Activate jack under pipewire [was: Tool for inspecting audio hardware?]

Mitsch <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:31:16 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.audio.users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am Mittwoch, dem 18.03.2026 um 08:58 +1100 schrieb Roger:
> 
> > 
> inxi is an excellent tool for hardware info. You can add more "x" 
> arguments for more information:
> 
> $ inxi -Axxx

Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor:
Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.74+deb13+1-rt-amd64 status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off with: a2jmidid status: off
    tools: jack_control,qjackctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type:
plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

Status of jack is off.
Is this normal (on Debian)?
What shall I do to activate it?

Greets!
Mitsch