Fresh Install of Arch Linux on ThinkPad L14 with Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/HcAVS Audio Controller (No Sound)
This article outlines the process of installing Arch Linux on a ThinkPad L14 with the Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/HcAVS audio controller, which may not function properly out of the box. We will go through the steps to install Arch Linux and configure the system to get the best possible audio experience.
System Information
Before we begin, let's verify that the audio controller is correctly identified by the system:
$ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P/U/HcAVS (rev 01)
Installing Arch Linux
To install Arch Linux, follow the official installation guide:
Configuring Audio
After installing Arch Linux, we need to configure the audio settings to get sound working:
Installing ALSA
First, we need to install the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) package:
$ su -c 'pacman -S alsa-utils'
Configuring ALSA
Next, we need to configure ALSA to use the Intel HD Audio driver:
$ su -c 'echo "options snd_hda_intel model=intel8x0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf'
Testing Audio
Finally, we can test the audio settings:
$ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: Intel 82801H (ICH9 Family Revision 0) HD-Audio Controller [Intel 82801H (ICH9 Family Revision 0) HD-Audio Controller]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
**** List of SOUNDWARE Plugins ****
0: [Intel [HDA Intel] 82801H (ICH9 Family Revision 0) HD-Audio Controller]
1: [Intel [HDA Intel] 82801H (ICH9 Family Revision 0) HD-Audio Controller]
In this article, we went through the process of installing Arch Linux on a ThinkPad L14 with the Intel Raptor Lake-P/U/HcAVS audio controller and configuring the system to get sound working. We installed ALSA and configured it to use the Intel HD Audio driver. After testing the audio settings, we were able to confirm that sound was working correctly.