# Updating to Rocky 8.8 removes sound

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051 "2023-05-25T15:07:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![End](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@End](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/End)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051/1 "2023-05-25T15:07:57Z")

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After DNF updated 8.7 to 8.8 my sound devices have vanished.

following similar threads, I can see pulseaudio is segfaulting

```auto
$ lspci -nn | grep Audio
2d:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation AD102 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:22ba] (rev a1)
2f:00.4 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller [1022:1487]

```

```auto
$ lsmod | grep -i snd_intel
snd_intel_dspcfg 28672 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi 16384 1 snd_intel_dspcfg

```

```auto

$ dmesg | grep audio
[4.391736] snd_hda_intel 0000:2d:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[11.110236] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[20.238137] pulseaudio[2088]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f958f00f1c2 sp 00007ffc11310c40 error 4 in libalsa-util.so[7f958eff2000+51000]
[22.798055] pulseaudio[2520]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f600498e1c2 sp 00007fff62ec3e30 error 4 in libalsa-util.so[7f6004971000+51000]
[25.198045] pulseaudio[2639]: segfault at 10 ip 00007efed18251c2 sp 00007ffd4313e8f0 error 4 in libalsa-util.so[7efed1808000+51000]
..
..

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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:** [May 25, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051/2 "2023-05-25T17:43:01Z")

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Add snd\_hda\_intel.dmic\_detect=0 and see if that fixes it.

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**Author:** ![End](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@End](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/End)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051/3 "2023-05-25T19:20:43Z")

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Thanks, I did try that - no change

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**Author:** ![nnagarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nnagarajan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/nnagarajan)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051/4 "2023-08-21T06:05:08Z")

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Hi - Any updates ? I upgraded to 8.8 and facing a similar issue

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**Author:** ![Amuthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Amuthan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Amuthan)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051/5 "2023-09-29T05:21:23Z")

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I do have similar issues on 8.7.because of my work schedule i just bought a cheap usb audio for the time sake

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**Author:** ![nnagarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nnagarajan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/nnagarajan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/updating-to-rocky-8-8-removes-sound/10051/6 "2023-10-11T13:40:00Z")

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Thanks @Amuthan for the suggestion, usb audio didn’t work as well.