How to enable sound on a server version of Armbian

[ubhelbr]

I am running an unmodified Server version of Armbian Linux v6.12 (Ubuntu 24.04) on an Orange Pi 5 Plus.

I need to play sounds using the headphone jack on my SBC. Unfortunately the ES8388 sound chip is not recognized, the aplay -l output is as follows:

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Analog [Analog], device 0: fe470000.i2s-es8328-hifi-analog es8328-hifi-analog-0 [fe470000.i2s-es8328-hifi-analog es8328-hifi-analog-0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

The correct output on desktop systems should like this (and it was like this on Desktop Armbian). 

What should I do to enable the ES8388 sound chip while staying on a server OS? Change something in the boot environment maybe? Install drivers?

[Werner]

short version: switch to vendor kernel.

 

long version: mainline support for rk3588 is far from being feature-complete. Audio probably hasn't been mainlined yet. Check https://gitlab.collabora.com/hardware-enablement/rockchip-3588/notes-for-rockchip-3588/-/blob/main/mainline-status.md

 

If you need most things to work vendor is the way to go for now which is based on Rockchip SDK.

[Sobik]

Dear Werner,

 

I recently installed Armbian 25.2.3 KDE Neon with vendor kernel 6.1.99 on OPi 5 Plus, and the sound does not work either. It apparently has something to do with the kernel version: switching to 6.1.75 solves the problem. Going to the higher vendor kernel version causes the problem to reappear. Is there a fix for 6.1.99?

[Werner]

13 hours ago, Sobik said:

Is there a fix for 6.1.99?

None I am aware of. If you find something feel free to share.

Regressions happen all the time.

[Sobik]

Thanks for the reply. Do you know if and how it is possible to submit a bug on such a regression?

[Werner]

You already did by opening this topic.