Microphone icon disappears from taskbar

Hello, my microphone icon disappears from taskbar. I rarely had this problem but this remained today when i decide to modify easyeffects in order to remove background noise. Even if i reboot, problem is solved but this is temporary. I cant reboot everytime i face this and i am sure this is not the solution…Anyone knows what’s going wrong??

may to the lag of information no one know how to help ?
at least → https://discovery.endeavouros.com/forum-log-tool-options/how-to-include-systemlogs-in-your-post/2021/03/

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thanks!

inxi -Fxxc0z | eos-sendlog
inxi -Aaz

Hello,

inxi -Fxxc0z | eos-sendlog

System:
  Kernel: 6.3.7-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
    Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
    Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E7450 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A24
    date: 04/11/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 17.5/53.3 Wh (32.8%)
    volts: 8.4 min: 7.4 model: LGC-LGC3.6 DELL G95J556 serial: <filter>
    status: full
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-5300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2148 high: 2900 min/max: 500/2900 cores: 1: 2900 2: 2295
    3: 2900 4: 500 bogomips: 18365
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-8 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1.6:4
    chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8d
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: LG Display 0x046d res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 157 diag: 355mm (14")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW
    GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.7-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:15a2
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:282a
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 257.53 GiB (108.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SK Hynix model: SC210 mSATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 232.7 GiB used: 128.72 GiB (55.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.63 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: 35.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 210 Uptime: 3m Memory: available: 7.63 GiB used: 2.76 GiB (36.2%)
  Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1
  Packages: 1436 pm: pacman pkgs: 1413 pm: flatpak pkgs: 23 Shell: fish
  v: 3.6.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27

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inxi -Aaz

Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.7-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

so it shows 2 audio devices…
both shown as vendor: Dell driver: puzzeling my brain a bit…
Your Headset is plugged with jacks or is it usb conneced?

First app to check is always pavucontrol:


on configuration tab you may have different devices you can try put unused ones to OFF …

I have plugged in headphones with cable
pavucontrol :

Strange but i have 2 Built-in Audio options

UEFI: Dell v: A24
    date: 04/11/2020

Bios is latest already…

was the pavucontrol already like in the picture? first of second on?

yes as i remember it was already like this

Before i switch to my headshet mic i had no problems . Firstly i was using my pc’s internal mic and it was too loud. So i switched to my headshet mic and audio is perfect. I dont know if i mixed something when i was switching but i dont think so, i just switched to Headshet mic and to Easy effects source option
(Easy effects source is input / easy effects sink is output)

With easyeffects i reduced background noice