Audio device not working

kitty · 12 February 2026 17:19

i use moondrop may earphones, type-c port, i connect them but i just hear a slight hiss sound while i connect and disconnect, i shifted to linux recently, hope i could get some help, my laptop’s port is working properly and also my earphones, i am sure its not a hardware problem

BG405 · 12 February 2026 17:37

Hello @kitty and welcome to the Manjaro Community!

I’m no audio guru, but we do have at least one member here who (at least I think) is. But, to begin with, you would be wise to provide some system information, so we know where to start.

To this end, please provide the output of:

inxi -zv8

… please use the code formatting (the </> button at the top of the Reply window or the three backticks ``` on lines above and below the pasted output).

Note: This output is privacy-filtered using the above command.

kitty · 12 February 2026 17:40

 inxi -zv8                                                                                                                                           ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.18.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=edfe1e63-cdd5-4203-ae7d-afc5bfad0dc5 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 49.3 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 49.2 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82NC v: YG Slim 7 Pro 14IHU5
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: YG Slim 7 Pro 14IHU5
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: VIUU4 v: SDK0K17763 WIN serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_82NC_BU_idea_FM_ uuid: <superuser required>
    Firmware: UEFI vendor: LENOVO v: FJCN75WW date: 03/17/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.7 Wh (74%) condition: 49.6/61 Wh (81.3%) power: 7.4 W
    volts: 16.01 min: 15.44 model: Celxpert L19C4PH3 type: Li-poly
    serial: <filter> charging: status: discharging type: standard
    avail: long_life,standard cycles: N/A
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.4 GiB used: 10.57 GiB (68.6%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 8 modules: 8 EC: None
    max-module-size: 2 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Controller0-ChannelA type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-2: Controller0-ChannelB type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-3: Controller0-ChannelC type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-4: Controller0-ChannelD type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-5: Controller1-ChannelA type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-6: Controller1-ChannelB type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-7: Controller1-ChannelC type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
  Device-8: Controller1-ChannelD type: LPDDR4 detail: synchronous
    size: 2 GiB speed: 4267 MT/s volts: curr: 0.6 width (bits): data: 16
    total: 16 manufacturer: Samsung part-no: UBE3D4AA-MGCR serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11320H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0x3C
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB
    desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400
    8: 400 bogomips: 50995
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
    avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd
    avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2
    cdp_l2 clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16
    cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
    flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp
    hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt invpcid
    lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs
    pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp
    rep_good sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2
    sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
    tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme vmx vnmi
    vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
    xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection mitigation: Aligned branch/return thunks
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 13d3:5419
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model-id: CSO 0x140c built: 2021 res: 2880x1800 dpi: 242
    gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.639 y: 0.329 green: x: 0.298 y: 0.600 blue:
    x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 302x188mm (11.89x7.4")
    diag: 356mm (14") ratio: 16:10 modes: 2880x1800
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.4-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (TGL
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:9a49 memory: 15.04 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8
    class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.4-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <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: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 55.52 GiB (11.6%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512GDE9X084N
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41010C22 temp: 41.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 55.52 GiB (11.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: edfe1e63-cdd5-4203-ae7d-afc5bfad0dc5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 664 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 4D00-13B5
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 55.52 GiB (11.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: edfe1e63-cdd5-4203-ae7d-afc5bfad0dc5
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 55.52 GiB (11.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: edfe1e63-cdd5-4203-ae7d-afc5bfad0dc5
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 55.52 GiB (11.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: edfe1e63-cdd5-4203-ae7d-afc5bfad0dc5
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:5419 class-ID: fe01
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-10:3 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1328 libs: 348 tools: gnome-software,pamac
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.dimensiondata.com/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://manjaro.mirror-services.net/pub/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://mirror.mobinhost.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: https://mirror.it4i.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: https://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    41: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://mirror.meowsmp.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    56: https://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    57: https://mirror.bouwhuis.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    58: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    59: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    60: https://mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    61: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    62: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    63: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    64: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    65: https://manjaro.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    66: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    67: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    68: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    69: https://manjaro.syxpi.fr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    70: https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    71: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    72: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    73: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    74: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    75: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    76: https://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
    77: https://mirror.bakertelekom.fr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    78: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    79: https://mirrors.eric.ovh/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    80: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    81: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    82: https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    83: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    84: https://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    85: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    86: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    87: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    88: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    89: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    90: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    91: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    92: https://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    93: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    94: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    95: https://manjarolinux-mirror.cloud.mu/stable/$repo/$arch
    96: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    97: https://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    98: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 357
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 323598 mem: 4.17 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 43.4% command: kgx pid: 323500 mem: 153.6 MiB (0.9%)
  3: cpu: 9.4% command: brave pid: 321519 mem: 440.6 MiB (2.7%)
  4: cpu: 4.3% command: zsh pid: 323508 mem: 8.54 MiB (0.0%)
  5: cpu: 3.9% command: brave pid: 320449 mem: 595.5 MiB (3.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 357
  1: mem: 938.8 MiB (5.9%) command: brave pid: 257623 cpu: 0.1%
  2: mem: 702.2 MiB (4.4%) command: brave pid: 257256 cpu: 1.1%
  3: mem: 605.5 MiB (3.8%) command: brave pid: 257387 cpu: 0.0%
  4: mem: 595.5 MiB (3.7%) command: brave pid: 320449 cpu: 3.9%
  5: mem: 560.3 MiB (3.5%) command: gnome-shell pid: 2201 cpu: 2.0%
Info:
  Processes: 357 Power: uptime: 15d 13h 41m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: s2idle avail: deep wakeups: 87 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
    reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.14 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.40

