Speakers -> Worked via Line OUT for months
Take PC apart and change PSU, assemble PC back.
Speakers - Line OUT detected but can't test Left/Right audio channels, options missing. No AUDIO from speakers unless I select them as default in Pavucontrol or manually assign outputs via Helvum.
Fedora 43 GNOME
How do I get my GNOME audio settings to work again?
This is so random and funny at the same time... yet frustrating because it makes no god damn sense :D
Save yourself the time and boot into a live distro with gnome, like the latest Ubuntu or something. Sanity test. Make sure it works there before trying to fix your own install.
I have a stupid question: Are you sure you're not confusing "line out" and "headphone out"? They're different, and pretty much every desktop supports both these days. But standard PC speakers usually connect to the "headphone" socket.
Hmmm. Random guess: does your machine have another audio output, possibly via HDMI, that you're not using? This could be ALSA selecting the wrong device as a default, which would then propagate up through the stack.
Try using alsamixer, check for channels that are muted.
Also check if your distro is saving and restoring alsa settings every boot and remove the settings file
I'm currently learning about it, so I can't offer much expertise, but if all else fails, look into Wireplumber; it sounds like it's failing to make the proper node connections automatically.
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