asound: try multiple devices if default fails

[maciejhirsz]

I'm on Pop!_OS, which is a popular distro, and haven't really messed with anything sound related. IDK why default doesn't work for me, and this is probably not the best way to fix it since it bakes in an assumption, but at very least it shouldn't break anything for anyone for whom it works already and I can carry on building stuff :)

[not-fl3]

Interesting!

I found a related issue in PopOs repo: pop-os/pop#2443 (comment) (yesterday's!)

Looks like they intentionally do not set the default PCM device to workaround some really weird bug?

But whatever the reason is - it's better to have a fix and work well on PopOs!
Thanks for PR!

[maciejhirsz]

I found a related issue in PopOs

Interesting!

[spacekookie]

Hey, I opened the initial issue. I'm a bit confused at the reason the PopOS devs are giving as to why they are applying this work-around. Because I didn't suggest that pulseaudio should be the default PCM but pipewire?

Personally it was very helpful to me that aplay didn't try different PCMs after the default failed because it made it easier for me to debug what was going on, which ultimately lead me to find the missing configuration. Just my 2 cents...

[fluidvoice]

I upgraded to Pop!_OS 22.04 from an earlier version and it caused my notebook internal mic to stop working (Lenovo Ideapad 330S). I was able to get it working by playing around with the HDAJackRetask app overriding the internal-mic-pin assignment (Realtek ALC236 codec). I don't know much about audio debugging. What commands should I run to collect info to help them fix this problem?

[maciejhirsz]

@fluidvoice no idea, I'm using a USB mic and it works without issues on 22.04. Also kind of the wrong place to ask :D