Tool Profile

hdajackretask

An ALSA utility for retasking audio jacks.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-04-19

Last seen:2026-04-19

Sightings:1

Source:github.com

What it is

An ALSA utility for retasking audio jacks.

Why developers recommend it

Direct tool recommendation in a hardware-hack discussion.

Hacker News evidence

2026-04-19

A comment said to use hdajackretask from alsa-tools to retask the jacks.

SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)