# There is no sound after installation of Rocky 10 on Alienware m15 R6

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 18, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738 "2026-08-18T23:52:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![soilandseed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/soilandseed/32/5610_2.png) [@soilandseed](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/soilandseed)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/1 "2026-08-18T23:52:07Z")

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Hi, could some online friend help me out of this situation? I installed Rocky 10,yet there is no sound after installation. What do I do now? Thank you.There is a picture showed what I tried and it did not work out.

 ![IMG_20260819_073225](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/e/e9be1eb4d026e92ac451e1584995fd14649ca83d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![FrankCox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/frankcox/32/1572_2.png) [@FrankCox](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrankCox)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/2 "2026-08-19T03:56:27Z")

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Your picture is cut off such that it’s pretty much meaningless (and it would probably be almost as meaningless if it wasn’t cut off as well since the portion of the screen shown doesn’t say anything about sound).

What sound card does your computer have in it? Since you’re apparently trying something to do with nvidia, does your computer have an nvidia sound card in it or something else?

Post the output of the lshw command if you’re not sure. Cut-and-paste the output here as text, don’t just try to take a picture of the screen since it will probably be either unreadable or incomplete.

What happens when you play sound? What device does your computer say it has under the Sound setting on the main menu?

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**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/3 "2026-08-19T06:01:20Z")

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Newer hardware is almost always going to be problematic with a distro based on RHEL. A great test to do would be download a Fedora Live CD and boot this from your USB stick. Since that’s very up-to-date, everything should work.

RHEL has a hardware compatibility list and as such not all hardware is supported. Although in some circumstances it can be gotten working by using third-party repos like elrepo or rpmfusion which can have additional drivers/modules for hardware support.

But as @FrankCox said, we’d need to see all the output from what he has asked you to provide to be able to check on whether it would be possible or not.

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**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/4 "2026-08-20T17:46:29Z")

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you can also get a tree view of audio devices and streams  
`wpctl status`

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**Author:** ![soilandseed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/soilandseed/32/5610_2.png) [@soilandseed](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/soilandseed)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/5 "2026-08-25T00:43:15Z")

