Internal speakers for Steam Deck not detected

I decided to try Bazzite for my Steam Deck today. I installed Bazzite using the latest image released today (v2.0.0) from Github and chose the

bazzite-deck

bazzite-deck

image. After install the internal speakers are not detected and the only audio devices shown in the Steam Big Picture UI are "auto_null" and "External device". I checked the rpm-ostree image and noticed it was on

bazzite-deck:38

bazzite-deck:38

so I bumped it to

bazzite-deck:latest

bazzite-deck:latest

, but the issue persists.

Solution

Just an update: I can confirm that manually updating my BIOS to v119 (linked in the above GitHub issue) fixes my non-working audio and touchscreen.

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SuperIceOP•11/8/23, 4:28 AM

There is an issue on the bazzite GitHub that seems to match the issue I'm experiencing: https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/511

GitHub

Hardly any sound coming from steam deck built-in speakers on latest...

This isnt a hardware issue, since tested on other operating systems the speakers work fine. Even on external connected devices such as wired/ wireless headsets and bluetooth speakers work as they s...

SuperIceOP•11/8/23, 5:51 AM

Looks like my issue may actually be due to the BIOS. I don't recall having this issue until installing Bazzite, but I also hadn't used my Steam Deck for maybe about a week? I know I did a "Load Optimal Defaults" at one point recently and at the moment, my audio and touch screen both don't work, which is exactly the issue listed here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1147

GitHub

Main with BIOS 118 has no touch or audio · Issue #1147 · ValveSoftw...

Your system information Steam client version: 1695085405 SteamOS version: Main 20230918.1000 Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes Opted into SteamOS beta?: Yes Main Have you checked for updates in Se...

SuperIceOP•11/8/23, 5:52 AM

Any possibility we could get an update to the jupiter bios updater to version 119, which supposedly fixes this issue?

Solution

SuperIce•11/8/23, 6:03 AM

Just an update: I can confirm that manually updating my BIOS to v119 (linked in the above GitHub issue) fixes my non-working audio and touchscreen.

Kyle Gospo•11/8/23, 7:17 AM

Weird bug, I'm on 118 right now without issue

Kyle Gospo•11/8/23, 7:17 AM

might be hardware specific?

Kyle Gospo•11/8/23, 7:17 AM

Either way. I'll keep this in my toolshed for this sort of thing

Kyle Gospo•11/8/23, 7:17 AM

thank you