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Mint 22 external speaker static (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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] 2 points 6 days ago

I struggled with this when I switched. I think it had something to do with the drivers for my audio interface. Specifically, the input was what was generating the static for me. In the sound settings, I went to the input tab and changed my input to a different device (the mic on my headphones) instead of the input on my audio interface. This solved the problem for me. When I need to use the input on the audio interface, I use Jack and then have to switch my input back when I'm done.