kind of at my wits' end... after spending days and hours trying to get any kind of remote desktop / screen sharing whatever you want to call it working on my ubuntu system i gave up and fully wiped & reinstalled the system... and found myself in even worse shape than before. now ssh doesn't even work and it seems like an oddball situation.

btw love all the snarky answers from smarty pants folks saying stuff like "if auto-logon is enabled you can't screen share with ubuntu" or "if you are already logged on you can't remote desktop to ubuntu" why not?? this is basic functionality in windows and macos. and, if you really can't, why is there an option to supposedly do exactly this in the settings for desktop sharing? (separately, my "login details" for this section keep disappearing inexplicably... bug? feature?)

maybe related -- ssh error that i can't figure out. maybe i should turn it off and back on again like I used to do in 1983.

xxx@bxx:~$ sudo systemctl status ssh
Unit ssh.service could not be found.
xxx@bxx:~$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_10.2p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu3.2, OpenSSL 3.5.5 27 Jan 2026
xxx@bxx:~$ sudo systemctl status ssh.socket
Unit ssh.socket could not be found.
xxx@bxx:~$ sudo systemctl start ssh
Failed to start ssh.service: Unit ssh.service not found.

I have a problem with WiFi dongle based on RT2800 chip. It works fine on my Linux Mint PC dmesg looks like this:

[15865.859508] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[15866.003301] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=148f, idProduct=3070, bcdDevice= 1.01
[15866.003316] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[15866.003324] usb 3-1: Product: 802.11 n WLAN
[15866.003331] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Ralink
[15866.003338] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 1.0
[15866.117721] usb 3-1: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[15866.254431] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 3070, rev 0201 detected
[15866.339176] ieee80211 phy1: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 0005 detected
[15866.340108] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[15866.369587] rt2800usb 3-1:1.0 wlx006a3f32f368: renamed from wlan0

On my laptop with Liveusb Lubuntu it keeps reconnecting in endless loop.

I've tried blacklisting rt2x00lib at boot menu adding blacklist=rt2x00lib or modprobe.blacklist=rt2x00usb but it doesn't make difference.

I have an Asus Zephyrus Duo SE GX551, on Ubuntu 26.04, and I am considering the pros and cons of installing asusctl. The main benefit that I see, is having access to all the function keys of my keyboard. The main concern, is how it will handle the power profiles. I don't know if there will be conflicts between packages.

asus-linux does not officially support Ubuntu, so I will have to get it though a third-party repository (Mitchell Augustin) or build it myself.

Please help me to decide what would be the best thing to do in this scenario.

I'm having trouble setting up Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 26.04. After starting Remote Desktop on port 3389 and entering my username and password, the remote desktop session launches (I want to keep the same session open at all times). After restarting the computer, I can’t connect to it remotely. I have to log into Remote Desktop locally again and unlock the settings by entering the root password.

Is there a solution so that this also works after a restart?

I have a ASUS TUF GAMING laptop with two separate nvme each 1TB. On first one windows 11 installed with bitlocker disabled. And on the second one I installed Ubuntu Raccoon. But during installation Ubuntu installer reported bitlocker detected. Anyhow installation finished without any problem. I did not used any encryption also. Just created a user to login. I have created a swap, efi and an ext4 partition. After login, I could not mount the ext4 partition as it prompts for a password!? By the way, I checked the disk and discovered a Microsoft reserved partition in front of queue which was strange. Any idea? Tks

I have a Surface Pro 6. I've upgraded to Ubuntu 26.04, but now it won't accept my old password at startup. How do I fix this?

Also instead of giving me the normal login UI, I get tiny little text prompts in top left corner.

I have multiple users with thumbnail and these are shown in login screen. For the administrator which was created during install it is set as well, but NOT showing in login. Privileges are fine (or at least the same as other).

Can someone advice why it's not shown?

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and I noticed a new icon on the Dash. It's in the system area. There's the WiFi icon, sound, the new icon that looks like a speedometer, and the battery. When I click on the speedometer I get the usual list of things, but there's no longer a speedometer.

What is this icon and what is it for?

