Debian Testing doesn't detect soundcard

[speltriao1]

Hello, I'm trying to get Debian to recognize my intel's laptop speakers and internal microphone.

On arch, I had to install sof-firmware, The Free Open Sound Firmware, to get them working.

I can't find this package on Debian, I've installed linux-firmware, firmware-intel-sound, alsa*, pulseaudio* etc. But with no success.

Someone knows how to install sof-firmware on Debian?

Thanks!

[Bulkley]

How do you know it's not detected? It may simply be turned off. Check alsamixer and/or pavucontrol.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Debian haven't packaged the firmware yet so just follow the steps in the Arch PKGBUILD to either install it manually or package it up for Debian yourself.

[sunrat]

SOF may be a red herring. Intel audio usually "just works". I suspect, as Bulkley said, it's just not turned up.
Check alsamixer and pavucontrol as suggested.
Also to see if device is recognised, post here the output of:

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lspci -k |grep -i -A 3 audio

and

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aplay -l

[speltriao1]

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lspci -k |grep -i -A 3 audio

Output:

00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 30)
Subsystem: Xiaomi Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl, snd_sof_pci
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 30)
Subsystem: Xiaomi Cannon Point-LP SMBus Controller

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aplay -l

Output:
aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found...

[sunrat]

OK. I think Head_on_a_Stick's answer above is your best bet. Install firmware manually or build a Debian package.

[speltriao1]

I think I can compile it, but I have a doubt: With every Kernel update, will I have to compile it again?

[sunrat]

I think I can compile it, but I have a doubt: With every Kernel update, will I have to compile it again?

No. It's firmware, not a driver. It usually won't care what kernel is active whereas drivers are specific to a kernel.

[speltriao1]

OK, I see. Probably it's going to be enough for solving my case.

I don't think I have the knowledge to package this as a .deb file.
How can I suggest Debian maintainers to package this up?

I think it's an important, FOSS and useful package, specially for newer hardware and for new users coming to Debian.