i have a new laptop and thought ill try using Arch Linux for the first time and everything except the audio works like a charm, which was unexpected.
My Problem is that, if i try to change the volume it does not change the real sound that gets played, so 5% and 100% have the same sound volume, i can see in the alsamixer that the "Master" Volume gets changed which has no impact on the audio. If I change the "PCM" volume in the alsamixer the audio does correctly change.
After a lot of googling and "prompting" chatgpt i can't seem to find the root cause or a fix for this problem. I dont want to use the "alsamixer" everytime i want to tweak my sound volume, i have volume keys for that :(
Can someone point me in the right direction or give me some other hint on what i can do ?
> pacman -Qs pipewire
local/kpipewire 6.3.4-1 (plasma)
Components relating to pipewire use in Plasma
local/libpipewire 1:1.4.1-2
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - client library
local/libwireplumber 0.5.8-1
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire - client library
local/pipewire 1:1.4.1-2
Low-latency audio/video router and processor
local/pipewire-alsa 1:1.4.1-2
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - ALSA configuration
local/pipewire-audio 1:1.4.1-2
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - Audio support
local/pipewire-pulse 1:1.4.1-2
Low-latency audio/video router and processor - PulseAudio replacement
local/pipewire-session-manager 1:1.4.1-2
Session manager for PipeWire (default provider)
local/wireplumber 0.5.8-1
Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire
> pactl list sinks
Sink #63
State: SUSPENDED
Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-stereo
Description: Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller Analoges Stereo
Driver: PipeWire
Sample Specification: s32le 2ch 48000Hz
Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Owner Module: 4294967295
Mute: no
Volume: front-left: 19660 / 30% / -31,37 dB, front-right: 19660 / 30% / -31,37 dB
balance 0,00
Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0,00 dB
Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-stereo.monitor
Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
Properties:
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0245,1f4ce001,00100001"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
alsa.id = "ALC245 Analog"
alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xdc6c0000 irq 142"
alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC245"
alsa.name = "ALC245 Analog"
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.sync.id = "00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000"
api.alsa.card.longname = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xdc6c0000 irq 142"
api.alsa.card.name = "HD-Audio Generic"
api.alsa.path = "front:1"
api.alsa.pcm.card = "1"
api.alsa.pcm.stream = "playback"
audio.channels = "2"
audio.position = "FL,FR"
card.profile.device = "3"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog"
device.id = "46"
device.profile.description = "Analoges Stereo"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.routes = "2"
factory.name = "api.alsa.pcm.sink"
media.class = "Audio/Sink"
device.description = "Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller"
node.name = "alsa_output.pci-0000_c4_00.6.analog-stereo"
node.nick = "ALC245 Analog"
node.pause-on-idle = "false"
object.path = "alsa:acp:Generic_1:3:playback"
port.group = "playback"
priority.driver = "1009"
priority.session = "1009"
factory.id = "19"
clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
client.id = "41"
node.driver = "true"
node.loop.name = "data-loop.0"
library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
object.id = "63"
object.serial = "63"
api.acp.auto-port = "false"
api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
api.alsa.card = "1"
api.alsa.split-enable = "true"
api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio1"
api.dbus.ReserveDevice1.Priority = "-20"
device.bus = "pci"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:c4:00.6"
device.enum.api = "udev"
device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_c4_00.6"
device.nick = "HD-Audio Generic"
device.plugged.usec = "36782050"
device.product.id = "0x15e3"
device.product.name = "Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio Controller"
device.subsystem = "sound"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:c4:00.6/sound/card1"
device.vendor.id = "0x1022"
device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
spa.object.id = "4"
device.string = "1"
Ports:
analog-output-speaker: Lautsprecher (type: Speaker, priority: 10000, availability group: Legacy 3, availability unknown)
analog-output-headphones: Kopfhörer (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, availability group: Legacy 4, not available)
Active Port: analog-output-speaker
Formats:
pcm