Back in the 90s I remember being amazed at the 'dancing postage stamp' videos of the time. I now know that many of these dancing stamps were Cinepak videos. Can I use a modern FFmpeg under Ubuntu to recreate one of these early movies and make it as authentically '90s' as possible?

I made a list on the bash with all the packages installed on Ubuntu.

Trying to restore them to another computer also with Ubuntu, I receive an error message saying that they are not on database.

With this command I made the list:

dpkg --get-selections > list_packages.txt

Then I imported the selection list to the package manager with this command:

sudo dpkg --set-selections < list_packages.txt

Finally, I tried to install the packages with this command:

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

There, the message says: packages not in database.

Trying to install them on dissimilar hardware with the same Operating System, I acknowledge the solution.

I had TOR Browser installed and it worked perfectly, until today when it refused to open. I uninstalled then installed it again and got this when I tried to open it:

ldconfig failed, exit status 256

I have received this message with with other software I installed as well. I'm not sure what any of this means. It is taking me time to reacquaint myself with Ubuntu, and I pretty much have to start from scratch each time I load it.

System Details Report

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• Date generated: 2026-05-23 22:19:31

Hardware Information:

• Hardware Model: Trigkey S5
• Memory: 8.0 GiB
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5560U with Radeon Graphics × 12
• Graphics: AMD Radeon Graphics
• Disk Capacity: 512.1 GB

Software Information:

• Firmware Version: FP655U508
• OS Name: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
• OS Build: (null)
• OS Type: 64-bit
• GNOME Version: 46
• Windowing System: Wayland
• Kernel Version: Linux 6.8.0-117-generic

I'm trying to change the cursor sensitivity on the login screen, however none of the approaches I could find online seem to work in Ubuntu 26.04. I am using the default setup with Wayland and GDM.

So far, I've tried using dconf as suggested by some article online (sudo -u gdm dbus-run-session dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/mouse/speed -0.8), however this fails and returns...

unable to create directory '/var/lib/gdm3/.cache/dconf': Access denied.  dconf will not work properly.
dbus-daemon[11817]: [session uid=975 pid=11817 pidfd=5] Activating service name='ca.desrt.dconf' requested by ':1.0' (uid=975 pid=11818 comm="dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/mouse/s" label="unconfined")
dbus-daemon[11817]: [session uid=975 pid=11817 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'ca.desrt.dconf'
error: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to create file “/var/lib/gdm3/.config/dconf/user.CXG7P3”: No such file or directory

Another approach that I could find was using sudo -u gdm dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.mouse active true, however dbus-launch does not exist in my case.

Can somebody direct me to a method that works on recent versions? I'm quite new to Ubuntu and Linux in general and don't really know my way around. Thank you.

Trying to boot an old computer using a live USB and from qemu I see:

However, the Ventoy thumb drive just hangs. I don't have another system to check the thumb drive on, unfortunately.

Using:

sudo qemu-system-x86_64   -m 2048   -enable-kvm   -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd   -drive format=raw,file=/dev/sdb

which seems to work insofar as it shows a boot screen. The boot option does show. However, it just hangs for fifteen plus minutes.

# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.6 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
    Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
    Product Name: 0VNP2H
    Version: A00
    Serial Number: /C0ZZVR1/CN73604183027H/
    Asset Tag: 1000035126
    Features:
        Board is a hosting board
        Board is replaceable
    Location In Chassis: Not Specified
    Chassis Handle: 0x0003
    Type: Motherboard
    Contained Object Handles: 0

I'm just guessing that perhaps it's because the hardware is old:

nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ cat /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg 
search.fs_uuid 2442-79D7 root hd0,gpt2 
set prefix=($root)'/grub'
configfile $prefix/grub.cfg
nicholas@mordor:~$ 

from lshw:

    description: Desktop Computer
    product: OptiPlex 990
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    version: 01
    serial: C0ZZVR1
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled uuid=4c4c4544-0030-5a10-805a-c3c04f565231
  *-core

I cannot update. Boot/efi is OK, can only disconnect.I try to avoid reinstallation...please see my Screenshot. Im̀ just a regular user. Thanks for your support!!!

