Some observations with Asus Z13 2025

Bazzite
1

I have the Asus Z13 Flow 2025 and I noticed the following using KDE and GNOME (separate installations), re mic and external ssd.

In KDE:

  1. I have an external ssd that won’t mount automatically.
  2. My mic is available and selected by default in Sound Settings.
  3. My mic is still fine AFTER basing bazzite-dx.

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In GNOME:**

  1. The same external ssd (as above) MOUNTS automatically, no issues.
  2. My mic is available and selected by default in Sound Settings.

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3. However, my mic is BROKEN after basing bazzite-dx, not available in Sound Settings.

2

Try it in a plain Fedora Live USB to see if its a Fedora or a Bazzite problem.

3

This appears to be a GNOME + WirePlumber policy issue triggered by bazzite-dx

First, restart the audio stack: systemctl --user restart wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse

Then check Sound settings to see if the microphone is back.

If the microphone is still missing, reset the WirePlumber state: systemctl --user stop wireplumber pipewire pipewire-pulse

rm -rf ~/.local/state/wireplumber

systemctl --user start pipewire pipewire-pulse wireplumber

After that, check the Sound settings again.

If the issue persists, please collect diagnostics while the mic is missing using systemctl / wpctl status

the SSD automount difference between KDE and GNOME is expected behavior (udisks/automount policy difference) and likely unrelated… Is automount enabled in kde settings?