Fedora Jam 38 - ASUSTek PRIME Z390-A motherboard and Behringer UMC404HD sound card problems

globetrotterdk · June 9, 2023, 7:30am

I am experiencing some difficulties with my fresh Fedora Jam 38 install and my audio and MIDI hardware. Here is some basic information:

cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_usb_audio
1 snd_hda_intel
2 snd_hda_intel

Contents of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf:
options snd_usb_audio index=0

$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: BEHRINGER GmbH UMC404HD 192k driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.5-200.fc38.x86_64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 status: active

lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th/9th Gen Core 8-core Desktop Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [Coffee Lake S] (rev 0d)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
	Kernel modules: ie31200_edac

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 0d) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 121
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 3000-3fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: a3000000-a40fffff [size=17M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 90000000-a20fffff [size=289M] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 128
	Region 0: Memory at a4520000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Region 0: Memory at a4536000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8K]
	Region 2: Memory at a453c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 167
	Region 0: Memory at a453b000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me

00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SATA AHCI Controller (rev 10) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	DeviceName: Onboard - SATA
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 127
	Region 0: Memory at a4534000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Region 1: Memory at a453a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Region 2: I/O ports at 4050 [size=8]
	Region 3: I/O ports at 4040 [size=4]
	Region 4: I/O ports at 4020 [size=32]
	Region 5: Memory at a4539000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 122
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 5000-5fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: a2100000-a22fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: a2300000-a24fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1b.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #21 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 123
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-0fff [disabled] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: a4400000-a44fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff [disabled] [64-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 124
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-0fff [disabled] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff [disabled] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff [disabled] [64-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 125
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-0fff [disabled] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: a4300000-a43fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff [disabled] [64-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 126
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-0fff [disabled] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: a4200000-a42fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fff00000-00000000000fffff [disabled] [64-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z390 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0

00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8724
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
	Region 0: Memory at a4530000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Region 4: Memory at a4100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl, snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl

00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at a4538000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Region 4: I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801

00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Region 0: Memory at fe010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8672
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 132
	Region 0: Memory at a4500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
	Kernel modules: e1000e

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 86e5
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 165
	Region 0: Memory at a3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 86e5
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
	Region 0: Memory at a4080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

01:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 USB 3.1 Host Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 86e5
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 129
	Region 0: Memory at a2000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256K]
	Region 3: Memory at a2040000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

01:00.3 Serial bus controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 USB Type-C UCSI Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 86e5
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 166
	Region 0: Memory at a4084000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia-gpu
	Kernel modules: i2c_nvidia_gpu

03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp WD Black 2018/SN750 / PC SN720 NVMe SSD (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
	Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD Black 2018/SN750 / PC SN720 NVMe SSD
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	NUMA node: 0
	Region 0: Memory at a4400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Region 4: Memory at a4404000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme

05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 168
	Region 0: Memory at a4300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi

06:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983 (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd SSD 970 EVO
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	NUMA node: 0
	Region 0: Memory at a4200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme

The basic problem is that my USB sound card is not allways available for the system. Sometimes it has switched position, sometimes it doesn’t register in cat /proc/asound/modules, but it always registers in the system. The common factor appears to be whether I use my MIDI hardware with VMPK, LMMS or something else. The sound card may be registered in alsamixer and cat /proc/asound/modules, but actual audio output is not taking place. Other times it works fine, but on a reboot, my sound card disapears completely from cat /proc/asound/modules and alsamixer.

My sound card is plugged into a USB 2 port on my computer, and not on a USB hub, and has a power supply, rather than getting power through the USB connection. The sound card works without problems of any kind on a Ryzen based desktop computer. Any ideas?

jn64 · June 9, 2023, 11:58am

Does disconnecting/reconnecting USB fix it? Or power cycling it?

Try this instead (replacing the existing line):

options snd slots=snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel

globetrotterdk · June 9, 2023, 12:48pm

Nothing works on a regular basis between reboots. disconnecting and reconnecting the sound card has on occasion worked. Not sure what power cycling is in reference to… The suggested change in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf seems at this point, to more consistently keep the sound card at “0” position, however, that does not transfer into the usb sound card functioning consistently as the actual default audio output for the system…

jn64 · June 9, 2023, 1:29pm

Power cycling meaning “turn it off and on again”.

Yes it sets the position, similar to index option. But anecdotally, I’ve seen cases where index didn’t work perfectly, but slots did. So I thought it was worth trying—at worst, no change for you.