Ralph

I use Ubuntu Desktop 25.10 and want to upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04
I have updated + upgraded my packages multiple times, yet the same error occurrs:

Reading cache
Distribution data outdated 
Please ensure all package updates are installed, and then try again. 
=== Command detached from window (Wed May 20 22:51:41 2026) ===
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Wed May 20 22:51:51 2026) ===

The output of sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade:

gamer@black-mesa-terminal:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
[sudo: authenticate] Password: 
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing InRelease
All packages are up to date.    
Summary:                        
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
gamer@black-mesa-terminal:~$ 

Doing sudo apt full-upgrade does not work, output being

gamer@black-mesa-terminal:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade 
Summary:                        
  Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
gamer@black-mesa-terminal:~$ 

And here's the output of distro-info --supported

gamer@black-mesa-terminal:~$ distro-info --supported
jammy
noble
questing
gamer@black-mesa-terminal:~$ 

I just upgraded to 26.04, and all looks good, but "youtube" glitches repeating black screen and then displays video resolution. The video continues until the next black screen about 1-2 minutes later.

Firefox loads other webpages OK.

Any help would be helpful as I am sensitive to flickering lights.

Just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS and there is no HDMI sound out device listed to select for sound. Only "Digital output (S/PDIF) - USB Audio and HID" and "Analog Output - USB Audio and HID".

Did a bunch of digging, and tried any potential solution I could locate from updating intel drivers, to installing/using pulseaudio, and any other troubleshooting steps I could find. Even swapped out HDMI cable for a new one.

Also, for whatever reason, I can't get a command line listing of devices.

Still not seeing HDMI as a sound output option and sound out remains elusive.

At wits end.

Note that the HDMI audio works just fine for other devices connected to the monitor. HDMI audio worked also from the system under Windows 11.

Hardware:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 461c
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 1
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: igen6_edac
    Kernel modules: igen6_edac

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N [Intel Graphics] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    DeviceName: Onboard - Video
    Subsystem: Device 0301:02f3
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255, IOMMU group 0
    Memory at 6000000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
    Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0a.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Platform Monitoring Technology (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 2
    Memory at 6001110000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: intel_vsec
    Kernel modules: intel_vsec

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N PCH USB 3.2 xHCI Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 126, IOMMU group 3
    Memory at 6001100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: xhci_pci

00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N PCH Shared SRAM
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 3
    Memory at 6001124000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
    Memory at 600112c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Device 54e8
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27, IOMMU group 4
    Memory at 4017000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
    Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N PCH HECI Controller
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 141, IOMMU group 5
    Memory at 600112a000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: mei_me
    Kernel modules: mei_me

00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 54d3 (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    DeviceName: Onboard - SATA
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 125, IOMMU group 6
    Memory at 80800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
    Memory at 80803000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    I/O ports at 4090 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 4080 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
    Memory at 80802000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ahci
    Kernel modules: ahci

00:1a.0 SD Host controller: Intel Corporation Device 54c4 (prog-if 01)
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 7
    Memory at 6001129000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
    Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 54be (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 122, IOMMU group 8
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 3000-3fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
    Memory behind bridge: 80700000-807fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 54b0 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 123, IOMMU group 9
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
    Memory behind bridge: 80600000-806fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 54b2 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 124, IOMMU group 10
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
    Memory behind bridge: 80400000-805fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N PCH eSPI Controller
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 11

00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-N PCH High Definition Audio Controller
    DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
    Subsystem: Device 0301:02f3
    Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19, IOMMU group 11
    Memory at 6001120000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Memory at 6001000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl

00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 54a3
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 11
    Memory at 6001128000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
    Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
    Kernel modules: i2c_i801

00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Device 54a4
    DeviceName: Onboard - Other
    Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 11
    Memory at 80804000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Kernel driver in use: intel-spi
    Kernel modules: spi_intel_pci

01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller
    Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 142, IOMMU group 12
    I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
    Memory at 80700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: rtw89_8852be
    Kernel modules: rtw89_8852be

02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: MAXIO Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. NVMe SSD Controller MAP1202 (DRAM-less) (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
    Subsystem: MAXIO Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. NVMe SSD Controller MAP1202
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 13
    Memory at 80600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: nvme
    Kernel modules: nvme

