
I use desktop computer with Asus motherboard’s integrated audio. I do use a rather crude workaround for this with alsamixer – but it’s rather clumsy and switches between outputting sound to both devices simultaneously or headphones only – not an elegant solution. I’ve searched for solution for some time but couldn’t find anything good. I think I’ve seen them as separate devices on older (not recent) versions of Fedora as well but I can be mistaken here. I have to say that Windows does show speakers and headphones as separate output devices and allows switching between them easily – so I’m quite sure the same can be achieved in Linux.

If the speaker icon of the app is, it means the app is at mute mode.

If the speaker icon of master volume is, it means your computer is at mute mode. In Sound settings, you are able to choose the Output device ③ (such as internal speakers, external speakers, or headset) and the Input device ④ (such as internal microphone, external microphone, or earphone).Type and search in the Windows search bar ①, and then click ②.Please go to the corresponding instruction based on the current Windows operating system on your computer:
