On Mon, 5 Dec 2022 10:00:20 +1300 Robin Klitscher wrote:
System:
openSUSE Leap 15.4; KDE Plasma 5.26.4; KDE Frameworks 5.100.0; Qt 5.15.7; Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.33-default (64-bit); Graphics X11 Motherboard Gigabyte Z490 VISION G with sound card inbuilt. 8< - - - - - snipped - - - - - >8
Hi Robin, Gigabyte Z490 VISION G mainboard (Intel Z490 Chipset) From in-depth review (2019) https://latestintech.com/gigabyte-z490-vision-g-review/ "... five 3.5 mm audio jacks and S/PDIF optical output which are controlled by a Realtek ALC1220-VB HD audio codec." From https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z490-VISION-G-rev-1x#kf "ALC1220-VB Enhance 114dB(Rear)/110dB(Front) SNR in Microphone with High-End Audio Capacitors" There is very good kernel driver support for Realtek devices. Have you inspected the settings in PulseAudio Volume Control under the "Configuration" and "Output Devices" tabs? In my experience, PAVC is essential for taming audio issues like these on Linux. See also (derived from: "https://frdmtoplay.com/gigabyte-front-panel-audio-with-linux/): aplay -l (see info aplay) # **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** # (arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver) $ pacmd list-sinks (see also info pacmd) # **** pacmd - Reconfigure a PulseAudio sound server during runtime **** hth & regards, Carl