[Latest] Armbian Build HDMI Audio support Fix

[just_facking_about]

Fairly sure the current build either includes an incorrect or no ucm config for HDMI Audio support; I've seen other builds eg rock itx have this issue but I believe this may be a potential issue for the q6a build if anyone experiences there is a solution -

 

1. Install alsa-ucm-conf

sudo apt install -y alsa-ucm-conf

 

2. Download configs

 cd /tmp
curl -sL "https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-ucm-conf/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz" | tar xz

 

3. Copy QCS6490 configs
 

sudo cp -r alsa-ucm-conf-master/ucm2/Qualcomm/qcs6490 /usr/share/alsa/ucm2/Qualcomm/
sudo cp -r alsa-ucm-conf-master/ucm2/conf.d/qcs6490 /usr/share/alsa/ucm2/conf.d/

4. Copy library & codec files

sudo cp -r alsa-ucm-conf-master/ucm2/lib /usr/share/alsa/ucm2/
sudo cp -r alsa-ucm-conf-master/ucm2/codecs /usr/share/alsa/ucm2

5. Restart PulseAudio

systemctl --user restart pulseaudio

 

6. Verify HDMI audio is detected

pactl list sinks short

 

If this did not work i probably just made your issue harder to fix; However if this did work congrats enjoy not having a mute computer.

[Poka26ev2]

Thank you a lot, my Dragon Q6A now has audio

[Hackerman]

This recipe does not work for me. Could you please explain in more detail which exact Armbian image you are using and what exactly needs to be done to get the sound working?

 

[Mr Roboto]

This is not working for me either. I had audio initially working with the "Radxa OS" (Ubuntu 24.04), but after a few reboots, seems to lose audio and reverts to "Dummy Output" audio placeholder for the Output Device. No luck at all with sound on Armbian even after following the instructions laid out here. Would be nice to get audio working reliably for the Q6A on Armbian.