No Sound (HP Envy x360 15)

[claydoh]

you could also try TUXEDO OS 2 (Ubuntu-based with KDE Plasma and a recent kernel)

Tuxedo is using KDE neon's Plasma packaging, and for the OP's purpose, the kernel is not new enough, methinks. Still worth a checkout, though.

[claydoh]

Thanks. "immutable" means that it's not possible to make any changes, right? Is this the case for Fedora at all, not only for Kinoite?

No, it is possible to make changes, but it isn't a system-tinkering type of system so much (though that is exactly what I am doing with it at the moment, lol).
I should not have mentioned it anyway, as it does not have a live ISO iirc, and just add confusion.

Any Fedora 38 live image, or any other live iso with at least a 6.3.x kernel is worth trying, for your specific audio hardware, to give a test run before actually installing.

r openSUSE Tumbleweed to newer users, right?

No, and yes on this one. it is always 'bleeding edge", a so-called rolling release with much more constant level of updating, and the potential bugs and oddities that this comes with. That may or may not be what you might enjoy. But it will have a bit better hardware support for the newest stuff. Tumbleweed is much more like Arch Linux.

Fedora (the normal one) is more like Ubuntu, it is just enough ahead, in terms of kernel versions at the moment.

[filiusDei]

If Kubuntu 23.04 does not work with your audio hardware, you could also try TUXEDO OS 2 (Ubuntu-based with KDE Plasma and a recent kernel) or openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE (rolling release like Arch/EndeavourOS with very recent kernel) - or Fedora KDE as mentioned.
Personally I would prefer them especially to Pop!_OS (a GNOME distribution…)- and they are all easier than Arch/EndeavourOS for newer-to-Linux-users. Or try Garuda KDE for an Arch-based distribution.

Thank you. So you would recommend TUXEDO OS 2 or openSUSE Tumbleweed to newer users, right?

[filiusDei]

Fedora Kinoite is an "immutable" distribution (https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=Immutable&origin=Al l&basedon=All&notbasedon=None&desktop=All&archit ec ture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netin stall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Acti ve#simple).

To test if your audio hardware works with a newer kernel I would suggest the standard Fedora KDE Spin - if you really want to use Fedora…

Thanks. "immutable" means that it's not possible to make any changes, right? Is this the case for Fedora at all, not only for Kinoite? Your link doesn't mention Kinoite, but only Fedora in general and here as well: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora

The desire is definitely to use Kubuntu, but without sound it doesn't makes sense. So a temporary solution will probably be needed until 23.10 is available.

Update: Unfortunately, Fedora doesn't work ootb as well

[Schwarzer Kater]

Fedora Kinoite is an "immutable" distribution (https://distrowatch.com/search.php?o...=Active#simple).

To test if your audio hardware works with a newer kernel I would suggest the standard Fedora KDE Spin - if you really want to use Fedora…

[filiusDei]

Audio is working for me ootb in Fedora 38 KDE (Kinoite, to be precise)

There's a Spin called "Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 38" and the mentioned "Fedora Kinoite 38" available. That's a little confusing, because both are using the KDE Plasma Desktop, aren't they? Do you know what's the difference and you would recommend Kinoite right?

[filiusDei]

typo, the command is actually lspci, someone left a stray letter in there

A quick search dive seems to indicate that audio for this hardware isn't well supported before about kernel 6.2.3-ish, and even then may require patches -- the so-called Ubuntu "mainline" kernels likely may not work.
So any Ubuntu-based distro ourtside of Pop OS won't have a new enough kernel and audio stack, at least until 23.10 comes out.

A thing to try would be a live session of Fedora 38, Endeavour, Pop OS, or similar setup with a more current kernel. At least you would be able to tell fairly quickly.

I don't know if it is related or not, but my 'converted' AMD based Thinkpad Chromebook only got sound support with a later 6.2 kernel, and even then it took extra configuration and custom things above my head. Audio is working for me ootb in Fedora 38 KDE (Kinoite, to be precise). It also worked ootb from an Endeavour OS (Arch) live ISO. Not sure if this is peculiar to the SoC nature of Chromebooks, but the audio hardware seems quite similar to what you have. Renoir AMD, snd-sof stuff, and even Intel kernel modules.