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I226-V (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I226-V
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18, IOMMU group 14
    Memory at 80400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    Memory at 80500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: igc
    Kernel modules: igc

Was able to get this today:

tv@TV:~$ aplay -l output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: HID [USB Audio and HID], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


HDMI as an output option just doesn't show anymore, though video via HDMI works just fine.  After a month with no suggestions for fixes, about to give up on Ubuntu and try something else for this system.``

May 24,2026

Notebook model HUAWEI BoDE-WXX9, which is according to google a part of matebook D14 or D15 Bought it in 2025. Do not know the year of manufacture. SN is rlnpm23913000943

May 15, 2026 Upgraded to 26.04 with the same result. No sound and camera

Just upgraded my ubuntu 25.04 to 25.10 hoping that the problem with the sound and camera would be resolved. But sadly it's still the same.

My laptop is a brand new laptop Huawei BoDE-WXX9. However the sound and camera are not working. How to resolve this? Attached the images of the specifics and sound settings. Thanks in advance for any assistance

Hans schaap

I have Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS on a Dell XPS 9320 (not dual-boot). Since I upgraded from 22.04 last month, my internal speakers have not worked. In Settings, Sound Output lists "No Output Devices". I do get sound via USB devices (speakers or earbuds). I've tried many suggestions from many related questions (see below), but none have worked. Now I'm reaching out for help (please and thank you). From my reading of the related questions, here's relevant information for my case.

Based on remarks of V1del, a forum moderator at archlinux. I tried the following 4 commands to diagnose:

$ sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

                 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  jim        2555 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/seq:        jim        2549 F.... pipewire


$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 2: Speaker (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 5: HDMI 1 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 6: HDMI 2 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 7: HDMI 3 (*) []
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ pactl list cards
Connection failure: Connection refused
pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused

$ sudo pactl list sinks
Connection failure: Connection refused
pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused

I guess the two "Connection failure" are a problem, but I don't know what they mean.

Based on my research the past few weeks, the following also seem relevant to diagnosing my problem.

$ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

and

$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake Imaging Signal Processor driver: N/A
  Device-2: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-48-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active

I don't see a sound problem in that output (the Device-1 line makes sense, as my camera doesn't work (Cheese, Skype); but that is not my focus here). I do see a problem from the next command I tried

$ sudo dmesg | grep -i snd

[    4.672746] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100
[    4.672907] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: SoundWire enabled on CannonLake+ platform, using SOF driver
[    6.313507] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100
[    6.313627] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: SoundWire enabled on CannonLake+ platform, using SOF driver
[    7.384054]  SDW0-Capture: ASoC: error at snd_soc_link_prepare on SDW0-Capture: -61
[    7.393206]  SDW0-Capture: ASoC: error at snd_soc_link_prepare on SDW0-Capture: -61
 … repeated 20+ times 
[   77.199398]  SDW0-Capture: ASoC: error at snd_soc_link_prepare on SDW0-Capture: -61
[   77.207304]  SDW0-Capture: ASoC: error at snd_soc_link_prepare on SDW0-Capture: -61

When I google "SDW0-Capture: ASoC: error at snd_soc_link_prepare on SDW0-Capture: -61" I see many posts (often Archlinux) that talk about downgrading the kernel. I don't know what that is, and it sounds bad (like a duct-tape fix, a patch not a fix). But maybe useful to note my kernel:

$ uname -r
6.8.0-48-generic

Please note that pipewire seems fine:

$ systemctl --user status pipewire
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-11-10 08:43:39 EST; 2h 36min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 2549 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 18626)
     Memory: 3.4M (peak: 3.8M)
        CPU: 77ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1001.slice/user@1001.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─2549 /usr/bin/pipewire

Nov 10 08:43:39 xps-13plus-xps-9320 systemd[2530]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.

I think wireplumber's only problem is with the camera:

$ systemctl --user status wireplumber
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-11-10 08:43:39 EST; 2h 37min ago
   Main PID: 2555 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 18626)
     Memory: 4.3M (peak: 5.5M)
        CPU: 348ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1001.slice/user@1001.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─2555 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Nov 10 08:43:39 xps-13plus-xps-9320 systemd[2530]: Started wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager.
Nov 10 08:43:40 xps-13plus-xps-9320 wireplumber[2555]: SPA handle 'api.libcamera.enum.manager' could not be loaded; is it installed?
Nov 10 08:43:40 xps-13plus-xps-9320 wireplumber[2555]: PipeWire's libcamera SPA missing or broken. libcamera not supported.

