USB wireless (wired when charging) headphones doesn’t show up in System Settings, under Sound Output. I assume I’m using pipewire and not pulse audio on my system which is confusing me also. Does this make some difference if this is related to the problem? I’ve looked at the topics about USB headphone issues and am probably lost. Any help would be appreciated. I just build a new AM4 Ryzen system and have updated the bios, and installed most of the necessary software for video and bluetooth. (Got bluetooth working again.) My old AM3 system had everything working. . . .which is now dumpster history. I’m running cinnamon with kernel 6.4.11 arch 1-1 and Nvidiia RTX 3060 gpu. . . .A modest system with Ryzen 7 3700X cpu. Headphones don’t appear in System Audio, system settings what so ever.
You could start providing some info you may not see in settings but from terminal: inxi -Aaz audio hardware and driver info lsusb generic usb info
And what i do in case i have issue with usb devices is to open a terminal start live journal output and plug the device to see what it shows:
unplug device (usb dongle/cable) journalctl -f in a terminal
plug device back in and watch the terminal output
[richardc@richard-AM4 ~]$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 03f0:0201 HP, Inc ScanJet 6200c
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc. HD Pro Webcam C920
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0e8d:0608 MediaTek Inc. Wireless_Device
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1462:7c91 Micro Star International MYSTIC LIGHT
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
The logitech headphones have their own usb dongle. The Cambride Silicon Radio was a universal dongle I purchased for my cellphone and two cameras that allow ‘bluetooth’ connectivity because of cellphone android apps that allow this connectivity.