So far you’re only talking about ALSA, but do you use PipeWire? It’s on PipeWire/WirePlumber side to set your default output and route audio.

globetrotterdk · June 9, 2023, 1:58pm

Yes, I am using Pipewire with Fedora Jam 38. However, I have been unable to find any Pipewire controls. I assume that with KDE Plasma which Jam uses, the controls are in the audio system settings? The problem is that my sound card only on occasion appears in the audio taskbar applet or the audio settings, while the sound card is almost always (but not always) available in alsamixer for me to try to address the issues. Currently, my sound card doesn’t appear at all in audio settings, but does appear in alsamixer. On a reboot, who knows? Interestingly, I notice that the audio settings for the usb sound card have changed without my intervention, and are at 50% for PCM front and PCM rear. This despite having run “$ sudo alsactl store”.

jn64 · June 9, 2023, 4:03pm

I don’t know about KDE’s audio settings / applet, but I recommend using pavucontrol for GUI mixer.

Check the Configuration tab for card profiles first. Generally you want something like “Analog Stereo Duplex” for both input and output. I don’t know what profiles will show for your Behringer and how the channels are mapped.

Then you can set the default input/output devices (green checkmark button). Make sure devices aren’t accidentally muted.

globetrotterdk · June 9, 2023, 7:25pm

OK, I found it. It was installed. At boot, my sound card was greyed in pavucontrol. I activated it, the card worked with YouTube videos, then I turned on my MIDI keyboard and opened VMPK. That worked as well. I went into LMMS (a test setup) and it no longer worked. I exited LMMS, turned of my MIDI keyboard, went into pavucontrol again, and my sound card was once again greyed out. I activated it and got YouTube videos working, but even as the sound in the YouTube video (Firefox) was fine, I went into the output tab of pavucontrol, and my sound card was again greyed out (I am using a light theme). Weird. And this still doesn’t explain why the sound card works without problems on my other desktop computer…

jn64 · June 10, 2023, 9:18am

What do you mean by activated it?

I can’t make anything of the rest of your post. To troubleshoot effectively, you need to:

Focus on the problem. There’s no need to tell all the intermediate steps where nothing happened. If you did A, B, and C, then the problem happened, you should test if the problem happens with only C, only B, or B+C, or some other combination of steps.
Test cause and effect. Leave pavucontrol open on one side of your screen, then test those steps, and note when exactly the device becomes greyed out in pavucontrol. Is it when you entered LMMS, or exited LMMS? Or when you turn off your MIDI keyboard?
Repeat the test to confirm that it’s reproducible.

Once you’ve figured out the minimum reproducible steps, can you grab some logs before and after the problem?

Run this command twice, 1) when you set up pavucontrol and everything is ok, and 2) again when you’ve triggered the problem:

(alsa-info.sh --stdout; pactl list) | fpaste

then reply with the two URLs.

jn64 · June 10, 2023, 9:45am

I’ve been assuming all your sound is going through the Behringer (speakers/headphones connected to it). What exactly is your audio setup? i.e. how are you listening to Firefox?

globetrotterdk · June 10, 2023, 7:01pm

Audio working (with sound card available in pavucontrol)
https://paste.centos.org/view/7c60b6c5

Audio not working (sound card unavailable in pavucontrol, but available in alsamixer and inxi -A)
https://paste.centos.org/view/d0b61b74

All sound is supposed to go through my Behringer sound card.

jn64 · June 10, 2023, 7:24pm

Ok, I got the logs. Will have to wait til I have time to look closer.

Did you figure out what is the minimum step(s) to trigger the problem?

globetrotterdk · June 21, 2023, 1:20pm

My current working hypothesis is that this is an issue with the motherboard support in the kernel. I have tried distributions with systemd (Fedora and Arch). I have tried distros with runit init systems (Artix and Void). I have tried different DE’s (KDE, XFCE4, and Lumina). I have tried using CWM as only installed window manager. I have tried systems running only Alsa, systems using Alsa and PulseAudio, systems running Pipewire… I have installed systems using Xorg and some using Wayland. Any system that has the ability to play audio and MIDI, regardless of how minimal will at some point fail to use the sound card.

I am currently using a fresh Fedora Everything install, with CWM as the only available DE or window manager, and a minimal of necessary programs, yet I am still experiencing the described problem, without any information as to what causes the problem, under what conditions.

What do the logs tell you?

jn64 · June 22, 2023, 10:32am

Not a lot.

The outputs (but not inputs) of the Behringer simply disappear from PulseAudio.
ALSA controls don’t change; all the controls are still available
USB stream doesn’t change (/proc/asound/card*/stream*)

I was hoping you could say what triggers it.

Long shot, next time it happens, try restarting pipewire/pulse:

systemctl --user restart pipewire(,-pulse}

I didn’t have time to research more, but a cursory search says the device is USB class compliant (meaning it should be “plug and play”, even if there’s no specific driver support), and more or less works for other people on Linux (which I expected). If it fails under so many different conditions it could be a hardware issue; try testing with a different computer.

globetrotterdk · June 22, 2023, 1:35pm

There are no problems with any of my other desktop computers. Only the desktop computer with the Asustek motherboard.