Maybe this info about pipewire-pulse is relevant?

$ systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse
○ pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
TriggeredBy: ○ pipewire-pulse.socket 

I got changes, but no fix, with the following:

$ systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire-pulse pipewire

In Settings (Sound Output), this turned "No Output Devices" to "Dummy Output" in the Output of Sound. It also changed the cards and sinks listings, as follows:

$ pactl list cards
Card #46
    Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw
    Driver: alsa
    Owner Module: n/a
    Properties:
        api.acp.auto-port = "false"
        api.acp.auto-profile = "false"
        api.alsa.card = "0"
        api.alsa.card.longname = "Intel Soundwire SOF"
        api.alsa.card.name = "sof-soundwire"
        api.alsa.path = "hw:0"
        api.alsa.use-acp = "true"
        api.dbus.ReserveDevice1 = "Audio0"
        device.api = "alsa"
        device.bus = "pci"
        device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
        device.description = "Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller"
        device.enum.api = "udev"
        device.icon_name = "audio-card-analog-pci"
        device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw"
        device.nick = "sof-soundwire"
        device.plugged.usec = "5766876"
        device.product.id = "0x51c8"
        device.product.name = "Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller"
        device.subsystem = "sound"
        sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sof_sdw/sound/card0"
        device.vendor.id = "0x8086"
        device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
        media.class = "Audio/Device"
        factory.id = "14"
        client.id = "34"
        object.id = "46"
        object.serial = "46"
        object.path = "alsa:pcm:0"
        alsa.card = "0"
        alsa.card_name = "sof-soundwire"
        alsa.long_card_name = "Intel Soundwire SOF"
        alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_sof_sdw"
        alsa.mixer_name = "Intel Alderlake-P HDMI"
        alsa.components = "HDA:8086281c,80860101,00100000 cfg-spk:4 cfg-amp:2 spk:rt1316 mic:rt715-sdca"
        alsa.id = "sofsoundwire"
        device.string = "0"
    Profiles:
        off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
        pro-audio: Pro Audio (sinks: 4, sources: 1, priority: 1, available: yes)
    Active Profile: off

and

$ pactl list sinks
Sink #39
    State: SUSPENDED
    Name: auto_null
    Description: Dummy Output
    Driver: PipeWire
    Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
    Channel Map: front-left,front-right
    Owner Module: 4294967295
    Mute: no
    Volume: front-left: 49808 /  76% / -7.15 dB,   front-right: 49808 /  76% / -7.15 dB
            balance 0.00
    Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
    Monitor Source: auto_null.monitor
    Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
    Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
    Properties:
        node.name = "auto_null"
        device.description = "Dummy Output"
        audio.rate = "48000"
        audio.channels = "2"
        audio.position = "FL,FR"
        media.class = "Audio/Sink"
        factory.name = "support.null-audio-sink"
        node.virtual = "true"
        monitor.channel-volumes = "true"
        factory.id = "18"
        clock.quantum-limit = "8192"
        client.id = "36"
        node.driver = "true"
        factory.mode = "merge"
        audio.adapt.follower = ""
        library.name = "audioconvert/libspa-audioconvert"
        object.id = "39"
        object.serial = "39"
    Formats:
        pcm

Thank you in advance to any kind soul who can help me restore my speaker sound. And I'd be happy to share more info if it would help ...

PS If it helps, here is a sampling I other questions I've looked at for help:

Fixing No Sound (Dummy Output) Issue in Ubuntu 24.04 From the top answer there, I used sudo gedit to create /etc/modprobe.d/audiofix.conf and put in the lines

options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-amic enable=yes

After rebooting, no change.

No sound output devices listed after upgrade from 21.10 to 22.04 looks relevant, but it is about pulseaudio and 24.04 uses pipewire.