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Hi FrankCox, thank you very much for the help. Here is the output.lianyi@go:~$ lshw  
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.  
go  
description: Computer  
width: 64 bits  
capabilities: smp vsyscall32  
\*-core  
description: Motherboard  
physical id: 0  
\*-memory  
description: System memory  
physical id: 0  
size: 31GiB  
\*-cpu  
product: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz  
vendor: Intel Corp.  
physical id: 1  
bus info: cpu@0  
version: 6.141.1  
size: 941MHz  
capacity: 4600MHz  
width: 64 bits  
capabilities: fpu fpu\_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant\_tsc art arch\_perfmon pebs bts rep\_good nopl xtopology nonstop\_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc\_known\_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds\_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4\_1 sse4\_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc\_deadline\_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf\_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid\_fault epb cat\_l2 cdp\_l2 ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs\_enhanced tpr\_shadow flexpriority ept vpid ept\_ad fsgsbase tsc\_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rdt\_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt clwb intel\_pt avx512cd sha\_ni avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves split\_lock\_detect user\_shstk dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp\_notify hwp\_act\_window hwp\_epp hwp\_pkg\_req vnmi avx512vbmi umip pku ospke avx512\_vbmi2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq avx512\_vnni avx512\_bitalg avx512\_vpopcntdq rdpid movdiri movdir64b fsrm avx512\_vp2intersect md\_clear ibt flush\_l1d arch\_capabilities cpufreq  
configuration: microcode=88  
\*-pci  
description: Host bridge  
product: Tiger Lake-H 8 cores Host Bridge/DRAM Registers  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 100  
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0  
version: 05  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
\*-pci:0  
description: PCI bridge  
product: 11th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller #1  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 1  
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0  
version: 05  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: pci normal\_decode bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=pcieport  
resources: irq:139 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:83000000-840fffff ioport:6000000000(size=8623489024)  
\*-display  
description: VGA compatible controller  
product: GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]  
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation  
physical id: 0  
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0  
version: a1  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: vga\_controller bus\_master cap\_list rom  
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0  
resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:620-61f irq:179 memory:83000000-83ffffff memory:6000000000-61ffffffff memory:6200000000-6201ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:84080000-840fffff  
\*-multimedia  
description: Audio device  
product: GA106 High Definition Audio Controller  
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation  
physical id: 0.1  
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1  
logical name: card0  
logical name: /dev/snd/controlC0  
logical name: /dev/snd/hwC0D0  
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D3p  
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D7p  
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D8p  
logical name: /dev/snd/pcmC0D9p  
version: a1  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: hda\_compatible bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=snd\_hda\_intel latency=0  
resources: irq:17 memory:84000000-84003fff  
\*-input:0  
product: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3  
physical id: 0  
logical name: input21  
logical name: /dev/input/event16  
\*-input:1  
product: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7  
physical id: 1  
logical name: input22  
logical name: /dev/input/event17  
\*-input:2  
product: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8  
physical id: 2  
logical name: input23  
logical name: /dev/input/event18  
\*-input:3  
product: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9  
physical id: 3  
logical name: input24  
logical name: /dev/input/event19  
\*-display  
description: VGA compatible controller  
product: TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 2  
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0  
version: 01  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: vga\_controller bus\_master cap\_list rom  
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f iomemory:400-3ff irq:178 memory:622c000000-622cffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:5000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff  
\*-generic:0  
description: Signal processing controller  
product: TigerLake-LP Dynamic Tuning Processor Participant  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 4  
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0  
version: 05  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: cap\_list  
configuration: driver=proc\_thermal latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:16 memory:622d140000-622d15ffff  
\*-pci:1  
description: PCI bridge  
product: 11th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller #0  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 6  
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0  
version: 05  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: pci normal\_decode bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=pcieport  
resources: irq:140 memory:84200000-842fffff  
\*-nvme  
description: NVMe device  
product: PC711 NVMe SK hynix 1TB  
vendor: SK hynix  
physical id: 0  
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0  
logical name: /dev/nvme0  
version: 41001131  
