I do now :) You're right the hda_model=17aa:38be definitely forces the tas driver to load properly (it is in dmesg) and the firmware link seemed to fix a NULL error when I first tried it.
I tried both 6.8.0-rc5 and then fell back to 6.7.5 because in both of these the volume control didn't work at all (seems to be at full volume), even in "alsamixer -c 1". Note that originally, the sound was low/quiet but volume control did work.
I do now :) You're right the hda_model=17aa:38be definitely forces the tas driver to load properly (it is in dmesg) and the firmware link seemed to fix a NULL error when I first tried it.
[ 5.770034] snd_hda_ codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: bound i2c-TIAS2781:00 (ops tas2781_ hda_comp_ ops [snd_hda_ scodec_ tas2781_ i2c])
I tried both 6.8.0-rc5 and then fell back to 6.7.5 because in both of these the volume control didn't work at all (seems to be at full volume), even in "alsamixer -c 1". Note that originally, the sound was low/quiet but volume control did work.