No Sound / Random pop / noise on Huawei MateBook 14 with Arch Linux

bandundu commented 5 months ago

Issue Description:

I am experiencing an issue with sound on my Huawei MateBook 14 (Model: KLVL-WXXW, M1010) running Arch Linux. Despite trying various fixes, I am unable to get sound output. However, mysteriously, sometimes the laptop plays sound for a split of a second, and I can recognize that there is some sort of sound coming out of the speakers.

System Information:

Manufacturer: HUAWEI
Product Name: KLVL-WXXW
Version: M1010
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: 6.7.2-arch1-1
WM: awesome
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
GPU: AMD ATI Lucienne

Steps done

Installed the newest mainline kernel from official repor
Configured alsamixer and activated the knobs mentioned as in the wiki
Tried to play some music

Attempted Workaround:

I tried the following workaround on boot without success: echo -1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/snd_acp_pci/0000:03:00.5/power/autosuspend_delay_ms

Attachments:

After boot and playing a wav with aplay dmesg.txt

Screenshots of ALSA mixer and PulseAudio configuration

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Any insights or guidance on resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated. I've been using this laptop for more than a year now without sound :(

fernandosang commented 5 months ago

@bandundu Codepayne has kindly provided a near perfect kernel based on 6.8 rc1 that basically fixes all problems, except that, because of the unstable base kernel, it breaks Snap packages compatibility. If you're interested, you may wanna give that a try. Check the thread here:

https://github.com/codepayne/linux-sound-huawei/issues/30

Otherwise, if you really need Snap packages to work, you might wanna give this alternate solution a try too. For me (I have a similar laptop model) it worked pretty well, except for some random pop noises:

https://github.com/codepayne/linux-sound-huawei/issues/28#issuecomment-1878822975

I recommend you read both full threads and then figure out what works best for you. Just read everything carefully.

bandundu commented 5 months ago

@fernandosang Thank you for pointing me to the right direction with this. Unfortunately, that kernel is not available anymore from @codepayne

Here's what I've done so far:

Installed UCM / UCM2 Configuration profiles.
Set up PipeWire and WirePlumber.
Implemented a boot service based on this suggestion.
UPDATE: Installed Kernel: 6.8.0-rc1-linux-rc had no impact at all sadly

Observations:

When using terminal-based audio tools (like aplay for WAV files), the first audio output works, but subsequent attempts often fail.
The typical terminal sound plays when pressing "tab" for the first time. However, repeated presses don't produce additional sounds, as if the audio device gets "blocked."
Running aplay shortly after another sound has played results in an error: "Error when opening Device: The device or resource is busy".
YouTube videos don't play properly, with occasional cracking sounds after long delays. When i mute the video, the video runs without any problems but obviously no sound

I suspect these issues might be related to codec problems or a conflict in the handling of audio streams. Attached is the log file from PipeWire for further insight.

Has anyone experienced similar issues or can offer insights into potential solutions?

Audio Device Error

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

PurestAsh commented 5 months ago

@bandundu emm, maybe you should try ubuntu ?

I have the same Model with you. KLVL-WXXW M1010 AMD Ryzen 5 5700U Firmware Version: 1.09

but I use ubuntu23.10 . the codepayne provided kernel(https://filebin.net/gnk9t9rzlvpgcacx) is compiled from ubuntu ? Compiling the kernel is a bit challenging for me, and it is filled with uncertainty. its work for me very perfect,out of box .

Here's what I've done :

install the ubuntu23.10.
install the codepayne provided kernel
install alsa-ucm-conf(in codepayne repo)
reboot

bandundu commented 5 months ago

Jesus hallelujah I finally have audio, albeit I am not sure whether this is a workaround or a solution. After running a bunch of times

pulseaudio -k

and with this totally killing my PulseAudio I got sound working perfectly fine! Wow, I did not expect this at all.

Sound is working for Spotify, Terminal with Aplay i would asume via ALSA, However obviously not working for apps that expect it like Firefox or discord.

On my machine I have pulseaudio 17.0 installed

Attached the PulseAudio log, I skimmed it but can not find any culprit. Can anyone help in identifying what could cause this? Would really like to understand.

pulseaudio.log

After deinstalling pulseaudio, installing pipewire and rebooting my system everything works like a charm now. Microphone and Speakers - just perfect

EDIT: Well mostly perfect, audio is getting sped up sometimes.

PurestAsh commented 5 months ago

wow ! congratulation！！

bandundu commented 5 months ago

@codepayne any idea what could be causing the sped up audio?

codepayne commented 5 months ago

@codepayne any idea what could be causing the sped up audio?

The sped-up issue is already fixed in upstream pipewire, more details here: https://github.com/codepayne/linux-sound-huawei/issues/29

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