Glad to see you finally seem to have resolved it @ImAllOutOfGum hopefully this will help @mihawk90 as well. Good to see that one of those links I gave had something useful in it.
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I’ll check that next time I get to reboot, thanks for the testing already.
That master slider also explains the volume in KDE/pavucontrol
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I’ve been trying out manjaro a bit and having audio issues similar to you but I’m thinking its due to my ps5 controller plugged in on boot / reboot of my pc under manjaro. I’ve got to confirm it for sure but as of right now my hypothesis is that the controller locks the audio output / mic input to it and regardless of selecting the onboard audio will not switch over at all untill the controller is unplugged and the pc rebooted.
I’m a noob to linux but it’s what I’m currently observing for what it’s worth!
Ah, I don’t have a PS controller connected. I use an XBox controller connected via bluetooth, but it’s not on all the time.
Disregard! my last post… wasn’t it! tried manjaro and kubuntu and both had the same audio not playing for me after installation and reboot. Did not have my ps5 controller plugged at all during any of this.
Sorry for dragging you down a dead end rabbit hole!
Check how the alsamixer volume controls look like after the reboot, it may turn out to be the same issue after all.
So just got around to reboot, but the Headphone channel in alsamixer was muted for me still 
Was that the only fix you applied in the config file? Or did you play with anything else? I know you were playing with the state.plugged and state.unplugged settings too, did you revert them?
My current file:
[tarulia@localhost]~% cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
# License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
; Path for mixers that have a 'Speaker' control
;
; See analog-output.conf.common for an explanation on the directives
[General]
priority = 100
description-key = analog-output-speaker
[Properties]
device.icon_name = audio-speakers
[Jack Headphone]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Dock Headphone]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Front Headphone]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Line Out Front]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Front Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Rear Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Dock Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Speaker]
required-any = any
[Jack Speaker Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Speaker Front Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Speaker - Output]
required-any = any
[Element Hardware Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master Mono]
switch = off
volume = off
; This profile path is intended to control the speaker, let's mute headphones
; else there will be a spike when plugging in headphones
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = merge
[Element Headphone2]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Headphone+LO]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker+LO]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Speaker]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Desktop Speaker]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Front]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
[Element Front Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
required-any = any
[Element Speaker Front]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
required-any = any
[Element Rear]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
[Element Surround]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
[Element Surround Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
required-any = any
[Element Speaker Surround]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
required-any = any
[Element Side]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-side
override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
[Element Speaker Side]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-side
override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
[Element Center]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,all-center
[Element Center Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,all-center
required-any = any
[Element LFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
[Element LFE Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
required-any = any
[Element Bass Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
required-any = any
[Element CLFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
[Element Speaker CLFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
.include analog-output.conf.common
Yes, I believe the only config change was the last one to /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
What I think is happening is that Alsamixer sets the volume and everything correctly, then Pulseaudio takes over. It makes the change and mutes the headphones and in the process, mutes line out. Running an alsactl init refreshes the Alsamixer setting and boom, you are off to the races.
So maybe either do a alsactl init after the change, or a pulseaudio -k ?
The only other thing I can think of was at some points I was running alsactl store and alsactl restore but I don’t see how that would impact things…?
Sorry it doesn’t work for you - I have rebooted multiple times and also a few times between Windows as well - audio all the time. If I can share any of my configs again let me know if you want to see any.
I think that would be the easiest to see the differences, so if you’re up to that, that would be cool.
Might also try the Headphone2 and/or Headphone+L0 options, whatever they are.