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BG405 · 12 February 2026 17:46

Thanks, I don’t see anything amiss with the audio info there; hopefully @nikgnomic will be able to assist.

I do see though that a lot of your RAM is in use and you have no swap defined; this may not be related to the issue but is worth tending to. Also the 15-day uptime suggests you haven’t updated to the latest packages, or at least rebooted following such.

kitty · 12 February 2026 18:08

yeah, i dont shutsdown my laptop, i close the lid and it goes to hybernate, i do update from terminal once a month or so, my work is mostly reading pdfs and writing on gdocs, so i dont need any cutting edge software or something like that, using windows for some reason is overheating my laptop and it feels bloated, that is the main reason why i shifted to linux

BG405 · 12 February 2026 18:11

If you are not rebooting after a major update, including e.g. a kernel update, you are still running off (some of) the old versions of software.

This is bound to cause issues as libraries etc. may have changed on-disk, whereas the program still in RAM needs the previous version(s).

ETA:
For “minor software updates” e.g. Firefox, just restart the browser or whatever. Sometimes it’s helpful to log-out and back in again, but for major system components eg. the Kernel, a reboot is always recommended.

Aragorn · 12 February 2026 19:42

But that’s not the point. Manjaro is a rolling-release distribution, and it must be kept up-to-date.

Please read the following short essay…

[Consideration] Is Manjaro the right distribution for you?

kitty · 13 February 2026 05:35

ok, but what to do wtih my earphones not working??

musdus · 13 February 2026 08:41

Hi @kitty,

Could you try two things with your earphones plugged in?

Go to Settings → Sound → Output and check if you see a USB audio device listed there. If so, try selecting it. If this is not working, step 2.
Open a terminal and run and show the output :
The sink part is important.

wpctl status

from that output you’ll see:

Whether the Moondrop shows up as a sink at all
What sink ID it has
Whether it’s set as default or not

That should give us a clear picture of what’s going on.

EDIT: example. I just bought a set of Adam active desktop speakers using DAC. Youre moondrop is using DAC too.
Should look something like this. * 55.

Sinks:
 │      34. Built-in Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI) [vol: 0.60]
 │  *   55. PCM2704 16-bit stereo audio DAC Analog Stereo [vol: 0.65]

musdus · 13 February 2026 08:56

Found 2 git projects for the moondrops.

Aragorn · 13 February 2026 10:07

First of all, update your system and reboot. If you don’t do that, then your system is in an unsupported state, and then we cannot help you.

kitty · 13 February 2026 11:03

thanks @musdus , it worked, it did show up in the sinks at first but not on the output section and didnt know why but it after running the command and i restarted the laptop now and just to check and its working, dont know why ¯_(ツ)_/¯

musdus · 13 February 2026 12:17

So after reboot the system did the final steps after update and system is reacting as normal. Something like this

Nice you get it to work…

system · 16 February 2026 12:18

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Audio device not working

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