No audio after updating from 10.0 to 10.1 - Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)

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I did the mistake of allowing my AlmaLinux x86_64_v2 update from 10.0 to 10.1. I was not aware that the option “install software updates” when turning the system down would do that. After it turned on again, there is no audio anymore.

This command:

lspci | grep -i audio

returns:

Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)

This additional information may be useful too:

$ sudo dmesg | grep hda
[ 35.452433] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: enabling device (0000 → 0002)
[ 35.452673] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops intel_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 35.453071] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: number of I/O streams is 30, forcing separate stream tags
[ 35.557639] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: CORB reset timeout#2, CORBRP = 65535
[ 35.557804] hdaudio hdaudioC0D0: no AFG or MFG node found
[ 35.557819] hdaudio hdaudioC0D1: no AFG or MFG node found
[ 35.557829] hdaudio hdaudioC0D2: no AFG or MFG node found
[ 35.557850] hdaudio hdaudioC0D3: no AFG or MFG node found
[ 35.557855] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: no codecs initialized

I’ve chatted with Perplexity Pro and it suggested me to create, and change the following file:

  • /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf

I’ve tried setting these options, then rebooting, and it did not solve my problem:

  1. options snd-hda-intel model=generic;
  2. options snd-hda-intel model=laptop;
  3. options snd-hda-intel model=auto;
  4. options snd-hda-intel model=ref.

Maybe the kernel upgrade from 6.12.0-55 to 6.12.0-124 between 10.0 and 10.1 is the culprit?

I’m not replacing this notebook. It was recently bought second hand to run GNU/Linux. Is there anything I can do to restore audio in order to be able to keep using AlmaLinux?

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ChatGPT Free told me to check if the 10.0’s kernel was still in my machine, and it still was:

$ rpm -q kernel kernel-core
kernel-6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0.x86_64_v2
kernel-6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1.x86_64_v2
kernel-core-6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0.x86_64_v2
kernel-core-6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1.x86_64_v2

So it told me to set the 10.0’s kernel as default with this command, and reboot:

sudo grubby --set-default /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0.x86_64_v2

The audio resumed working, and I confirmed with uname -r that I am now using the intended version of the kernel.

To avoid the auto-update of AlmaLinux breaking my audio again, I did:

sudo nano /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

and added at the end:

exclude=kernel* kmod-kernel*

So no more kernel updates, to keep my system working.

That’s the solution. You’re welcome.