Hello all, I managed to finally install Qubes 4.1, but the audio problem is still not fixed. As awokd pointed out, in Qubes 4.1 I can define an audio-vm which, having fedora33, correctly recognizes my audio card.
I first tried the easy way: I created a sys-audio vm, and assigned the audio card to it. Unfortunately, the audio doesn't really work smoothly: Playing youtube videos on sys-audio is very slow and the sound is continuously cackling. Investigating things further, it seems that there is already some salt script I can use to create sys-audio. So I removed my sys-audio vm and I tried with sudo qubesctl state.sls qvm.sys-audio that lists two processes, one succeds and the other one fails. After this I have sys-audio again, but it is not used by default by any other vm. I tested with qvm-prefs untrusted audiovm sysaudio but audio still does not work. Youtube videos now do not really start. If I set audio back to dom0 and reboot the vm instead they do (but obviously I cannot hear anything given that dom0 has fedora32 which doesn't like my card). I feel like there's something very simple that I am missing. Am I maybe issuing the wrong salt command to set up sys-audio? Cheers, Fab On Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 11:55:34 AM UTC+2 Fabrizio Romano Genovese wrote: > On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 10:25:20 PM UTC+1 Fabrizio Romano Genovese > wrote: > >> On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 3:14:43 PM UTC+1 fac...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I think your dell has different wifi and I think audio. The wifi >>> driver for the xps 9310 is iwlwifi. Here is some firmware info: >>> https://support.killernetworking.com/knowledge-base/killer-ax1650-in-debian-ubuntu-16-04/ >>> >>> and here is some qubes specific info on your wifi driver: >>> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5615 >>> >> >> Alas, no, I really have the AX500. The AX1650 is waay much more well >> behaved and it is the one that is usually shipped on XPS developer edition. >> Unfortunately XPS developer edition does not have a 32GB RAM option, which >> was absolutely needed for me, being Qubes unbelievably ram hungry. So I was >> forced to purchase the model with the Killer AX500 T_T >> >> >>> I think the audio is different too, as the xps 9700 needs the 5.10 >>> kernel to work, but the base-config patch above does enable >>> CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_INTEL_SOUNDWIRE which I think you need too. >>> >>> To patch the kernel you must build it from source with qubes-builder >>> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qubes-builder/. First configure it. >>> Then change kernel to master branch in builer.conf. after the "make >>> get-sources" is when you would patch with config-base in >>> qubes-builder/qubes-src/linux-kernel. >>> >> >> The sad thing is that audio worked perfectly on kernel 5.4... I'll try to >> give a look to this by the end of the week, when I'll have a bit less work >> to do :) >> >> >>> fedora 33 5.10 kernel supports much more devices and audio works in the >>> upstream fedora on both the 9700 and 9310 dells. I'll see if I can get a >>> patch into qubes the upstream kernel modules which fedora has added or at >>> the minimum the SOF stuff in the patch. Then all our audio will just work >>> with qubes. >>> >> >> That would be a wonderful, wonderful thing. In the meantime I'll try to >> learn how to compile my own kernels, my pc also tends to heat quite a lot >> and I suspect that a taylored kernel could make my overall experience >> better, correct me if I'm wrong... :) >> > > By any chance, does everyone know if there are any news about these audio > issues? I'm updating the kernel to the latest version every week or so, but > unfortunately sound is still not working :( > > >> >> About awokd suggestions: I tried to install 4.1 but the installer >> doesn't boot on my machine. Also, I've always been very unlucky with Qubes >> backups (traditionally I do them and they never work on restore), so I'd >> gladly avoid having to reinstall everything right now... >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 11:34 AM Fabrizio Romano Genovese < >>> fabr...@statebox.io> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I installed qubes on a Dell XPS9310. I was using kernel 5.4.90 and >>>> sound was working, but wi-fi did not. So I upgraded to kernel 5.10.13 and >>>> now I have both wifi and sound not working :D >>>> >>>> It seems that the sound issues are due to a problem with driver >>>> sof-audio-pci. >>>> In this thread: https://groups.google.com/g/qubes-users/c/Fa65-e8vqdM >>>> it turns out another user was having a similar problem with a dell 9700, >>>> which was apparently solved. Indeed in the thread it is said: >>>> >>>> Audio works (with kernel 5.10 and attached kernel base-config patch + >>>> latest 1.6.1 sof-bin firmware https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin >>>> and alsa-ucm-config files. see >>>> https://blog.fts.scot/2020/07/04/dell-xps-2020-how-to-get-audio-working-on-linux/ >>>> >>>> for alsa ucm config ). >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, I am not technically skilled enough to really understand >>>> the fix. Does it mean that I have to download kernel 5.10 (from were?), >>>> apply the patch provided in the thread (how?), include firmware and config >>>> files (how?) and then compile and install? >>>> As you can see I don't really have a specific question, and I'm more in >>>> search of a few clarifications to understand how to apply an apparently >>>> already available solution. :) >>>> >>>> Fab >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "qubes-users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to qubes-users...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/5bde992b-ea73-499f-bcd1-38a0a2f0028fn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/5bde992b-ea73-499f-bcd1-38a0a2f0028fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://myutil.com >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. 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