[den@Manjaro ~]$ cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
# License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
; Path for mixers that have a 'Speaker' control
;
; See analog-output.conf.common for an explanation on the directives
[General]
priority = 100
description-key = analog-output-speaker
[Properties]
device.icon_name = audio-speakers
[Jack Headphone]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Dock Headphone]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Front Headphone]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Line Out Front]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Front Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Rear Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Dock Line Out]
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Speaker]
required-any = any
[Jack Speaker Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Speaker Front Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Speaker - Output]
required-any = any
[Element Hardware Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master Mono]
switch = off
volume = off
; Make sure the internal speakers are not auto-muted once the system has speakers
[Element Auto-Mute Mode]
enumeration = select
[Option Auto-Mute Mode:Disabled]
name = analog-output-speaker
; This profile path is intended to control the speaker, let's mute headphones
; else there will be a spike when plugging in headphones
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Headphone,1]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Headphone2]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Headphone+LO]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker+LO]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Speaker]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Desktop Speaker]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Front]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
[Element Front Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
required-any = any
[Element Speaker Front]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
required-any = any
[Element Rear]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
[Element Surround]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
[Element Surround Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
required-any = any
[Element Speaker Surround]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
required-any = any
[Element Side]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-side
override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
[Element Speaker Side]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-side
override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
[Element Center]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,all-center
[Element Center Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,all-center
required-any = any
[Element LFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
[Element LFE Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
required-any = any
[Element Bass Speaker]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
required-any = any
[Element CLFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
[Element Center/LFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
[Element Speaker CLFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
.include analog-output.conf.common
[den@Manjaro ~]$ cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-lineout.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
# License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
[General]
priority = 90
description-key = analog-output-lineout
[Jack Line Out]
required-any = any
state.plugged = yes
state.unplugged = no
[Jack Line Out Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Front Line Out]
required-any = any
[Jack Front Line Out Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Rear Line Out]
required-any = any
state.plugged = yes
state.unplugged = no
[Jack Rear Line Out Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out Front]
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out Front Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out CLFE]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out CLFE Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out Surround]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out Surround Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out Side]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Line Out Side Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Jack Dock Line Out]
required-any = any
[Jack Dock Line Out Phantom]
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
required-any = any
[Element Hardware Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Speaker+LO]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
required-any = any
[Element Headphone+LO]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
required-any = any
[Element Master Mono]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Line HP Swap]
switch = off
required-any = any
; This profile path is intended to control line out, let's mute headphones
; else there will be a spike when plugging in headphones
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = merge
[Element Headphone,1]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Headphone2]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Desktop Speaker]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Front]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-front
override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
[Element Rear]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
[Element Surround]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-rear
override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
[Element Side]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-side
override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
[Element Center]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,all-center
[Element LFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = lfe
override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
[Element CLFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
[Element Center/LFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
[Element Bass Speaker]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Front]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Surround]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Side]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker CLFE]
switch = off
volume = off
.include analog-output.conf.common
[den@Manjaro ~]$ cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones.conf
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
# License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
; Path for mixers that have a 'Headphone' control
;
; See analog-output.conf.common for an explanation on the directives
[General]
priority = 99
description-key = analog-output-headphones
[Properties]
device.icon_name = audio-headphones
[Jack Dock Headphone]
required-any = any
[Jack Dock Headphone Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Front Headphone]
required-any = any
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = yes
; HP EliteDesk 800 DM Headset
[Jack Front Headphone Front]
required-any = any
[Jack Front Headphone Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
[Jack Headphone]
required-any = any
state.plugged = no
state.unplugged = yes
[Jack Headphone Phantom]
required-any = any
state.plugged = unknown
state.unplugged = unknown
# This jack can be either a headphone *or* a mic. Used on some ASUS netbooks.
[Jack Headphone Mic]
required-any = any
[Jack Headphone - Output]
required-any = any
[Element Hardware Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Master Mono]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker+LO]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Headphone+LO]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Headphone]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
; This path is intended to control the first headphones, not
; the second headphones. But it should not hurt if we leave the second
; headphone jack enabled nonetheless.
[Element Headphone,1]
switch = mute
volume = zero
[Element Headset]
required-any = any
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all
override-map.2 = all-left,all-right
[Element Line HP Swap]
switch = on
required-any = any
; This profile path is intended to control the first headphones, not
; the second headphones. But it should not hurt if we leave the second
; headphone jack enabled nonetheless.
[Element Headphone2]
switch = mute
volume = zero
[Element Speaker]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Desktop Speaker]
switch = off
volume = off
; On some machines, the Front Volume Control is shared by Headphone and Lineout,
; or Headphone and Speaker, but they have independent Volume Switch. Here only
; use switch to mute Lineout or Speaker.
[Element Front]
switch = off
volume = zero
[Element Rear]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Surround]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Side]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Center]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element LFE]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Bass Speaker]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Front]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Surround]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Side]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker CLFE]
switch = off
volume = off
[Element Speaker Center/LFE]
switch = off
volume = off
.include analog-output.conf.common
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For the analog-output-speaker.conf I’m confused… you actually have
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = off
I thought you were doing volume = merge as per this earlier post?
