RESOLVED->KDE/PLASMA task manager config settings and HyperX USB headset config

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I have 2x displays.
I want to have exactly the same taskbar setup on both
–this has been accomplished
I now want to have the app that is opened only highlight with a preview popup on the display it resides on.
Currently, if i open Firefox for example-I see Firefox highlighted on both display’s taskbar and when I hover over either one of them a preview popups.
I would like to set it so if it is open on the left monitor the right monitors icon is not highlighted and will not produce a preview.

I did this on Plasma 5, I believe it was, myself with zero issues but, when I try it with the exact same choices on Plasma 6 it does not work-nothing changes at all.

Here are my choices when using “configure Icons-and Text Task Manager settings” - Behavior:

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Editted again;

Also since the above is so short: my next question:

REMOVED question as I answer my own question by running “modinfo nvidia”

some of this is starting to come back to me now.

I’ll leave the below as I STILL haven’t remembered how to figure this out yet–possibly just trying it? I seem to recall game having issues on NTFS partitions when using Linux but can’t remember for sure.

AND, for my games I have separate drives in both windows and Linux (2TB NvME’s).
In windows of course the games drive is formatted NTFS.
Should I also use NTFS for the Linux games drive or better to stick with ext4?

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There are some major Differences between the two. One of the main ones being the Default from X11 over to Wayland. So the fact that it worked in KDE before could be because it works that way with X11 but not on Wayland. Since I use neither KDE or a Taskbar I have no idea how major the changes were between the two.

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Perhaps it is a bug in kde/plasma 6?

I don’t see anything new in the task bar behavior settings so I am unsure of how I would even go about proving it is or is not a bug.

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I am having a hard time understanding exactly what you want but have you tried this:

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I dug out my H7 tournaments and they work absolutely amazingly - except for the wire that’s about to break.

I rad on a blog somewhere that headset control allows for configuring the BlasterX Cloud Alpha to a certain degree, side-tone and battery I believe it was.

But the headset control git does not list it as a supported device and there IS no arch or Endeavour pkg I can use → it must be compiled and installed from git. Which I am wary of as I do not know how to recovery EndeaverOS/Arch from catastrophic issues yet (except to wipe drive and re-install and start over that is…which I am trying to avoid.)

If it were Debian/Ubuntu/Mint I would do it in a flash as I have much more experience with Debian and it’s derivatives.
I wanted an Arch based OS for the leading edge kernels and NVIDIA driver support for my 3070ti, so going back to Debian or a derivative seems like a step backwards.

Besides that, I am retiring in about 4-5 years and will soon have moocho time to play with Linux like I have always wanted to but never had time to do.

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Can you share a link so we can look and see?

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Hi,

Yes and ty for responding:

the headset control: https://github.com/Sapd/HeadsetControl

And this, I’d like to experiment with if I get headset control working:

Also, when I use the H7 Tournament headset I have full volume-so loud I cannot stand it and have to turn it down and no distortion whatsoever.

These BlasterX Alpha Cloud’s must have crap hardware cause if I go over the red the distortion immediately occurs and otherwise the sound is very, very low

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More info:

BlasterX is not a BT headset it is a USB 2.4Ghz headset

The H7’s are plugged into a USB-A 3.1 port.

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BTW Dalto-TYVM!

I did not see this until just now-tried it and that IS what I wanted-it work’s fine!
The kde task manager/task bar issue is resolved.
Was user error for sure.

This issue is due to my ADHD memory issues for sure!

Once again TYVM!~

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This is in the AUR as headsetcontrol. You can install it with yay -S headsetcontrol

If it doesn’t work, you can just uninstall the package.

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There is a different GUI available in the AUR, headsetkontrol that can be installed the same as above.

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I also, just opened alsamixer and chose my HyperX headset and the “PCM” port was at half volume.

I put it to full and have most of my volume back for the Hyper X headset.

I did try this last night with Alsamixer and I went into the red and barely had enough volume to watch you-tube videos.
I am not sure why it is different today but it is.

