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[Bug] Steam Deck OLED built-in audio device sometimes disappears
Your system information
- Steam client version: 1761259186
- SteamOS version: 3.7.15
- Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
- Opted into SteamOS beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
- Have you checked for updates in Settings > System?: [Yes/No] Yes
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
After waking from sleep, sometimes built-in audio device (dynamics) disappears. In dmesg:
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[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: error: failed widget list set up for pcm 1 dir 0
[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: ASoC: error at snd_soc_pcm_component_hw_params on 0000:04:00.5: -22
[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: ipc tx error for 0x30010000 (msg/reply size: 92/0): -22
[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: Failed to setup widget PCM1P
[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: Failed to set up connected widgets
[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: error: failed widget list set up for pcm 1 dir 0
[Sun Oct 26 11:31:46 2025] snd_sof_amd_vangogh 0000:04:00.5: ASoC: error at snd_soc_pcm_component_hw_params on 0000:04:00.5: -22
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In wpctl status, devices displays correctly, but no one sink exists.
Sending console to sleep and rewoke again doesn't help.
Audio can be recovered by one of these methods:
- Reboot
- Delete audio card from system and rescan PCI bus:
# Full path to card device i found manually by searching directory name with device address. It can be found easier.
echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:08.1/0000\:04\:00.5/remove
echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/rescan
Steps for reproducing this issue:
- Put the console to sleep
- Bring her out of sleep after some time
I don't know a concrete steps list with 100% guarantee to reproduce this. But my OS uptime is ~10 days (with too many sleeps), maybe related.