serial: ANB2N58241CC32K1R  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: nvme nvm\_express bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=nvme latency=0 nqn=nqn.2022-02.com.skhynix:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-ANB2N58241CC32K1R state=live  
resources: irq:16 memory:84200000-84203fff memory:84205000-84205fff memory:84204000-84204fff  
\*-namespace:0  
description: NVMe disk  
physical id: 0  
logical name: /dev/ng0n1  
\*-namespace:1  
description: NVMe disk  
physical id: 1  
bus info: nvme@0:1  
logical name: /dev/nvme0n1  
configuration: wwid=nvme.1c5c-202020414e42324e3538323431434333324b3152-5043373131204e564d6520534b2068796e697820315442-00000001  
\*-pci:2  
description: PCI bridge  
product: Tiger Lake-H Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #0  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 7  
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0  
version: 05  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: pci normal\_decode bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=pcieport  
resources: irq:141 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:76000000-821fffff ioport:6210000000(size=469762048)  
\*-generic:1  
description: Signal processing controller  
product: Tigerlake Telemetry Aggregator Driver  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: a  
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0  
version: 01  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: cap\_list  
configuration: driver=intel\_vsec latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:0 memory:622d180000-622d187fff  
\*-usb:0  
description: USB controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: d  
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0  
version: 05  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: xhci bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=xhci\_hcd latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:143 memory:622d170000-622d17ffff  
\*-usb:1  
description: USB controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H Thunderbolt 4 NHI #0  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: d.2  
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.2  
version: 05  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: usb4\_host\_interface bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=thunderbolt latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f iomemory:620-61f irq:16 memory:622d100000-622d13ffff memory:622d199000-622d199fff  
\*-usb:2  
description: USB controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 14  
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: xhci bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=xhci\_hcd latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:151 memory:622d160000-622d16ffff  
\*-memory UNCLAIMED  
description: RAM memory  
product: Tiger Lake-H Shared SRAM  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 14.2  
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)  
capabilities: cap\_list  
configuration: latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f iomemory:620-61f memory:622d190000-622d193fff memory:622d198000-622d198fff  
\*-network  
description: Ethernet interface  
product: Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 14.3  
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3  
logical name: wlp0s20f3  
version: 11  
serial: f4:26:79:c0:f4:31  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: bus\_master cap\_list ethernet physical  
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=6.12.0-211.47.1.el10\_2.x86\_64 firmware=77.aa2dd297.0 QuZ-a0-hr-b0-77.u ip=192.168.43.120 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:16 memory:622d18c000-622d18ffff  
\*-serial:0  
description: Serial bus controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H Serial IO I2C Controller #0  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 15  
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0  
resources: iomemory:400-3ff irq:27 memory:4017000000-4017000fff  
\*-serial:1  
description: Serial bus controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H Serial IO I2C Controller #1  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 15.1  
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.1  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=intel-lpss latency=0  
resources: irq:40 memory:4017001000-4017001fff  
\*-communication  
description: Communication controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H Management Engine Interface  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 16  
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=mei\_me latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:180 memory:622d195000-622d195fff  
\*-sata  
description: SATA controller  
product: Tiger Lake SATA AHCI Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 17  
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0  
version: 11  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 66MHz  
capabilities: sata ahci\_1.0 bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0  
resources: irq:160 memory:84380000-84381fff memory:84384000-843840ff ioport:5080(size=8) ioport:5088(size=4) ioport:5060(size=32) memory:84383000-843837ff  
\*-pci:3  
description: PCI bridge  
product: Intel Corporation  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 1d  
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0  
version: 11  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: pci normal\_decode bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=pcieport  
resources: irq:142 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:84100000-841fffff  
\*-network  
description: Ethernet interface  
product: Killer E2600 GbE Controller  
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.  
physical id: 0  
bus info: pci@0000:2d:00.0  
logical name: enp45s0  
version: 21  
serial: b4:45:06:a3:68:51  
capacity: 1Gbit/s  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: bus\_master cap\_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation  
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.12.0-211.47.1.el10\_2.x86\_64 firmware=rtl8168h-2\_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair  
