#Audio problem

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shadow oar
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Everytime I turn on my computer the audio works for a bit and then it just stops randomly and I tried reinstalling pipewire but it didnt work.

slim fox
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Please provide system info: in the terminal, type

inxi -SMAxxx

show results

shadow oar
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Host: nicolas-machine Kernel: 6.17.0-29-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN Gaming Laptop 16t-am000 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8D2F v: 75.54 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: A57W3AV uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.13
date: 01/21/2026
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7728 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22ec class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.17.0-29-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse)

slim fox
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Why do you have 2 audio servers?

shadow oar
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idk bro im pretty new to linux

slim fox
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Ok then, open the terminal and run

sudo apt purge pulseaudio -y && sudo apt autopurge -y && reboot

clear monolith
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Try alsamixer program or comands:
systemctl --user restart pipewire wireplumber pipewire-pulse
systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse

shadow oar
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It didnt work

slim fox
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Do you have audio after restart?

clear monolith
clear monolith
# shadow oar It didnt work

Gemini say " The problem when the sound works for a while and then suddenly disappears, in 99% of cases on this hardware is not related to PipeWire, but to the power management (Power Management) of the audio card in the kernel, or to a conflict of the SOF (Sound Open Firmware) driver. The system simply turns off the sound chip to save energy, and it can no longer wake up. "

shadow oar
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ok ty

clear monolith
shadow oar
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yeah

clear monolith
haughty echo
# shadow oar yeah

try booting an older linux kernel. or even from the live USB of Mint. then run and show inxi -SMAxxx result from there.

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since it's not normal to have the garbage sof-audio driver assigned