This is the minimal-but-complete setup required for Debian 10 onwards. Put the lines below into /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf and reboot. # snd_hda_intel —————————— options snd_hda_intel beep_mode=0 options snd_hda_intel enable=1,0,0 options snd_hda_intel enable_msi=1 options snd_hda_intel model=alc221-hp-mic options snd_hda_intel power_save=0 options snd_hda_intel power_save_controller=N options snd_hda_intel probe_only=0,0,1 /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf You should find that the audio behaves sanely from now on. My …

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As I walked out one evening,   Walking down Bristol Street,The crowds upon the pavement   Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river   I heard a lover singUnder an arch of the railway:   ‘Love has no ending. ‘I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you   Till China and Africa meet,And the river jumps over the mountain   And the salmon sing …

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What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist. Tell me not, in mournful numbers,   Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,   And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest!   And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art, to dust returnest,   Was not spoken of the …

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