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Mint 22 external speaker static (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi there, linux noob here. I have managed to install Mint 22, dual boot with win11. Everything seems to be working great, except one small problem that keeps me from using mint.
Whenever my computer is not playing a sound, after about 6 seconds, my external speakers will start playing static until a noise is played (a song or even just pressing vol +/-).
I've searched around a bit, but haven't found anything to fix it so far. I've looked on Mint forums (and asked questions but probably did it wrong cuz nobody responded). I used GPT a bit and I think that might have been a mistake. I timeshifted back to revert any changes cuz it's scary.
I ended up getting the powersave mode to turn off in PulseAudio, but that didn't fix it either.
Any suggestions or ideas would be tremendously appreciated. I kinda just gave up for a bit and am back on windows, which is quite unfortunate, I'm sure you'll agree.
I'm on a Nitro AN515-58, let me know if any more info would be helpful.
Edit: The speakers are AC powered.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sounds odd, but you could try putting a double adapter in the output of the sound card and add a pair of headphones. It sounds like the sound card sleeps when not in use and the speakers don't like it. (The impedance goes away. Headphones force it to always be relatively low.)

Or treat yourself to a usb mic with a headphone output and use that output with your speakers to bypass the weird sound issue.

If bored try a Fedora iso with ventoy to see if other distros have the same issue with your hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, if I don't get it fixed relatively soon, i might try a different distro, mainly trying to use mint cuz I'm a noob.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Good luck with it :)

Would be interested to hear how you get on.