resources: irq:17 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:84104000-84104fff memory:84100000-84103fff  
\*-isa  
description: ISA bridge  
product: HM570 LPC/eSPI Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 1f  
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0  
version: 11  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: isa bus\_master  
configuration: latency=0  
\*-pnp00:00  
product: PnP device PNP0c02  
physical id: 0  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=system  
\*-pnp00:01  
product: PnP device PNP0b00  
physical id: 1  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=rtc\_cmos  
\*-pnp00:02  
product: PnP device PNP0303  
physical id: 2  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=i8042 kbd  
\*-pnp00:03  
product: PnP device DLL0a73  
vendor: Dell Inc  
physical id: 3  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=i8042 aux  
\*-pnp00:04  
product: PnP device PNP0c02  
physical id: 4  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=system  
\*-pnp00:05  
product: PnP device PNP0c02  
physical id: 5  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=system  
\*-pnp00:06  
product: PnP device PNP0c02  
physical id: 6  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=system  
\*-pnp00:07  
product: PnP device PNP0c02  
physical id: 7  
capabilities: pnp  
configuration: driver=system  
\*-multimedia  
description: Multimedia audio controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H HD Audio Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 1f.3  
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
capabilities: bus\_master cap\_list  
configuration: driver=sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl latency=64  
resources: iomemory:620-61f iomemory:620-61f irq:16 memory:622d188000-622d18bfff memory:622d000000-622d0fffff  
\*-serial:2  
description: SMBus  
product: Tiger Lake-H SMBus Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 1f.4  
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4  
version: 11  
width: 64 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
configuration: driver=i801\_smbus latency=0  
resources: iomemory:620-61f irq:16 memory:622d194000-622d1940ff ioport:efa0(size=32)  
\*-serial:3 UNCLAIMED  
description: Serial bus controller  
product: Tiger Lake-H SPI Controller  
vendor: Intel Corporation  
physical id: 1f.5  
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5  
version: 11  
width: 32 bits  
clock: 33MHz  
configuration: latency=0  
resources: memory:74400000-74400fff  
\*-scsi  
physical id: 2  
bus info: usb@3:4  
logical name: scsi4  
capabilities: emulated scsi-host  
configuration: driver=usb-storage  
\*-cdrom  
description: SCSI CD-ROM  
product: File-CD Gadget  
vendor: Linux  
physical id: 0.0.0  
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0  
logical name: /dev/cdrom  
logical name: /dev/sr0  
logical name: /run/media/lianyi/互传  
version: 0414  
capabilities: removable audio  
configuration: ansiversion=2 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,norock,check=r,map=n,blocksize=2048,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmode=500,fmode=400,iocharset=utf8 state=mounted status=ready  
\*-medium  
physical id: 0  
logical name: /dev/cdrom  
logical name: /run/media/lianyi/互传  
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,norock,check=r,map=n,blocksize=2048,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmode=500,fmode=400,iocharset=utf8 state=mounted  
\*-input:0  
product: Lid Switch  
physical id: 1  
logical name: input0  
logical name: /dev/input/event0  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:1  
product: Power Button  
physical id: 2  
logical name: input1  
logical name: /dev/input/event1  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:2  
product: Intel HID events  
physical id: 3  
logical name: input10  
logical name: /dev/input/event9  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:3  
product: Intel HID 5 button array  
physical id: 4  
logical name: input11  
logical name: /dev/input/event10  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:4  
product: PC Speaker  
physical id: 5  
logical name: input12  
logical name: /dev/input/event11  
capabilities: isa  
\*-input:5  
product: Dell Privacy Driver  
physical id: 6  
logical name: input16  
logical name: /dev/input/event14  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:6  
product: Dell WMI hotkeys  
physical id: 7  
logical name: input17  
logical name: /dev/input/event15  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:7  
product: DELL0A73:00 06CB:CE62 Mouse  
physical id: 8  
logical name: input18  
logical name: /dev/input/event12  
logical name: /dev/input/mouse2  
capabilities: i2c  
\*-input:8  
product: DELL0A73:00 06CB:CE62 Touchpad  
physical id: 9  
logical name: input19  
logical name: /dev/input/event13  
logical name: /dev/input/mouse3  
capabilities: i2c  
\*-input:9  
product: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard  
physical id: a  
logical name: input2  
logical name: /dev/input/event2  
logical name: input2::capslock  
logical name: input2::numlock  
logical name: input2::scrolllock  
capabilities: i8042  
\*-input:10  
product: SIGMACHIP USB Mouse  
physical id: b  
logical name: input25  
logical name: /dev/input/event3  
logical name: /dev/input/mouse0  
capabilities: usb  
\*-input:11  
product: PS/2 Generic Mouse  
physical id: c  
logical name: input4  
logical name: /dev/input/event4  
logical name: /dev/input/mouse1  
capabilities: i8042  
\*-input:12  
product: HID 0d62:3740 Keyboard  
physical id: d  
logical name: input6  
logical name: /dev/input/event5  
logical name: input6::capslock  
logical name: input6::numlock  
logical name: input6::scrolllock  
capabilities: usb  
\*-input:13  
product: HID 0d62:3740 Wireless Radio Control  
physical id: e  
logical name: input7  
logical name: /dev/input/event6  
capabilities: usb  
\*-input:14  
product: Video Bus  
physical id: f  
logical name: input8  
logical name: /dev/input/event7  
capabilities: platform  
\*-input:15  
product: Video Bus  
physical id: 10  
logical name: input9  
logical name: /dev/input/event8  
capabilities: platform  
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.  
lianyi@go:~$

