Bug#1074089: gnome: No sound output through HDMI cable

Olivier bugreports2024 at ariadacapo.net
Sun Jun 23 07:55:29 BST 2024


Package: gnome
Version: 1:43+1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: bugreports2024 at ariadacapo.net

Dear Maintainer,

on my laptops, in Gnome, there is no sound output through the HDMI cable.

I am connecting to a large whiteboard screen of the brand "Smart" with a good-
quality, known-to-work HDMI cable. In the sound settings, I can select HDMI as
an Output Device, and I can see the level monitor moving (indicating there is a
sound signal produced), but no sound is heard on the board.

The problem occurs:
 * On my up-to-date, clean-install Debian 12 gnome
 * Upon booting the debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-gnome.iso live image

The problem does NOT occur:
 * Upon booting the debian-live-12.5.0-amd64-kde.iso
 * Upon booting ubuntu-22.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso

The above is true on both my laptops: one Dell Latitude 7280 and one Lenovo
Thinkpad X260 (same cable, same external screen).

The options available in alsamixer and pavucontrol are exactly the same in both
Debian 12 Gnome and KDE.

Together with this bug report I send my warm thanks for the high-quality work
of the Debian community all these years.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-21-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome depends on:
ii  avahi-daemon                     0.8-10
ii  cheese                           43.0-1
ii  cups-pk-helper                   0.2.6-1+b1
ii  desktop-base                     12.0.6+nmu1~deb12u1
ii  evolution                        3.46.4-2
ii  evolution-plugins                3.46.4-2
ii  file-roller                      43.0-1
ii  gnome-calendar                   43.1-2
ii  gnome-clocks                     43.0-1
ii  gnome-color-manager              3.36.0-1+b1
ii  gnome-core                       1:43+1
ii  gnome-maps                       43.5-2~deb12u1
ii  gnome-music                      42.1-1
ii  gnome-sound-recorder             43~beta-1
ii  gnome-tweaks                     42~beta-4
ii  gnome-weather                    43.0-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-libav               1.22.0-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly        1.22.0-2+deb12u1
ii  libgsf-bin                       1.14.50-1
ii  libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager  0.4.18-1.2
ii  libreoffice-calc                 4:7.4.7-1+deb12u2
ii  libreoffice-gnome                4:7.4.7-1+deb12u2
ii  libreoffice-impress              4:7.4.7-1+deb12u2
ii  libreoffice-writer               4:7.4.7-1+deb12u2
ii  network-manager-gnome            1.30.0-2
ii  orca                             43.1-1
ii  rhythmbox                        3.4.6-2+b1
ii  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder      3.4.6-2+b1
ii  rhythmbox-plugins                3.4.6-2+b1
ii  rygel-playbin                    0.42.1-1
ii  rygel-tracker                    0.42.1-1
ii  seahorse                         43.0-1
ii  shotwell                         0.30.17-1+b1
ii  simple-scan                      42.5-2
ii  totem-plugins                    43.0-2
ii  xdg-user-dirs-gtk                0.11-1

Versions of packages gnome recommends:
ii  gnome-games           1:43+1
ii  gnome-initial-setup   43.2-6
ii  gnome-remote-desktop  43.3-1
ii  transmission-gtk      3.00-2.1+deb12u1

Versions of packages gnome suggests:
pn  alacarte                                                      <none>
pn  empathy                                                       <none>
pn  firefox-esr-l10n-all | firefox-l10n-all                       <none>
pn  polari                                                        <none>
ii  sound-juicer                                                  3.38.0-2.1
pn  vinagre                                                       <none>
pn  webext-ublock-origin-firefox | webext-ublock-origin-chromium  <none>

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  adwaita-icon-theme            43-1
ii  at-spi2-core                  2.46.0-5
ii  baobab                        43.0-1
ii  dconf-cli                     0.40.0-4
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend       0.40.0-4
ii  eog                           43.2-1
ii  evince                        43.1-2+b1
ii  evolution-data-server         3.46.4-2
ii  fonts-cantarell               0.303.1-1
ii  gdm3                          43.0-3
ii  gkbd-capplet                  3.28.1-1
ii  glib-networking               2.74.0-4
ii  gnome-backgrounds             43.1-1
ii  gnome-bluetooth-sendto        42.5-3
ii  gnome-calculator              1:43.0.1-2
ii  gnome-characters              43.1-1+deb12u1
ii  gnome-contacts                43.1-1
ii  gnome-control-center          1:43.6-2~deb12u1
ii  gnome-disk-utility            43.0-1
ii  gnome-font-viewer             43.0-1
ii  gnome-keyring                 42.1-1+b2
ii  gnome-logs                    43.0-1
ii  gnome-menus                   3.36.0-1.1
ii  gnome-online-accounts         3.46.0-1
ii  gnome-session                 43.0-1+deb12u1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         43.0-4
ii  gnome-shell                   43.9-0+deb12u2
ii  gnome-shell-extensions        43.1-1
ii  gnome-software                43.5-1~deb12u1
ii  gnome-sushi                   43.0-2
ii  gnome-system-monitor          42.0-2
ii  gnome-terminal                3.46.8-1
ii  gnome-text-editor             43.2-1
ii  gnome-themes-extra            3.28-2
ii  gnome-user-docs               43.0-2
ii  gnome-user-share              43.0-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas     43.0-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-packagekit       1.2.6-5
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base     1.22.0-3+deb12u2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good     1.22.0-5+deb12u1
ii  gvfs-backends                 1.50.3-1
ii  gvfs-fuse                     1.50.3-1
ii  libatk-adaptor                2.46.0-5
ii  libcanberra-pulse             0.30-10
ii  libglib2.0-bin                2.74.6-2+deb12u2
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          42.1-1+b2
ii  libproxy1-plugin-gsettings    0.4.18-1.2
ii  libproxy1-plugin-webkit       0.4.18-1.2
ii  librsvg2-common               2.54.7+dfsg-1~deb12u1
ii  nautilus                      43.2-1
ii  pipewire-audio                0.3.65-3+deb12u1
ii  sound-theme-freedesktop       0.8-2
ii  system-config-printer-common  1.5.18-1
ii  system-config-printer-udev    1.5.18-1
ii  totem                         43.0-2
ii  tracker                       3.4.2-1
ii  xdg-desktop-portal-gnome      43.1-2
ii  yelp                          42.2-1
ii  zenity                        3.44.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-core recommends:
ii  chromium [gnome-www-browser]     126.0.6478.114-1~deb12u1
ii  firefox-esr [gnome-www-browser]  115.12.0esr-1~deb12u1
ii  libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager  0.4.18-1.2
ii  low-memory-monitor               2.1-1
ii  network-manager-gnome            1.30.0-2

gnome-core suggests no packages.

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