Fixing No Sound (Dummy Output) Issue in Ubuntu 24.04 suggests to downgrade the kernel, but that sounds bad to me. And my sound problem is "No Output Devices", not "Dummy Output"

I see several unanswered questions that may be about the same as mine, with no speaker-sound in 24.04; e.g. lenovo M90a, Ubuntu 24.04, missing sound on speakers, earphones ok

In my case aplay lists a sound card, so my problem differs from many other dealing with no sound in 24.04, such as No sound after upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04.

No sound in internal Speakers in Ubuntu 24.04 sounded promising, but the fix there was to disable fast-boot in Windows (I don't have Windows).

=== Here's more info,

 tail "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf"
    options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
    # Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
    options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
    # Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
    options snd-pcsp index=-2
    # Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
    options snd-usb-audio index=-2
    # options snd-hda-intel model=auto -- tried & failed for audio 
     fix 27Oct2024
    # blacklist snd_soc_avs
    options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi

As suggested by heynnema, here are two more pieces of info

    $ uname -r

6.8.0-48-generic

and

$ ls -al /boot
total 188920
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Nov  1 07:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root     4096 Oct 27 09:24 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   287493 Sep 27 13:21 config-6.8.0-47-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   287459 Sep 27 08:22 config-6.8.0-48-generic
drwx------  4 root root     4096 Dec 31  1969 efi
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Nov  1 07:53 grub
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       27 Nov  1 07:52 initrd.img -> initrd.img-6.8.0-48-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72110854 Oct 27 09:24 initrd.img-6.8.0-47-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 72097106 Nov  1 07:52 initrd.img-6.8.0-48-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       27 Nov  1 07:52 initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-6.8.0-47-generic
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   142796 Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   143872 Apr  8  2024 memtest86+ia32.efi
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   147744 Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   148992 Apr  8  2024 memtest86+x64.efi
-rw-------  1 root root  9061992 Sep 27 13:21 System.map-6.8.0-47-generic
-rw-------  1 root root  9063891 Sep 27 08:22 System.map-6.8.0-48-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       24 Nov  1 07:52 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.8.0-48-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 14956936 Sep 27 14:47 vmlinuz-6.8.0-47-generic
-rw-------  1 root root 14952840 Sep 27 08:26 vmlinuz-6.8.0-48-generic
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       24 Nov  1 07:52 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-6.8.0-47-generic

I updated my bios to the most recent (from 2.10 to 2.16.1) but that seems not to have affected anything.

video card seems to be Intel

$  lspci | grep VGA.
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)

As suggested by @hynnema, I used Mainline to change kernels to 6.5.11 and added "options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi" to alsabase.conf and rebooted (kernel 6.5.11) but still No Output Devices in Sound Settings. But now pipewire has a problem:

pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service

     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-11-21 16:12:25 EST; 9min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 2932 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 18609)
     Memory: 3.4M (peak: 3.8M)
        CPU: 88ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1001.slice/user@1001.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─2932 /usr/bin/pipewire

Nov 21 16:12:25 xps-13plus-xps-9320 systemd[2911]: Started pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service.
Nov 21 16:12:25 xps-13plus-xps-9320 pipewire[2932]: mod.jackdbus-detect: Failed to receive jackdbus reply: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The receive jackdbus reply: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.jackaudio.service was not provided by any .service files

I plan use Dell's system restore, but first I need to back up my data and my legacy software programs.

Does anyone know how to fix this high cpu usage by a firefox subprocess called RDD Process ... or as a temporary band-aid How can I disable "RDD Process" until it gets fixed on firefox ? as a loyal ff user since its "there be dragons" days I'd hate to stop using ff however new ff users will not put up with this ff bug