It can go a lot louder under Windows but this is good enough for now.

I would still like to address the side-tone and possibly MORE settings for 3d Surround, I am now optimistically hopeful about perhaps getting some better sound out of this headset on Linux.

I can’t thank everyone enough for the help so far.
If anyone is on Ottawa Ontario I’ll meet you at your favorite waterhole to personally pay for your beers all night long.

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IN case anyone needs this:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 6.13.5-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: initrd=\36da933937c74974a09b27660c5c1c2f\6.13.5-arch1-1\initrd
    nvme_load=YES nowatchdog rw root=UUID=bfea1f9c-829d-49a4-8240-a6c4c59caa6a
    resume=UUID=d1394196-b787-4e4b-88fd-5fa7252cbf4c nvidia_drm.modeset=1
    systemd.machine_id=36da933937c74974a09b27660c5c1c2f
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.11.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASRock product: Z790 PG Lightning v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASRock model: Z790 PG Lightning serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 16.02
    date: 01/13/2025
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.1 GiB used: 6.66 GiB (21.4%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Controller0-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Controller0-ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous
    size: 16 GiB speed: spec: 4800 MT/s actual: 5200 MT/s volts: curr: 1.25
    min: 1.25 max: 1.25 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX5M2B5200C40 serial: N/A
  Device-3: Controller1-ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Controller1-ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous
    size: 16 GiB speed: spec: 4800 MT/s actual: 5200 MT/s volts: curr: 1.25
    min: 1.25 max: 1.25 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX5M2B5200C40 serial: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x12C
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 12 cores: 24 threads: 32 mt: 8 tpc: 2
    st: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 2.1 MiB desc: d-16x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
    KiB, 16x64 KiB L2: 32 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 4x4 MiB L3: 36 MiB desc: 1x36 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1054 min/max: 800/5500:5800:4300 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1054 2: 1054 3: 1054
    4: 1054 5: 1054 6: 1054 7: 1054 8: 1054 9: 1054 10: 1054 11: 1054 12: 1054
    13: 1054 14: 1054 15: 1054 16: 1054 17: 1054 18: 1054 19: 1054 20: 1054
    21: 1054 22: 1054 23: 1054 24: 1054 25: 1054 26: 1054 27: 1054 28: 1054
    29: 1054 30: 1054 31: 1054 32: 1054 bogomips: 191692
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    flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi 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 pconfig pdcm
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    xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling 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: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  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;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
    v: 570.124.04 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-2,DP-3 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2482 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    d-rect: 6000x1440 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: right model: MSI MAG274QRF serial: <filter>
    built: 2020 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: primary,left model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR+
    serial: <filter> built: 2024 res: mode: 3440x1440 hz: 240 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 110 gamma: 1.2 size: 795x333mm (31.3x13.11") diag: 862mm (33.9")
    modes: max: 3440x1440 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
    drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.124.04 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3070 Ti driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2482
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: HP HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless
    driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-11:9 chip-ID: 03f0:098d
    class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 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
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: NetGear Wireless_Device driver: mt7921u type: USB rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-7.1:4 chip-ID: 0846:9060
    class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 20.03 TiB used: 10.23 GiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD BLACK SN770 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 731130WD temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW010T8
    size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 002C temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO with
    Heatsink 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7
    temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST12000VN0008-2PH103
    size: 10.91 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC61 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 918.66 GiB size: 903.17 GiB (98.31%) used: 9.85 GiB (1.1%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: endeavouros
    uuid: bfea1f9c-829d-49a4-8240-a6c4c59caa6a
  ID-2: /efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 387.9 MiB (38.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: N/A uuid: B065-9F66
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.21 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: d1394196-b787-4e4b-88fd-5fa7252cbf4c
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:6 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7 size: 1.82 TiB fs: ntfs label: Games
    uuid: EC9063C6906395BC
  ID-3: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-4: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 10.91 TiB fs: ntfs label: Media
    uuid: F884CC3F84CBFE5E
  ID-5: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.64 TiB fs: ntfs label: Personal
    uuid: 32066AB6066A7AAD
  ID-6: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: A6D4-CC08
  ID-7: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-8: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 930.4 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 01DA45628E0EB110
  ID-9: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 1 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 01DA45631BA52EA0
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 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: 1-2:2 info: ASMedia ASM1074 High-Speed hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 174c:2074 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:3 info: Logitech Nano Receiver type: keyboard,mouse
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c534 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-6:17 info: Google Nexus/Pixel Device (MTP) type: still imaging
    driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 18d1:4ee1 class-ID: 0601 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-7:5 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 2109:2210
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 1-8:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-8.3:14 info: Micro Star MSI Gaming Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1462:3fa4 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-10:7 info: NZXT USB Device type: HID
    driver: nzxt_kraken3,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 1e71:2007 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-11:9 info: HP HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless
    type: audio,HID,abstract (modem),CDC-data
    driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 03f0:098d class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-13:10 info: ASRock LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 26ce:01a2 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 9 rev: 3.1
    speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 2-7:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 2109:0210
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-7.1:4 info: NetGear Wireless_Device type: Network
    driver: mt7921u interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 160mA chip-ID: 0846:9060 class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-7: 2-9:3 info: ASMedia ASM1074 SuperSpeed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 8mA
    chip-ID: 174c:3074 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 466 Power: uptime: 4h 21m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.38 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1021 libs: 241 tools: yay Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
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I also spent time time reading Discover Endeavor sound page and have recovered some more info on the headset.

