Audio issues galaxy book5 pro

[Norrox]

Im unable to get the internal speakers to fire. No expert here but i dont think the amp is knowing how to power on.

There is an older script to get these to work on older laptops. But they dont work with these. https://github.com/topzyray/galaxybook-linux-setup

Is this something we can fix here or does this fix need to be somewhere else?

Thanks

[1Naim]

Can you try

echo "options snd_hda_intel model=alc298-samsung-amp-v2-4-amps" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/99-audio-fix.conf

[Andycodeman]

For anyone looking for an easy way to apply these fixes — I've packaged tested, automated install scripts for both the speaker and webcam issues on Samsung Galaxy Book4 (and others) laptops:

https://github.com/Andycodeman/samsung-galaxy-book4-linux-fixes

Speaker fix: DKMS driver for the MAX98390 I2C amplifiers (based on thesofproject/linux PR #5616). Auto-rebuilds on kernel updates and auto-removes itself when native kernel support lands.

curl -sL https://github.com/Andycodeman/samsung-galaxy-book4-linux-fixes/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz | tar xz && cd samsung-galaxy-book4-linux-fixes-main/speaker-fix && sudo ./install.sh && sudo reboot

Webcam fix: Handles IVSC module loading, Intel IPU6 camera HAL setup, v4l2loopback relay, and PipeWire device classification. Works with Firefox, Chrome, Zoom, Teams, OBS, mpv, and more.

curl -sL https://github.com/Andycodeman/samsung-galaxy-book4-linux-fixes/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz | tar xz && cd samsung-galaxy-book4-linux-fixes-main/webcam-fix && ./install.sh && sudo reboot

Tested on: Samsung Galaxy Book4 Ultra, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, kernel 6.17 (HWE). The upstream speaker PR (#5616) has also been confirmed working on the Book4 Pro, Pro 360, and Pro 16-inch by other users. If you're on a Galaxy Book5 or a different distro (Fedora, Arch, Manjaro, Debian, etc.), the fixes may still work since the underlying hardware (ALC298 + MAX98390 amps, IPU6 + OV02C10 sensor) is shared across models — but only the Ultra on Ubuntu has been directly verified. Reports from other configurations are welcome.

Note: The built-in microphones (DMIC) do not work yet on any of these models — that requires SOF driver support which is expected in kernel 7.0 (April 2026) or 7.1 (June 2026). See the repo README for details and workarounds.

[Andycodeman]

Correction to my previous comment: The note about DMIC not working on "any of these models" was too broad. On some Galaxy Book5 models (e.g., Book5 Pro 360 on Lunar Lake), the built-in microphone may already work under the default SOF driver. However, installing the speaker fix switches to the legacy HDA driver, which will disable a working DMIC. If your internal mic currently works, be aware of this trade-off before installing the speaker fix. See the repo README for a per-model breakdown.