I tried some debugging guide after some fiddling I got into a state when pulseaudio was still not working and aplay was failing due to device busy. Unfortunately, I already got the system into working state so I cannot recheck I had the correct device and whatnot. [ 99.893876] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for 92HD91BXX: line_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker [ 99.895233] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 99.897002] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 99.898763] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0 [ 99.900496] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: inputs: [ 99.902160] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: Internal Mic=0x11 [ 99.903757] snd_hda_codec_idt hdaudioC0D0: Mic=0xc [ 101.250448] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) [ 101.944352] input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input16 [ 101.947239] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input17 [ 101.952980] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input18 [ 101.955128] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input20 aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server) sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog Front speakers surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output