How do you configure audio profiles and completely disable inputs? I have a soundcard with lots of inputs/outputs and i only want the 1 output to be enabled ( in windows, i can easily disable it in the sound panel)
The card also supports 7.1 what is not listed in the profiles menu and i want to add it to the profiles menu in sound settings but have no idea how to…
I am also completely lost on what sound server my system uses, as there’s ALSA, pulseaudio and pipewire…
API: ALSA v: k6.1.31-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: off
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Question 2:
How do i see what process is preventing the system from sleeping/locking? some apps have an option to prevent system from sleeping but also stop the system from auto locking
Unfortunately I don’t use a sound card with many inputs/outputs, but the principle is the same: you select the profile that the card provides. If there are multiple inputs/outputs, then there will be multiple + joined profiles.
Should be listed if it really does. Although I don’t have 7.1 card, it can show that 5.1 profile is there.
Your quoted inxi output already tells you. I personally only use PipeWire as it can be a drop-in replacement for everything else, it has interface for both PulseAudio and JACK so apps that utilize either will feel right at home, i.e.: no adjustment needed at all.
Can’t be generalized, but perhaps you can keep a sudo dmesg -w or sudo journalctl -f window open and see what either spits when you try to sleep and fails.
