My audio system has been broken since 2022. I tried some things, but I’ve never figured out how to actually fix it, and I ended up accepting life.
I have bought a mic recently and I want to record some video tutorials. I would really appreciate anyone’s help to fix my audio system, I’m not sure how broken it is. I don’t remember how much I ended up messing with it last 1.5 year, because I tried multiple approach from multiple topics from this forum
One thing I realized is that everyone says to remove pulseaudio and just use pipewire, but I haven’t been able to uninstall pulseaudio due to multiple dependencies need it. When I try to remove pulseaudio with its dependencies, an error appears saying it is not possible because there are multiple dependencies of dependencies, to the point I’m feel insecure I’m gonna break everything if I keep adding “remove a b c d e f g h e i j k l” from the system.
My goals are:
- connect my headset, and hear audio from it.
- connect the mic, and see it working
Currently, I can only hear any audio from my headset by starting an audio stream, like YT video, then I need to open audio settings, and change audio profile twice like on this image:
Then I need to do the same with the microphone. Once the YT video stops, the headset stops working, and the mic too. The workaround I found the last year is starting an infinite audio stream by entering an audio channel on Discord after boot. I feel very sad doing this every day, every boot, or every time I disconnect the headset, or connect a mic.
Thanks!
System:
Kernel: 6.6.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=1841fbdb-0a5a-497a-86d3-67c2ef2f6c76 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Avell High Performance product: A65 MOB v: Standard
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Avell High Performance model: Avell A65 MOB v: Standard
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: N.1.07AVE00
date: 07/23/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 77.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 77.5/93.5 Wh (82.9%)
volts: 12.2 min: 11.4 model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
ID-2: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 95% condition: N/A volts: 4.1 min: N/A
model: Logitech G703 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse w/ HERO type: N/A
serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H 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: 0x4E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 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: 1559 high: 3913 min/max: 800/4600 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 3684 2: 3913 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 3791 7: 800 8: 800 9: 2557 10: 800 11: 2202 12: 800
13: 800 14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 bogomips: 73728
Flags: 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: Tongfang Hongkong
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of
2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,eDP-2
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Chicony Integrated IR Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-13:8 chip-ID: 04f2:b71a
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Logitech Brio 500
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-5:6 chip-ID: 046d:0943
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1354x381mm (53.31x15.00")
s-diag: 1407mm (55.38")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1-0 note: disabled pos: primary,bottom-r
model: LG (GoldStar) 25UM58G serial: <filter> built: 2015 res: 2560x1080
dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 677x290mm (26.65x11.42") diag: 730mm (28.8")
modes: max: 2560x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: top-left model: BOE Display 0x0974 built: 2021
res: 2560x1440 hz: 165 dpi: 189 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 2560x1440
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
device-ID: 8086:9a60 memory: 61.08 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 8 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:9a60 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
device-ID: 10de:2520 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Fifine Microphone driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1.2:4
chip-ID: 3142:5060 class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech Brio 500
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-5:6 chip-ID: 046d:0943
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off with: a2jmidid status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: wireplumber
status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 2e:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp46s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: anbox0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-cc173ea2f690 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: veth0e384c5 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: veth398dbbb state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: veth602980e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-7: veth661b0f0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-8: veth6f5bdc7 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-9: veth7c908dc state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-10: veth7f8f211 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-11: vetha0a62e7 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-12: vetha8e7167 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-13: vethf255c27 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
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: 3-14:9 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.73 TiB used: 610.64 GiB (16.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 42B9T6TB temp: 42.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP
size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 42B9T6TB temp: 41.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.86 TiB (100.00%) used: 610.64 GiB (32.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 563 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:7
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.86 TiB (100.00%)
used: 610.64 GiB (32.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.86 TiB (100.00%)
used: 610.64 GiB (32.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.86 TiB size: 1.86 TiB (100.00%)
used: 610.64 GiB (32.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.54 GiB used: 16.5 MiB (0.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 557 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est.
available: 62.54 GiB used: 13.05 GiB (20.9%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 alt: 12
clang: 16.0.6 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 2608 libs: 573
tools: pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.2 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date: 2021-09-13
Last full system update: 2023-12-11
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: timeshift(custom) NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units: anbox-container-manager.service systemd-guest-user.service systemd-networkd-wait-online.service~~~