Thank you so much. This information is really helpful, but also kinda unpleasant and except for the sound, everything works perfectly. In this case, Fedora 38 could definitely be worth a try. We'll see how it works

Here's the output of the correctly written command:

lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne Root Complex
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Renoir/Cezanne Root Complex
       Flags: fast devsel

00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne IOMMU
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Renoir/Cezanne IOMMU
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ -2147483648
       Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 0

00:01.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal deco
de])
       Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 35, IOMMU group 1
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: 4000-4fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
       Memory behind bridge: d0800000-d09fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fcf0200000-fcf03fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 2

00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal deco
de])
       Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 36, IOMMU group 3
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: 2000-2fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
       Memory behind bridge: d0700000-d07fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 450200000-4503fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal deco
de])
       Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne PCIe GPP Bridge
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 37, IOMMU group 4
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: 3000-3fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
       Memory behind bridge: d0600000-d06fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 450400000-4505fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 5

00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus (prog-if 00 [Nor
mal decode])
       Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 38, IOMMU group 6
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: 1000-1fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
       Memory behind bridge: d0100000-d05fffff [size=5M] [32-bit]
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fce0000000-fcf01fffff [size=258M] [32-bit]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus (prog-if 00 [Nor
mal decode])
       Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 39, IOMMU group 7
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [32-bit]
       Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d00fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 51)
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SMBus Controller
       Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IOMMU group 8
       Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
       Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH LPC Bridge
       Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 8

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 0
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 1
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 2
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 3
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9
       Kernel driver in use: k10temp
       Kernel modules: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 4
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 5
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 6
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Cezanne Data Fabric; Function 7
       Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 9

01:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
       DeviceName: WLAN
       Subsystem: AzureWave MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 90, IOMMU group 10
       Memory at fcf0200000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=1M]
       Memory at fcf0300000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
       Memory at fcf0304000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: mt7921e
       Kernel modules: mt7921e

02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5228 (rev 01)
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 8a31
       Physical Slot: 0
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43, IOMMU group 11
       Memory at d0700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
       Kernel modules: rtsx_pci

03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp Device 5017 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
       DeviceName: Realtek RTL8111E Ethernet LOM
       Subsystem: Sandisk Corp Device 5017
       Physical Slot: 0-1
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 66, NUMA node 0, IOMMU group 12
       Memory at d0600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: nvme
       Kernel modules: nvme

04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Barcelo (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [VGA co
ntroller])
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Barcelo
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 53, IOMMU group 13
       Memory at fce0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
       Memory at fcf0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=2M]
       I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
       Memory at d0500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
       Kernel modules: amdgpu

04:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 91, IOMMU group 14
       Memory at d05c8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
       Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

04:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Securit
y Processor
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42, IOMMU group 15
       Memory at d0400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
       Memory at d05ce000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: ccp
       Kernel modules: ccp

04:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1 (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44, IOMMU group 16
       Memory at d0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
       Kernel modules: xhci_pci

04:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1 (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Renoir/Cezanne USB 3.1
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 53, IOMMU group 17
       Memory at d0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
       Kernel modules: xhci_pci

04:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor (rev 01)
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 89, IOMMU group 18
       Memory at d0580000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: snd_rn_pci_acp3x
       Kernel modules: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pc
i_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt

04:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 92, IOMMU group 19
       Memory at d05c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
       Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

04:00.7 Signal processing controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Sensor Fusion Hub
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Sensor Fusion Hub
       Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 44, IOMMU group 20
       Memory at d0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
       Memory at d05cc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel modules: amd_sfh

05:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 81) (prog-if
01 [AHCI 1.0])
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 63, IOMMU group 21
       Memory at d0001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: ahci
       Kernel modules: ahci

05:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 81) (prog-if
01 [AHCI 1.0])
       Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 65, IOMMU group 22
       Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
       Capabilities: <access denied>
       Kernel driver in use: ahci
       Kernel modules: ahci
​

[Schwarzer Kater]

typo, the command is actually lspci, someone left a stray letter in there
[…]

Oh-oh… Mea culpa.

