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Old 02-26-2022, 05:43 AM   #1
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Arrow Sound not working on iMac 2017 21.5inch

My last post didn't gain much attraction, and I really need to fix this.

I have removed OSX completely and installed Gentoo and KDE. However, the speaker, headphone port, and mic don't work.
Here are some useful outputs:

Output of inxi -Fxz:
Code:
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.23-gentoo-x86_64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.24.1 Distro: Gentoo Base System release 2.8
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: iMac18,1 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-4B682C642B45593E v: iMac18,1
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 165.0.0.0.0 date: 09/17/2018
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-7360U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB
    L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3600 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
    4: 400 bogomips: 18406
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-3:4
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.21.1.3 driver: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  OpenGL:
    renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 (Kaby Lake GT3e) (KBL GT3)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-rc2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.23-gentoo-x86_64 running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple
    driver: brcmfmac v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
    v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: enp3s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller type: USB
    driver: btusb,hid-generic,usbhid bus-ID: 1-9:6
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: stopped
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 946.07 GiB used: 24.74 GiB (2.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Apple model: HDD HTS541010A9E632 size: 931.51 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade
    size: 14.56 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 908.39 GiB used: 24.7 GiB (2.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
  ID-2: /boot size: 121.7 MiB used: 37.4 MiB (30.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.42 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 248 Uptime: 3h 58m Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 4.22 GiB (55.2%)
  Init: SysVinit rc: OpenRC v: 0.44.10 runlevel: default Compilers:
  gcc: 11.2.1 Packages: 1285 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.12
Output of aplay -l:
Code:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Output of pacmd list-cards:
Code:
1 card(s) available.
    index: 0
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 6
        properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0x92520000 irq 42"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "8086"
                device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
                device.product.id = "9d71"
                device.product.name = "Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "0"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 32833, available: unknown)
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 39268, available: unknown)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 39333, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (priority 34068, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 34133, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 33968, available: unknown)
                output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 34033, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5965, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 865, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 865, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5765, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5765, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5765, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra3+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra4+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5765, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra4: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra4+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 5) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra4: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output (priority 600, available: no)
                output:hdmi-surround71-extra4+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 5) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 665, available: unknown)
                off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
        active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo/#10: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor/#13: Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
                alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo/#14: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
        ports:
                analog-input-internal-mic: Internal Microphone (priority 8900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
                analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-speakers"
                analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
                hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
                        properties:
                                device.icon_name = "video-display"
Outpuf of dmesg | grep snd:
Code:
[   17.420931] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[   17.671747] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig for Generic: line_outs=2 (0x24/0x25/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[   17.671772] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   17.671783] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x2c/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[   17.671793] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[   17.671799] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0:    inputs:
[   17.671805] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0:      Internal Mic=0x45
[   17.671812] snd_hda_codec_generic hdaudioC0D0:      Mic=0x3c
 
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