I do not think I need to create a config file in home as it all seems to be in place in other system wide directories but here is the info: looks like stereo is the best I can hope for with this HyperX headset- no 3D Surround or Dolby Atmos without software. Sigh.

If anyone of you know of a USB-C or Wireless headset with a built in DSP/DAC I’d pay up to a grand for one. I Really miss my Dolby 3d Surround and in games I am 100% sure it will be sorely missed–ain’t nothing like positional audio in gaming.

aplay -l

card 1: Wireless [HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


pw-top


alsa_output.usb-HP__Inc_HyperX_Cloud_Alpha_Wireless_000000
alsa_input.usb-HP__Inc_HyperX_Cloud_Alpha_Wireless_000000


cat /proc/asound/card1/stream0

sudo cat /proc/asound/card1/stream0
HP, Inc HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless at usb-0000:00:14.0-11, full speed : USB Audio

Playback:
  Status: Stop
  Interface 2
    Altset 1
    Format: S24_3LE
    Channels: 2
    Endpoint: 0x02 (2 OUT) (SYNC)
    Rates: 48000
    Bits: 24
    Channel map: FL FR
  Interface 2
    Altset 2
    Format: S16_LE
    Channels: 2
    Endpoint: 0x02 (2 OUT) (SYNC)
    Rates: 48000
    Bits: 16
    Channel map: FL FR

Capture:
  Status: Stop
  Interface 1
    Altset 1
    Format: S16_LE
    Channels: 1
    Endpoint: 0x83 (3 IN) (SYNC)
    Rates: 48000
    Bits: 16
    Channel map: MONO
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Well I found volume control and now have a huge boost n volume to the pint where it gets too loud.

AS a Windows professional, I think I just needed to get some of my Linux “confidence” back after 6 months or so of not using it. I can’t remember stuff if I let it go 6 months or more-I have to re-familiarize myself with everything.

AND because this headset has only hardware (FR/FL) 2 channels I am unsure how much of a benefit it would be to get headset control setup on this insatll AND I do not feel very comfortable going outside of the prepared packages from both arch and Endeavour.

That being said, I am going to mark this resolved and hopefully some others and especially ADHD people who have affected memory loss can get some use out of it in the future.

Once again tyvm to everyone who gave aid - I would not have known where to start without your help :slight_smile:

PS-If any of you believe I can get some benefit from headset control I am all ears.