here is top showing this

$ top

top - 10:46:45 up  1:33,  1 user,  load average: 1.52, 1.12, 0.75
Tasks: 451 total,   1 running, 449 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
%Cpu(s):  7.1 us, 10.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 82.7 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
MiB Mem :  63964.8 total,  48381.4 free,  10170.6 used,   5412.8 buff/cache
MiB Swap:  67584.0 total,  67584.0 free,      0.0 used.  52009.7 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                                                      
   9616 olaf      20   0  687632 124196  98824 S 167.6   0.2   8:06.11 RDD Process                                                                  
  11115 olaf      20   0 3478912   1.0g 142712 S  45.9   1.6   2:05.58 Isolated Web Co                                                              
   9154 olaf      20   0 5345052 918880 434104 S  37.8   1.4   9:23.10 firefox-trunk                                                                
   3318 olaf      20   0 7468292 375644 173560 S   8.1   0.6   4:51.18 gnome-shell                                                                  
   3828 root      20   0  394520  33684  27112 S   5.4   0.1   0:00.70 fwupd                                                                        
  19979 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   5.4   0.0   0:09.26 kworker/u32:0-i915                                                           
  20667 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   5.4   0.0   0:06.43 kworker/u32:4-i915                                                           
     65 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   2.7   0.0   0:00.78 ksoftirqd/8                                                                  
   3084 olaf       9 -11 2622692  31628  22540 S   2.7   0.0   0:25.00 pulseaudio                                                                   
   9014 olaf      20   0  751244  92592  66272 S   2.7   0.1   0:06.94 gnome-terminal-               

This just started other day ... previously I have never seen RDD

firefox   118.0a1 (2023-08-19) (64-bit)


uname -m && uname -r && cat /etc/*release
x86_64
6.2.0-26-generic
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy

and yes it did not help by resetting my local settings by issuing

        rm -rf ~/.mozilla
        rm -rf ~/.cache/mozilla

this is on a beefy desktop and this RDD Process was consistently using high cpu forever ... it was not a temp short lived cpu spike ... however after repeatedly killing firefox and relaunching the RDD did reappear across several such cycles ... as I write RDD Process is gone yet this entire sequence of events has repeated itself across past week or so

coincidentally with above RDD issue, youtube now sometimes fails to play a video upon clicking the video yet same video plays OK on other browsers like Vivaldi

Below answer does not solve this high cpu issue ... How can I disable "RDD Process" until it gets fixed ? I do not want a cpu core pegged all day as I continuously use firefox even when only viewing very well behaved sites like SO ... after killing ff all is OK until I try to watch a youtube video at which point cpu goes to 100% and stays pegged forever AND the youtube video fails to render

UPDATE ff hamburger menu -> Troubleshoot Mode -> Restart ... just to disable all addons afterwards the RDD issue goes away however I would never use ff without my addons so this is not a solution

Major fault of this RDD bug is that cpu usage increases each time I click on a youtube video in a different tab even though none of these videos plays ... the video just sits there not rendering any video after clicking on it AND this high cpu usage continues even after I click on a different tab say the tab for this SO question ... see new tab under this condition :

top - 08:04:00 up 36 min,  1 user,  load average: 2.40, 2.68, 1.68
Tasks: 420 total,   1 running, 413 sleeping,   0 stopped,   6 zombie
%Cpu(s):  4.6 us,  9.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 85.8 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.1 si,  0.0 st
MiB Mem :  63964.8 total,  49344.6 free,   6397.0 used,   8223.1 buff/cache
MiB Swap:  67584.0 total,  67584.0 free,      0.0 used.  56082.6 avail Mem 

    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND                                                                      
  85851 olaf      20   0  670148 122840  96472 S 162.5   0.2   4:09.69 RDD Process                                                                  
  26395 olaf      20   0 4256544 673516 298232 S  20.8   1.0   4:22.72 firefox-trunk                                                                
  26727 olaf      20   0 2909912 374900 134212 S  14.6   0.6   1:37.87 Isolated Web Co                                                              
  66057 olaf      20   0 3264688 688376 137424 S  13.2   1.1   1:41.47 Isolated Web Co                                                              
      9 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   4.9   0.0   0:18.76 kworker/u32:0-i915                                                           
    827 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   4.2   0.0   0:22.57 kworker/u32:11-i915                                                          
   3350 olaf      20   0 7202140 354256 163644 S   2.1   0.5   1:06.91 gnome-shell                                                                  
     15 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   0.7   0.0   0:01.31 rcu_preempt                                                                  
     41 root      20   0       0      0      0 S   0.7   0.0   0:01.79 ksoftirqd/4                                                                  
     54 root      20   0       0      0      0 I   0.7   0.0   0:03.61 kworker/6:0-events          

     

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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)

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