you. I’m sure you can appreciate that linux distros run on so many different combinations of hardware it would be impossible to make things work “out of the box” for everything; although with all end users contributing their problems devs sure do try.

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I did direct you to a specific section which seems plausible from what you have described.

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Yes, I do appreciate it, and actually I am very grateful to the community for that.

Will check out the wiki and try to learn the audio ecosystem in linux.
Thanks