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drfrf

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Registered: 2025-07-20

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wired headphone dont work on laptop (pulseaudio)

Fresh install. Only the speakers work. I remember previously creating the file and adding the following fixed it:
/etc/modprobe.d/hda-model.conf

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi

It didn't work, so I looked for other solutions and:
alsactl restore. It worked.

When I unplug and plug the headphones, they work, but the speakers no longer appear in pavucontrol or pactl list sinks. They only appear when making alsamixer and unmuting them

Only one of the devices is shown in ports: either the headphones or the speakers, but not both at the same time.
I used (pactl set-default-sink 3 && pactl set-sink-port 3 '[Out] Speaker' ) to switch between both

how can I fix it?

Sink #6 
State: RUNNING 
Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__Headphones__sink 
Description: Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller Headphones 
Driver: module-alsa-card.c 
Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz 
Channel Map: front-left, front-right 
Owner Module: 6 
Mute: no 
Volume: front-left: 12726 / 19% / -42.71 dB, front-right: 12726 / 19% / -42.71 dB 
balance 0.00 
Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB 
Source Monitor: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__Headphones__sink.monitor 
Latency: 5959 usec, configured 6944 usec 
Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
Properties: 
alsa.resolution_bits = "16" 
device.api = "alsa" 
device.class = "sound" 
alsa.class = "generic" 
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" 
alsa.name = "" 
alsa.id = "HDA Analog (*)" 
alsa.subdevice = "0" 
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" 
alsa.device = "0" 
alsa.card = "0" 
alsa.card_name = "sof-hda-dsp" 
alsa.long_card_name = "HP-HPLaptop15_dy2xxx--87FE" 
alsa.driver_name = "snd_soc_skl_hda_dsp" 
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic" 
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0" 
device.bus = "pci" 
device.vendor.id = "8086" 
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" 
device.product.id = "a0c8" 
device.product.name = "Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller" 
device.string = "_ucm0001.hw:sofhdadsp" 
device.buffering.buffer_size = "65536" 
device.buffering.fragment_size = "16384" 
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" 
device.profile.name = "HiFi: Headphones: sink" 
device.profile.description = "Headphones" 
alsa.mixer_device = "_ucm0001.hw:sofhdadsp" 
device.description = "Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller Headphones" 
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" 
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" 
Ports: 
[Out] Headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 200, available) 
Active Port: [Out] Headphones 
Formats: 
pcm

pulseaudio version: 17.0-43-g3e2bb
card: sof-hda-dsp
Chip: Realtek ALC236