Hi, I'm a new user trying out Linux for desktop use after getting fed up with Microsoft.
I have some Linux experience but it's all with headless servers so far. I had a problem with the nvidia driver not being installed after installing Solus (causing the displays to shut off after booting), but managed to sort that out on my own.
However, I haven't been able to get sound to work on my 5.1 speakers. My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI which has a Realtek ALC1150 chipset. My headset on the front panel connectors works great, I get sound and mic no problem. However, my 5.1 speakers on the back panel connectors don't work at all (and they worked fine in Windows).
In the sound settings I have 3 output devices listed - digital output (I'm not using this), headphones (this is the front panel) and Line Out (I assume this is the back panel). I get no sound when Line Out is selected as the output device.
Some commands I found to check sound devices:
slikk@valhalla-solus ~ $ inxi -A
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.13.6-190.current
slikk@valhalla-solus ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller [8086:a170] (rev 31)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller [1458:a182]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus [8086:a123] (rev 31)
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01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:10f9] (rev a1)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. TU106 High Definition Audio Controller [3842:2172]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
01:00.2 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 USB 3.1 Host Controller [10de:1ada] (rev a1)
I'm not sure what to do from here. It seems like the speakers should work as the headphones work, so it's not a driver problem (I assume, I don't really know how it works with Linux drivers).
How can I get this working? This is the only thing stopping me from switching to Linux for desktop use so far.
