Hi,
I’m a linux user since 2008 but still a noob… I’m just a user…
In the last years I’m using manjaro with my old (but still loved) Acer aspire E5 with cinnamom DE.
Few days ago I decided to upgrade my hardware buying an HP Omen 16. I installed manjaro with KDE DE but I have some issues… some I solved by myself, but now I’m going crazy with audio… Yesterday I was on discord and I wasn’t able to get the internal microphone works… I had to use an external one.
I’m here to have suggestions…
Thanks
Stefano
Welcome @Senseiste
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What is a Quark?
A. In Physics, an elementary particle and fundamental constituent of matter.
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Here the system output:
System:
Kernel: 6.18.12-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
root=UUID=fe321a7a-a8f0-48cf-b297-2f667a233739 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash udev.log_priority=3 acpi=force apm=power_off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.24.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: OMEN Gaming Laptop 16-ap0xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8E35 v: 99.20 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: C0DT0EA#ABZ uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: AMI
v: F.08 date: 07/24/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 54.5 Wh (79.5%) condition: 68.6/68.6 Wh (100%)
volts: 16.59 min: 15.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
charging: status: not charging cycles: 2
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA60120C
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 2 clusters: 2x1 cores: 16 threads: 32 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-16x32 KiB; i-16x32 KiB L2: 16 MiB
desc: 16x1024 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3748 min/max: 422/5386 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3748 2: 3748 3: 3748
4: 3748 5: 3748 6: 3748 7: 3748 8: 3748 9: 3748 10: 3748 11: 3748 12: 3748
13: 3748 14: 3748 15: 3748 16: 3748 17: 3748 18: 3748 19: 3748 20: 3748
21: 3748 22: 3748 23: 3748 24: 3748 25: 3748 26: 3748 27: 3748 28: 3748
29: 3748 30: 3748 31: 3748 32: 3748 bogomips: 153312
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
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 mitigation: Safe RET
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; STIBP: always-on; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GB206M [GeForce RTX 5070 Max-Q / Mobile]
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01 non-free: 550-580.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-11) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2d18 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300
temp: 50.0 C
Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech HP True Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1.2:4
chip-ID: 30c9:00ff class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0xdbb2 serial: <filter> built: 2024
res: mode: 1920x1200 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46") diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.0.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon 610M (radeonsi
raphael_mendocino ACO DRM 3.64 6.18.12-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:164e
memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.341 layers: 8 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon 610M (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: mesa radv v: 26.0.2-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:164e surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
device-ID: 10de:2d18 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GB206 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 5 speed: 32 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22eb class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rpl_pci_acp6x v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.18.12-1-MANJARO 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: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.6.2 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8852BE-VT PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852bte v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b520
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1.1:3 chip-ID: 0bda:b86a
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 44.66 GiB (4.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: N/A
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HP02AS00 temp: 30.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 44.66 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
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
ID-3: /home raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 44.66 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 44.66 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2083 fan-2: 1935
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.4 GiB used: 6.14 GiB (20.2%)
Processes: 584 Power: uptime: 3h 55m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.09 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1374 libs: 368 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: clang: 22.1.1 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40
Mod edit: removed empty lines from inxi output
I suggest check ALSA mixer setting for onboard audio device:
amixer -c1
Audio capture is usually disabled by default:
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 63
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-16.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-16.00dB] [off]
To enable audio capture and set microphone recording level
amixer -c1 sset 'Capture' 39 cap
https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=7dfc0bb8cb&log=amixer
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 63
Front Left: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Or use alsamixer to change audio capture settings:
alsamixer -c1 --view=Capture
Thanks for replying…
amixer -c1
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',3
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
I don’t have “capture”…
Card 1 is for HDMI digital outputs only, internal digital mics and analog inputs/outputs are probably on Card 2 ( -c2 )
Please get more information about all ALSA devices:
sudo alsa-info.sh --upload
As a new user, forum software may not allow you to post an active link to the uploaded data, but an inactive link can be posted as preformatted text </> [Ctrl+E]
http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=...
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Thank you for patience…
(http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=07c4ecd58f9674d11e6627d9ee2feac1b2997079)
ALSA data shows analog microphone inputs for external microphones, but no internal digital microphones
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 2: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC245 Analog [ALC245 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 3: Device [USB PnP Audio Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
A similar issue was reported to ALSA maintainers Dec 2025:
bugzilla.kernel.org – 220919 – HP Omen 16 (AMD, Realtek ALC245) internal microphone not detected on Linux
HP Omen 16 (model 16-ap00xx)
On Linux, the internal laptop microphone is not detected at all.
Only the analog input (ALC245 Analog) is available.
No DMIC / Digital Microphone device appears in ALSA
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