Audio solution proven to work?

[skbolton]

I have tried the audio solution presented in the readme and I am not seeing any results. Toggling the output in pwvucontrol from the proposed upmix sink to the built in controller sounds the exact same. I have also been able to go into advanced mode and control the rear channels individually and adjusting their volume doesn't make a difference. It really is as if the front speakers are the only ones being used.

I was hoping that someone who had used the fix can confirm that it really does work by toggling back to the builtin and confirming that a change happens. Or that adjusting the rear channels does anything for them

[skbolton]

I feel like I can get plenty of volume but it is still very high frequency in tambre. I installed windows last night on the laptop again just to get a feel for what the audio could be. It was surprisingly bassy and loud. I can tell on the linux side something is up.

[Shyrogan]

Hi, there should be a "Stereo to 4.0 upmix" output if you follow this guide configuration I believe.

[gungun974]

I have tried the audio solution presented in the readme and I am not seeing any results. Toggling the output in pwvucontrol from the proposed upmix sink to the built in controller sounds the exact same. I have also been able to go into advanced mode and control the rear channels individually and adjusting their volume doesn't make a difference. It really is as if the front speakers are the only ones being used.

I was hoping that someone who had used the fix can confirm that it really does work by toggling back to the builtin and confirming that a change happens. Or that adjusting the rear channels does anything for them

Your pages should look like this :

[IShashkin]

I'm on Fedora 41 and am trying to fix the issue with audio. Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-surround-40 device is mentioned in the fix. I don't see it in the list of audio devices

vasia@fedora:~$ LANG=C pactl list | grep -A2 'Source #' | grep 'Name: ' | cut -d" " -f2
alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.HiFi__Speaker__sink.monitor
alsa_input.pci-0000_c4_00.6.HiFi__Mic2__source
alsa_input.pci-0000_c4_00.6.HiFi__Mic1__source

Could someone with working audio post an output of this command?

[fallingcats]

I'm on Fedora 41 and am trying to fix the issue with audio. Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-surround-40 device is mentioned in the fix. I don't see it in the list of audio devices

vasia@fedora:~$ LANG=C pactl list | grep -A2 'Source #' | grep 'Name: ' | cut -d" " -f2
alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.HiFi__Speaker__sink.monitor
alsa_input.pci-0000_c4_00.6.HiFi__Mic2__source
alsa_input.pci-0000_c4_00.6.HiFi__Mic1__source

Could someone with working audio post an output of this command?

I'm on arch and it works for me:

alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-surround-40.monitor
alsa_input.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-stereo
sink.upmix_4_0.monitor

[IShashkin]

@fallingcats What kernel version do you use?

[fallingcats]

@fallingcats What kernel version do you use?

Currently 6.12 but afaik it has always worked, even on 6.10

[smithfred]

On Fedora 41 here (I'm the creator of the original workaround ;)) - something seems to have broken this recently, seeing the same issue as @fallingcats now too.

[fallingcats]

On Fedora 41 here (I'm the creator of the original workaround ;)) - something seems to have broken this recently, seeing the same issue as @fallingcats now too.

It's working fine for me, but I always need to set the default sink again after disconnecting my bluetooth headphones.

[smithfred]

Looks like Alsa 1.2.13 broke things - downgrading to 1.2.12 restored the previous behaviour where the woofers are exposed as 4.0 rear channels, vs. being absent entirely with 1.2.13.

To downgrade:

sudo dnf install https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/alsa-lib/1.2.12/2.fc41/x86_64/alsa-lib-1.2.12-2.fc41.x86_64.rpm https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/alsa-lib/1.2.12/2.fc41/noarch/alsa-ucm-1.2.12-2.fc41.noarch.rpm https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/alsa-utils/1.2.12/2.fc41/x86_64/alsa-utils-1.2.12-2.fc41.x86_64.rpm

After a reboot, the workaround should work again.

[ThatOneCalculator]

Added to the Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ASUS_Zenbook_UM5606#Audio

[perexg]

Pls, create an issue in https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-ucm-conf/issues to resolve this issue in upstream. Attach also output from alsa-info.sh --no-upload .

[IShashkin]

@perexg Here we go https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-ucm-conf/issues/467