The sentence should have been:
… [could post] the Audio device: section(s) [only] of lspci -v …

(-> you could copy such ouputs and put them within CODE tags in your post)

[…]
So any Ubuntu-based distro ourtside of Pop OS won't have a new enough kernel and audio stack, at least until 23.10 comes out.

A thing to try would be a live session of Fedora 38, Endeavour, Pop OS, or similar setup with a more current kernel. At least you would be able to tell fairly quickly.[…]

If Kubuntu 23.04 does not work with your audio hardware, you could also try TUXEDO OS 2 (Ubuntu-based with KDE Plasma and a recent kernel) or openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE (rolling release like Arch/EndeavourOS with very recent kernel) - or Fedora KDE as mentioned.
Personally I would prefer them especially to Pop!_OS (a GNOME distribution…)- and they are all easier than Arch/EndeavourOS for newer-to-Linux-users. Or try Garuda KDE for an Arch-based distribution.

[claydoh]

lscpci -v Command 'lscpci' not found, did you mean: command 'lspci' from deb pciutils (1:3.9.0-4) Try: sudo apt install <deb name>

typo, the command is actually lspci, someone left a stray letter in there

A quick search dive seems to indicate that audio for this hardware isn't well supported before about kernel 6.2.3-ish, and even then may require patches -- the so-called Ubuntu "mainline" kernels likely may not work.
So any Ubuntu-based distro ourtside of Pop OS won't have a new enough kernel and audio stack, at least until 23.10 comes out.

A thing to try would be a live session of Fedora 38, Endeavour, Pop OS, or similar setup with a more current kernel. At least you would be able to tell fairly quickly.

I don't know if it is related or not, but my 'converted' AMD based Thinkpad Chromebook only got sound support with a later 6.2 kernel, and even then it took extra configuration and custom things above my head. Audio is working for me ootb in Fedora 38 KDE (Kinoite, to be precise). It also worked ootb from an Endeavour OS (Arch) live ISO. Not sure if this is peculiar to the SoC nature of Chromebooks, but the audio hardware seems quite similar to what you have. Renoir AMD, snd-sof stuff, and even Intel kernel modules.

[filiusDei]

Welcome!

Did you already check in System Settings -> Audio that everything is correct there?

You could also post your Kubuntu version and the output of e.g.
the whole Audio device: section of lscpci -v or just lspci -v | grep -Ei 'audio|snd'
and
pactl info

Thank you

The Speaker test buttons in the System Settings are not working.
It's the latest version 23.04 and here's the ouitput:

lscpci -v
Command 'lscpci' not found, did you mean:
 command 'lspci' from deb pciutils (1:3.9.0-4)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>

lspci -v | grep -Ei 'audio|snd'
04:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio Controller
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
04:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
Kernel driver in use: snd_rn_pci_acp3x
Kernel modules: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pc
i_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt
04:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 4
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: atman
Host Name: kuhpuntu
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 16.1
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_04_00.6.HiFi__hw_Generic_1__sink
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_04_00.6.HiFi__hw_acp__source
Cookie: adc5:460e
​

[filiusDei]

Have you checked System Settings > Audio and clicked the Test button? You can also verify that the Speakers volume isn't set to 0%.

Yes. The test buttons are not working and volume is set to 100 %

[Schwarzer Kater]

Welcome!

Did you already check in System Settings -> Audio that everything is correct there?

You could also post your Kubuntu version and the output of e.g.
the whole Audio device: section of lscpci -v or just lspci -v | grep -Ei 'audio|snd'
and
pactl info

[Snowhog]

Have you checked System Settings > Audio and clicked the Test button? You can also verify that the Speakers volume isn't set to 0%.

[filiusDei]

Hey everyone,

after installing the current version of Kubuntu on a new notebook (HP ENVY x360 15-ey0157ng) unfortunatley there is no sound at all. Headphones are working though.

cat /proc/asound/cards
​

says

0 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                     HD-Audio Generic at 0xd05c8000 irq 91
1 [Generic_1      ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                     HD-Audio Generic at 0xd05c0000 irq 92
2 [acp            ]: acp - acp
                     HP-HPENVYx3602_in_1Laptop15_ey0xxx-Type1ProductConfigId-8A31

Any help or tips would be very much appreciated.

KR filius