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  Subject    : Re: Audio Issues When In-place Upgrading to Leap 15.6
  Message-ID : <6fbeb288-2e63-44a3-9faf-94068174cd77@sweet-haven.com>
  Date & Time: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:54:29 -0700

[LW] == Lew Wolfgang <wolfgang@sweet-haven.com> has written:

[...]
LW>  Hi Masaru,  sof-firmware-2023.09.2-150600.1.2.noarch is installed
LW>  on the non-functioning laptop.

LW>  Looking on laptop2, which had the full install on a blank disk and has
LW>  working speakers, also has sof-firmware installed.  But this lappie
LW>  doesn't have the Canon Lake PCH caVS sound chip.  Yast2 Sound
LW>  identifies it as Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio, but it's "Not Configured".
LW>  Yet the speakers work.  Go figure.

LW>  So, seeing that a non-configured sound chip still works, on laptop1
LW>  (with the bad speakers)  I set the chip to non-configured using the
LW>  Yast2 Sound screen.  Speakers still don't work.  So I tried to re-configure
LW>  it and it errors out with this message:

LW>  "kernel module snd-sof-pci-intel-cnl could not be loaded.  This can be
LW>  caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
LW>  parameters."

LW>  So at this point, laptop1's speakers are still mute, and my BlueTooth
LW>  buds still work, even with the unconfigured Cannon Lake thing.

LW>  This so reminds me of the rabbit holes we used to run through with
LW>  sound back in the old days!

LW>  I'm thinking the only thing for me do do now, short of submitting a bug
LW>  report, is to do a full 15.6 install.  My feeling is that will work.  Any
LW>  suggestions?

Isn't this your issue?

      https://forums.opensuse.org/t/new-installation-of-leap-15-6-no-sound-the-kernel-module-snd-sof-pci-intel-cnl/177136