Hello. I’ve been using Arch Linux for a few weeks, but since the installation, my headset (3.5mm jack) is recognized as headphones and there’s no popup for asking if my device is a headset or headphones. I switched to Garuda GNOME Linux in hopes of maybe fixing the problem, but to no avail. I’ve tried the next fixes on both OSes:
hdajackretask
alsamixer
pavucontrol
Just to clarify, every app detects and picks up system output (stereo.monitor) instead of the actual mic.
If it helps, here’s my aplay -l output:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC255 Analog [ALC255 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC255 Digital [ALC255 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Here’s the garuda -inxi output, in case wasn’t seen in the replies:
[🔴] × garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.17.3-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=37bd38e4-8c7a-4ab4-bba4-5f82797bad5e rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=6cde54ab-9550-4a95-a791-c3088b634721 loglevel=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 49.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 49.1 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-573G v: V3.72
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Acer model: ZORO_BH v: Type2 - A01 Board Version
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: Aspire E5-573G_098A_1_37
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.37 date: 02/16/2016
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 17.9 Wh (100%) condition: 17.9/37 Wh (48.3%) volts: 17.15
min: 14.8 model: SANYO AL15A32 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> charging:
status: full cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-4005U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x26
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 min/max: 800/1600 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1596 2: 1596 3: 1596 4: 1596 bogomips: 13568
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5
process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler-2 code: GKxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-2018 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1299
class-ID: 0302 temp: 38.0 C
Device-3: Sunplus Innovation HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 1bcf:2c81
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x40ec built: 2013 res: 1366x768
dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.17.3-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:4
chip-ID: 04ca:3015 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.1
lmp-v: 7 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 10.67 GiB (4.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAK256MAM-1K12
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 09TH scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 229.38 GiB size: 229.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.67 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 632 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 229.38 GiB size: 229.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.67 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 229.38 GiB size: 229.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.67 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 229.38 GiB size: 229.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.67 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.67 GiB used: 12 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 39.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.67 GiB used: 3.46 GiB (45.1%)
Processes: 283 Power: uptime: 26m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.04 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1230 libs: 372 tools: paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.1.2
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2025-10-20
Garuda release: 251002
Last full system update: 2025-10-20
Is partially upgraded: Yes
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
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- System is partially upgraded (fix available)
Any form of help is appreciated!!
I’ll respond to any messages as fast as I can. I’m desperate since my integrated mic sucks.
