Hi. I have an issue regarding sound on Garuda Linux.
When I plug my headphones into the headphones jack of the laptop, there is no audio on the headphones, but all of the following are ok:
- the audio on the speakers switches off
- I get the popup overlay saying “Tiger Lake-H HD Audio Controller Headphones”
- in volume control (Audio Volume), the sound level bar that corresponds to the headphones starts moving as I play music in Audacious, as if music was playing on the headphones
What I checked/tried already:
- headphones not muted in “Audio Volume”
- in
alsamixerthe headphones are not muted - edited
/usr/share/alsa-card-profile/mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.confand copied the config section from[Element Speaker]to[Element Headphone]as it was mentioned in another post - Tried HDA Jack Retask to manually redirect all speakers output to headphones but it always fails with “Device or Resource Busy”
- [EDIT]
pavucontrol- Keeping my headphones connected, if I switch to “1 Output” I get sound on the speakers, but if I select “Headphones” there’s no sound anywhere
Popup when I connect the headphones:
Audio Volume showing the sound level bar moving for the headphones:
[EDIT] Pavucontrol:
Garuda inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.17.3-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=28bd6bff-8598-41ce-bec6-ae24465d3bca rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200 quiet
nvidia-drm.modeset=1 rd.luks.uuid=316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185
rd.luks.key=316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185=/.docs/2025.jpg:UUID=C676-0984
rd.luks.options=316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185=keyfile-timeout=10s
rd.luks.uuid=eafba6ea-1842-45d3-8af3-5ce617c6f478
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-eafba6ea-1842-45d3-8af3-5ce617c6f478 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.19.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ZenBook Pro Duo UX582HS_UX582HS v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX582HS v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: UX582HS.303 date: 04/21/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 88.6 Wh (100%) condition: 88.6/92.6 Wh (95.6%) volts: 15.94 min: 15.94
model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A charging: status: not charging control:
start: N/A end: 100% cycles: 48
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Ergo Multi-Device Trackball serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11
level: v4 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x56
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4793 min/max: 800/4900:4800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 4793 2: 4793 3: 4793 4: 4793 5: 4793 6: 4793 7: 4793 8: 4793 9: 4793 10: 4793 11: 4793
12: 4793 13: 4793 14: 4793 15: 4793 16: 4793 bogomips: 79872
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: DP-2,DP-3,eDP-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104M [GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile / Max-Q 8GB/16GB] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current
(as of 2025-08; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:249c
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-9:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56eb class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: kwin_wayland
driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau,vesa alternate: fbdev,intel,nv dri: iris
gpu: i915 d-rect: 3840x5420 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,top model: ASUS PA279 serial: <filter> built: 2022 res:
mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 150% (1.5) to: 2560x1440 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: bottom model: BOE Display 0x085f built: 2021 res: mode: 3840x1100 hz: 60
scale: 150% (1.5) to: 2560x733 dpi: 284 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x99mm (13.54x3.9")
diag: 358mm (14.1") modes: max: 3840x1100 min: 1920x550
Monitor-3: eDP-1 pos: middle model: Samsung 0x415f built: 2019 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60
scale: 200% (2) to: 1920x1080 dpi: 284 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 2
drv: swrast device: 3 drv: nvidia gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11:
drv: iris inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia v: 580.95.05 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 11 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD Graphics (TGL
GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.4-arch1.2 device-ID: 8086:9a60 surfaces: N/A device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05
device-ID: 10de:249c surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.4-arch1.2 (LLVM 20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
gpu: gputop, intel_gpu_top, lsgpu, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl, snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.17.3-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek USB 10/100/1G/2.5G LAN driver: r8152 type: USB rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 4-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:8156 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp0s20f0u1 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-cb75a45733ee state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:
discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 10c
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A
bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 986.5 GiB (53.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 410.15 GiB size: 410.15 GiB (100.00%) used: 276.28 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 824 KiB (0.3%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 410.15 GiB size: 410.15 GiB (100.00%) used: 276.28 GiB (67.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 410.15 GiB size: 410.15 GiB (100.00%) used: 276.28 GiB (67.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 410.15 GiB size: 410.15 GiB (100.00%) used: 276.28 GiB (67.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-316249cc-7193-456f-89c1-f3206c9aa185
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.14 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1
maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-eafba6ea-1842-45d3-8af3-5ce617c6f478
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 31.03 GiB used: 18.8 MiB (0.1%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1700
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.03 GiB used: 9.67 GiB (31.2%)
Processes: 445 Power: uptime: 28m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle avail: deep
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.35 GiB
services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1910 pm: pacman pkgs: 1885 libs: 469 tools: octopi,paru,yay pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 25 Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 alt: 14 Client: Unknown Client:
electron inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2025-06-26
Garuda release: 250308
Last full system update: 2025-10-30
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
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, sorry, but maybe I am just missing