Besides that, there’s a couple more elements you have that I don’t at all:
; Make sure the internal speakers are not auto-muted once the system has speakers
[Element Auto-Mute Mode]
enumeration = select
[Option Auto-Mute Mode:Disabled]
name = analog-output-speaker
...
[Element Headphone,1]
switch = off
volume = off
...
[Element Center/LFE]
switch = mute
volume = merge
override-map.1 = all-center
override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
But none of them necessarily sound related 
Checking the others in a sec.
Thing is with these files… I don’t even know why different ones exist and which is used when
edit:
On the lineout, you do still have the state.[un]plugged options in there 
And also the volume = merge
[Jack Line Out]
required-any = any
state.plugged = yes
state.unplugged = no
...
[Jack Rear Line Out]
required-any = any
state.plugged = yes
state.unplugged = no
...
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = merge
So it seems you made those changes on the lineout file, not the speaker as you said
Not a big deal tho, gonna try that.
edit edit:
TADA 
So yeah it turns out the volume option alone is enough and the jack options seem to be irrelevant:
[tarulia@localhost]~% cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-lineout.conf | grep "\[Jack Line Out\]" -A2
[Jack Line Out]
required-any = any
[tarulia@localhost]~% cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-lineout.conf | grep "\[Jack Rear Line Out\]" -A2
[Jack Rear Line Out]
required-any = any
[tarulia@localhost]~% cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-lineout.conf | grep "\[Element Headphone\]" -A3
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
#volume = off
volume = merge
I also reverted the changes in the speaker.conf before so I could be sure the lineout alone is enough:
[tarulia@localhost]~% cat /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf | grep "\[Element Headphone\]" -A3
[Element Headphone]
switch = off
volume = off
Thank you again so much for the testing though @ImAllOutOfGum and also thanks for the suggestions @Velgen , this issue has been driving me insane for a year because I thought I was the only one.
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Sorry, I thought I had made it to the speaker file. Must have forgotten making that change in amongst the many things I was trying…
To be honest I don’t understand the inner workings of Pulseaudio either! Very pleased you’ve got sound working now though, a result for both of us! 
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No problem am glad to see you finally got it resolved and hopefully this thread will prove useful for other people who stumble across this problem.
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Thanks for starting this new thread, @ImAllOutOfGum
x570s Master, kernel 5.15.2-2-MANJARO
I find the state of the Realtek card left in Win10 after dual-booting has zero to do with this issue.
Definitely alsamixer is mixed up! heh-heh
Today I removed all Pulseaudio and installed Pipewire. Thinking a miracle solution appeared.
Nope. STILL had to launch alsamixer and bump the headphone volume from zero to 100 and my speakers work. I just changed the “volume = merge” edit recommended here, and will reboot after posting this message. Crossing my fingers
BTW: After removing all of Pulseaudio, in the new Pipewire world, the file “analog-output-headphones.conf” now lives in:
/usr/share/alsa-card-profile/mixer/paths/
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Installed updates to Manjaro this afternoon, some of which included updates to ALSA. Whatever the updates were, looks like the changes might have been reversed as I have the same problem as before - have to go into alsamixer and ramp up the headphones volume.
Will try and see if it has undone the changes or if it’s something else, but just in case anyone else is about to do any updates…
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Thanks for that one, I was looking for this file after upgrading to Fedora 36 (should have checked this thread sooner for it…), which is on PipeWire.
Also, I was trying to find a place to copy these to because normally editing these files isn’t advised since they are managed by the package manager… well, after talking a bit on the Fedora discord from what we can tell noone really expects anyone to edit these files so there doesn’t seem to be an alternative place to load these from.
So basically we’ll have to edit this one.
I don’t know how Arch’s update process works. On Fedora at least the file wouldn’t be overridden. It creates an .rpmnew file from the copy in the package and leaves the old one as-is.
There are some cases (depends on the package/packager) where it moves the old one to an .rpmsave file and writes the new one in the intended location, effectively overwriting the changes. But in either case the changes are not lost, they are just in a second file. rpmconf can then be used to sort out the differences and what to keep.
See here for more reading on that: RPM, %config, and (noreplace)
For some reason, my desktop speaker audio is now persistent, and does not require the use of Alsamixer. Some obscure update patch, I guess.
I thought you fixed it through that files 