I think there might be missing sound driver for the sound card. I think my sound card is in it. It should be the nvidia sound card. Since my sound is normal under Windows 11 on the other partition of the computer. There is no sound when play sound, it/ the panel showing the sound normally while it might be a fake normal. It should be dummy output when sound testing.

Here is the picture in case of clarity. Thank you for the help. Sincerely

 ![pro-sEKq1E2R](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/1/16b9dfc02cf7eb718fe54175f075a4077f10078c.jpeg)

 ![pro-1DMVoI2v](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/4/4bbd2b760c0fc41c21cebb85474255c1d28580a1.jpeg)

 ![pro-iGXKR8ic](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/6/66b8ead4450270739105d7485cc50a1b33d7fc78.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/6 "2026-08-25T00:49:08Z")

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there it is. Thanks for the help.

wpctl status  
PipeWire ‘pipewire-0’ [1.4.11, lianyi@go, cookie:1820952163]  
└─ Clients:  
32. gnome-shell [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:2555]  
33. WirePlumber [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:3077]  
37. pipewire [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:3081]  
47. WirePlumber [export] [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:3077]  
48. GNOME Shell Volume Control [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:2555]  
58. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:2707]  
59. xdg-desktop-portal [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:3131]  
63. Mutter [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:2555]  
64. Firefox [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:3392]  
66. Firefox [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:3392]  
67. wpctl [1.4.11, lianyi@go, pid:6556]

Audio  
├─ Devices:  
│ 49. GA106 High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]  
│ 74. Seed [bluez5]  
│  
├─ Sinks:  
│ \* 38. Dummy Output [vol: 0.27]  
│  
├─ Sources:  
│  
├─ Filters:  
│  
└─ Streams:

Video  
├─ Devices:  
│ 56. Integrated\_Webcam\_HD [v4l2]  
│ 57. Integrated\_Webcam\_HD [v4l2]  
│ 60. Integrated\_Webcam\_HD: Integrate [libcamera]  
│  
├─ Sinks:  
│  
├─ Sources:  
│ \* 61. Integrated\_Webcam\_HD (V4L2)  
│  
├─ Filters:  
│  
└─ Streams:

Settings  
└─ Default Configured Devices:  
0. Audio/Sink alsa\_output.pci-0000\_01\_00.1.pro-output-9

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/7 "2026-08-25T00:51:48Z")

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Thank you iwalker. I don’t quite understand this. But I used to have 9, back then anything was OK about the sound. I have done as Cox said, please also have a look. Thank you for help.

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/8 "2026-08-25T18:18:50Z")

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In you wpctl output it shows you have  
`49. GA106 High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]`  
but your default sink (note asterisk) is set to “Dummy Output”  
`* 38. Dummy Output [vol: 0.27]`

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/9 "2026-08-25T18:50:38Z")

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I’ve seen this behaviour before.

When the OS can’t use the available audio device (bad or missing driver) it sets the default audio to “Dummy Output”.

Which really just means that it’s unable use the audio device for some reason.

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**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/10 "2026-08-26T03:00:39Z")

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If it is that the OS is missing a driver, could we download a driver for the OS to fixing the problem? The sound card should be the nvida. How to download a driver for the OS?

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**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/there-is-no-sound-after-installation-of-rocky-10-on-alienware-m15-r6/20738/11 "2026-08-26T03:04:09Z")

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Yeah, once upon a time that it is definitely GA106 on Rocky 9 and it then worked well. Now when turning into 10, it just went Dummy, which actually got no sound output, even the icon shows normal, that actually not working there.

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