# Dell XPS 13 Lunar Lake no speaker audio on guixOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Guix\ **Tags:** guix\ **Created:** [June 8, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049 "2026-06-08T12:49:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TF-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@TF-1](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/TF-1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/1 "2026-06-08T12:49:03Z")
Hello all my ancestors and I apologize for this incoming long post: I’m trying desperately to get the internal audio speaker working on Guix system. It’s only the internal speakers which don’t respond but I can run speaker-test and get loud, clear audio from both speakers (!?). Bluetooth audio and wire headphones also work. Again, it’s just the desktop audio (speakers) which doesn’t work; youtube and other desktop applications produce no sound through the internal speakers. For context: EXWM launched from GDM Dell laptop Intel Lunar Lake audio controller sof-firmware installed alsa-utils, alsa-lib, alsa-ucm-conf installed pipewire and wireplumber installed Initially, I thought the issue was that pipewire and wireplumber were not starting automatically. I was able to get pipewire to start on reboot by adding startup commands in my EXWM config but wireplumber still does not remain running. If I run it manually it immediately exits but stays running: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore was not provided org.bluez.Error.NotPermitted Relevant information: $ guix describe Generation 4 Jun 06 2026 16:43:43 (current) nonguix 3ed7c20 guix 53fabf4 $ lspci -nnk | grep -A3 Audio 00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Lunar Lake-M HD Audio Controller [8086:a828] (rev 10) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0cc9] Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-lnl Kernel modules: snd\_sof\_pci\_intel\_lnl, snd\_hda\_intel $ aplay -l card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 2: Speaker card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 5: HDMI1 card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 6: HDMI2 card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 7: HDMI3 Alsa sees the speaker device but it still doesn’t work (!?) pactl list cards returns no output. pactl list short sinks returns: 0 auto\_null module-null-sink.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED In alsamixer I can select the sof-soundwire card and it shows the speaker is NOT muted. Pavucontrol shows ‘No cards available for configuration’ in the config tab. I do not understand how 1. ALSA sees the speaker, 2. speaker-test outputs audio from speakers, 3. the speakers are not muted in alsamixer, 4. pipewire can run, 5. wireplumber can run YET pactl list cards shows nothing and the only sink is ‘auto\_null’ (???) Any one have any suggestions? Please guix gods, I beg of thee, I am but a humble normie. I just want to watch my soaps™ without headphones, man. I’m not saying I’ll name my first-born child after you if you help me solve this but I WILL take it into SERIOUS consideration. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![Folaht](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/folaht/32/1145_2.png) [@Folaht](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/Folaht)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/2 "2026-06-08T17:37:37Z")
1. Can you put your code in code blocks by using three tildes before the code ````like this` and then select the `shell` as the syntax highlight for all of your blocks? 2. I’m still a relative newbie to guix, so I’ll just say, post screenshots of your `pavucontrol`,`qpwgraph` and outputs of `herd status` and `wpctl status`. ---
**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/3 "2026-06-09T01:26:35Z")
Just in case, do you have the following in your user-account? ```auto (supplementary-groups '(“wheel” “netdev” “audio” “video”)) ``` ---
**Author:** ![TF-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@TF-1](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/TF-1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/4 "2026-06-09T14:15:42Z")
OK thanks for responding. Here’r the commands you requested plus some more: `herd status` gives: ```plaintext herd: error: /run/user/1000/shepherd/socket: No such file or directory ``` relevant bit from output of `wpctl status`: ```plaintext Audio ├─ Devices: │ 42. sof-soundwire [alsa] │ ├─ Sinks: │ ├─ Sources: │ ``` also did `wpctl inspect 42`, relevant bit: ```plaintext api.alsa.use-ucm = "true" api.acp.auto-port = "false" api.acp.auto-profile = "false" device.description = "sof-soundwire" device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw" ``` Not sure what to make of this information. Could it be a /UCM/ACP issue rather than a driver issue? Also for some reason I can’t edit my original post so here’s the code from it hopefully properly formatted now: WirePlumber warnings: ```plaintext RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore was not provided org.bluez.Error.NotPermitted ``` System information: ```plaintext $ guix describe Generation 4 Jun 06 2026 16:43:43 (current) nonguix 3ed7c20 repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix branch: master commit: 3ed7c207c59dde11a97db483cad4c96eae1a10c4 guix 53fabf4 repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 53fabf4eb1f91e670f391d579c31b88ff83a207c ``` Audio controller: ```plaintext $ lspci -nnk | grep -A3 Audio 00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Lunar Lake-M HD Audio Controller [8086:a828] (rev 10) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0cc9] Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-lnl Kernel modules: snd_sof_pci_intel_lnl, snd_hda_intel ``` ALSA devices: ```plaintext $ aplay -l card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 2: Speaker card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 5: HDMI1 card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 6: HDMI2 card 0: sofsoundwire [sof-soundwire], device 7: HDMI3 ``` ALSA clearly sees the speaker device, and `speaker-test` is able to produce audio through the internal speakers. However: ```plaintext $ pactl list cards ``` returns no output, and: ```plaintext $ pactl list short sinks 0 auto_null module-null-sink.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED ``` I can only insert one screenshot at a time here so I’m opting for qpwgraph. pavucontrol Configuration tab simply says: > No cards available for configuration qwdgraph: ![qpwgraph](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/systemcrafters/original/2X/c/cf67c62a7a749ab7108b054c1ed633765b1885bc.png) ---
**Author:** ![TF-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@TF-1](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/TF-1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/5 "2026-06-09T14:19:40Z")
Yes, this is how the ‘user’ block in /etc/config.scm looks after install, I haven’t touched it since: > (users (cons\* (user-account > (name “user”) > (comment “User”) > (group “users”) > (home-directory “/home/user”) > (supplementary-groups '(“wheel” “netdev” “audio” “video”))) > %base-user-accounts)) ---
**Author:** ![Folaht](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/folaht/32/1145_2.png) [@Folaht](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/Folaht)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/6 "2026-06-10T12:47:08Z")
Looks like we’re getting somewhere. Both `pavucontrol` and `qpwgraph` show `built-in audio` on my end, so we would expect to see that on yours. I also suspect `herd status` giving you an error could be a real issue. On my end, it shows a list of services running, including pipewire, though I feel like my sound was working even before I added that as a service in my home configuration. So what does `sudo herd status` say? That might be the more important question. As an aside, do you have a home configuration scheme file anywhere? If you don’t know, does the home folder `~/src/guix-config` exist? If not.. ```auto guix home import ~/src/guix-config cd ~/src/guix-config mv config.scm home-configuration.scm sudo home reconfigure home-configuration.scm ``` Then try `herd status` again. * * * Since I’m not that knowledgeable, I suggest you ask the real gods on IRC. So install an IRC Client, my favorite being hexchat: ```shell $ guix package install hexchat ``` Start the app, then choose `Libara.Chat` as the server. Press connect and type `/join #guix` in the server’s notification tab’s text bar. Hopefully you can find people to help you there. ---
**Author:** ![TF-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@TF-1](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/TF-1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/7 "2026-06-10T19:41:09Z")
Hey I appreciate you trying to help me. Tried hexchat but they couldn’t figure out the problem either. I suppose me and guix just wasn’t meant to be ☹ y’all say hi to David for me. Good night and godspeed. ---
**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/dell-xps-13-lunar-lake-no-speaker-audio-on-guixos/2049/8 "2026-06-11T01:40:39Z")
Maybe it is a hardware issue? Could you check the internal speakers’ connection?