Configuring audio devices works until clicking "OK" in YaST2

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Hey everyone,

I’m a pretty new OpenSuSE user but I’m finding my way around pretty well.
I’m having a problem with the audio, as mentioned in the title.
I’ve got a Lenovo Y580, with an Intel 7 series/C210 series audio controller.
So I run the Sound module in YaST2 and can set up the audio controller and do a test and make sure it’s the default audio card (only one anyways). But when I click OK and it runs through shutting down the module, the audio device can’t be found my

aplay -l

.

Before clicking OK in the Sound module, running

aplay -l

outputs:

card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC269VC Digital [ALC269VC Digital]                              
  Subdevices: 1/1                                                                                       
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0                                                                            
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]                                                  
  Subdevices: 1/1                                                                                       
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Thoughts?

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Welcome to the Forums!
Chances are that you are using pulseaudio: if that is the case, the Yast sound module doesn’t work.
See https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/518370-Trying-to-configure-headphones-with-mic as an example.
Install pavucontrol and configure your audio from there.

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Thanks OrsoBruno! I didn’t know that about the Sound module.
So I set up the audio controller in the Sound module, hit cancel and then open pavucontrol and set things up from there.
Seems to be working… but I’m finding much about OpenSuSE to be convoluted and not particularly functional. Like patching leaky holes in an otherwise stable roof.

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IMHO OpenSUSE is no worse than other major distros: there are so many HW variants out there that a few will always fall out of automatic configurations and in other distros you have to edit config files with an editor (and find the right files before that…).

In your case, what likely confuses Yast is the availability of three codecs (devices) in the same card.
There are always a few “leaks” in a GNU/Linux “roof”, maybe you have still to get familiar with the tools OpenSUSE provides.

Enjoy!