Hello, Sorry for late reply. Thanks, David & Klaus. In the Message; Subject : Re: Sound setup failure in OpenSuSE 15.6 Message-ID : <fae51b9c-3cbe-44f7-afcf-f014536164e1@marcchamberlin.com> Date & Time: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 11:19:08 -0800 [MC] == Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written: MC> Ping! Just hoping I haven't been forgotten and someone can lead me out into MC> nirvana from this pesky problem ;-) Dunno what happened to Masaru Nomiya who MC> was taking point on helping me, for which, of course I am MC> grateful! I suspect he is busy and focused elsewhere. Marc C... I might hava missed..... (_ _? BTW. In the Message; Subject : Re: Sound setup failure in OpenSuSE 15.6 Message-ID : <fd927f06-4343-49b6-960e-bdea15079e14@vink-slott.dk> Date & Time: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 12:03:20 +0100 [KVS] == Klaus Vink Slott via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written: [...] KVS> My system has at least as many sound devices as yours - and they KVS> did all work perfectly well before, when I was on Pulseaudio - KVS> and also now after my change to Pipewire. KVS> The only problem I'v experienced with many devices is that KVS> sometimes the system attempts to be helpful, and end up sending KVS> the sound to a device with no speakers connected. I've never known anyone who uses it like you do. If it's okay with you, please tell us about your sound system configuration. MC>>> https://en.opensuse.org/Sound_troubleshooting MN>> This is not designed for use with multiple sound devices. KVS> I disagree, it has nothing to do with the device count. But that KVS> guide is for when you use Pulseaudio, and I suspect that in your KVS> upgrading, your sound system have been changed to Pipewire. No, he is using pulseaudio, not pipewire. In the Message; Subject : Sound setup failure in OpenSuSE 15.6 Message-ID : <f2693c60-c313-4113-8be5-1142ea0fce3e@marcchamberlin.com> Date & Time: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:33:05 -0800 [MC] == Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written: [...] MC> The following shows my sound system hardware components - MC> # inxi -Aa MC> Audio: [...] MC> Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: off with: wireplumber status: active MC> tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl MC> Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process) MC> with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl Anyway. Marc, please try this and let me know the results; $ sudo echo blacklist snd-hda-intel > /etc/modprobe.d/intel.conf $ sudo reboot Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ " Reading widely about things that don't seem immediately or practically useful, in the hope that what you learn now may prove meaningful later—that's pretty much the definition of a liberal- arts education. Who knew that one of its best defenders would turn out to be a computer scientist? " -- "What Does It Really Mean to Learn?" THE NEW YORKER --