Results of aplay -Ll on Leap 15.5 show the motherboard sound *is* detected. Also I now have a HDMI audio/video splitter. There is no audio coming from the CPU/GPU or the motherboard. Results of aplay -Ll: gem300@leap15dot5:~> aplay -Ll null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) speexrate Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler pulse PulseAudio Sound Server upmix Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8) default Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server) hdmi:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0 HD-Audio Generic, LG FHD HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=1 HD-Audio Generic, LG FHD HDMI Audio Output front:CARD=Generic Front output / input surround21:CARD=Generic 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers surround40:CARD=Generic 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Generic 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Generic 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Generic 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Generic 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [LG FHD] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [LG FHD] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 gem300@leap15dot5:~>