My laptop's built-in speakers aren't working (can't select it as sound output device) in a brand new install of Xubuntu 21.10.
In pavucontrol (pulseaudio Volume Control) output devices, only "Dummy Output" is displayed.
pacmd list-sinks lists only "Dummy Output" sink available:
properties:
device.description = "Dummy Output"
device.class = "abstract"
device.icon_name = "audio-card"
dmesg | grep audio returns a Direct firmware load for intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed error. The error message refers to downloading firmware from: https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/
[ 4.785674] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 5.105065] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 5.109471] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 5.167660] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware info: version 1:6:0-e9637
[ 5.167669] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware: ABI 3:17:0 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 7.159766] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Direct firmware load for intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed with error -2
[ 7.159781] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: tplg request firmware intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed err: -2
[ 7.159789] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: you may need to download the firmware from https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/
[ 7.159793] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: failed to load DSP topology -2
[ 7.159797] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on 80860F28:00: -2
[ 379.040737] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 379.048501] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 379.079313] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware info: version 1:6:0-e9637
[ 379.079324] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware: ABI 3:17:0 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 379.124318] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 379.287289] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Direct firmware load for intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed with error -2
[ 379.287301] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: tplg request firmware intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed err: -2
[ 379.287308] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: you may need to download the firmware from https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/
[ 379.287312] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: failed to load DSP topology -2
[ 379.287316] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on 80860F28:00: -2
[ 463.085767] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 463.211519] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 463.218495] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 463.286669] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware info: version 1:6:0-e9637
[ 463.286678] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware: ABI 3:17:0 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 463.309603] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Direct firmware load for intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed with error -2
[ 463.309615] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: tplg request firmware intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed err: -2
[ 463.309622] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: you may need to download the firmware from https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/
[ 463.309626] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: failed to load DSP topology -2
[ 463.309629] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on 80860F28:00: -2
[ 733.096831] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 733.104806] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: BYT-CR not detected
[ 733.137105] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware info: version 1:6:0-e9637
[ 733.137115] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Firmware: ABI 3:17:0 Kernel ABI 3:18:0
[ 733.209951] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: Direct firmware load for intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed with error -2
[ 733.209964] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: tplg request firmware intel/sof-tplg/sof-byt-max98090.tplg failed err: -2
[ 733.209971] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: you may need to download the firmware from https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/
[ 733.209975] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: error: failed to load DSP topology -2
[ 733.209979] sof-audio-acpi-intel-byt 80860F28:00: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on 80860F28:00: -2
I am running Xubuntu 21.10 on Toshiba Chromebook 2 CB35-B3340 (Intel Bay Trail, codename SWANKY). I installed Xubuntu on the Chromebook's SSD (including updating to MrChromebox custom UEFI (Full ROM) firmware).
I tried the following fixes, but none of them worked.
Tried running:
sudo apt install firmware-sof-signed
but got this error:
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/firmware-sof-signed_1.7-1_all.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/intel/sof/sof-bdw.ri', which is also in package linux-firmware 1.201
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/firmware-sof-signed_1.7-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I tried editing alsa-base.conf using sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, adding options snd-hda-intel model=auto, then running pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload.
I tried editing alsa-base.conf using sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, adding options snd-hda-intel dmic-detect=0, then running pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload.
I downloaded chtmax98090.conf and HiFi.conf config files, copied them to
/usr/share/alsa/ucm/chtmax98090/..., and then rebooted.
Removing timidity package by running sudo apt remove timidity (timidity wasn't installed).
I can hear sound if using Bluetooth headphones, but there's no sound from the built-in speakers.
AlsaInfo logs: http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=123ea8006b8acd0de246f7e3f19d206fd20cb790
