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My headphones are currently recognized as an input device, how can I make them an output device? The speakers and the headphones microphone are recognized correctly.
Edit: I'm currently on a desktop pc. The devices are connected by 3 separate jacks. Two of them seem to work, except for the third one which is listed as a input device.
Edit2:
The blue jack is where I plug in my headphones. The pink one is used for microphone and the green one is used for speakers.
Your headphones are being recognized as an input device, because, according to the official PC system design guide color-coding sheme for connectors and ports, you are plugging them into a line-in jack. So, everything works as expected :)
However, it is possible to retask the jacks of your sound device with HDAjackretask, which is part of the package alsa-tools-gui in the official repositories.
HDAjackretask is an experimental application, it may not work, but it's worth a try.
Your headphones "are not working" because you are plugging them into the wrong jack. The correct jack for them is indeed the green one, as you have confirmed, too. The blue one, on the contrary, is a Stereo Line-in, that is why it is recognized as such. Here is a simple explanation of standard audio jacks on a soundcard.
If you want to keep your speakers plugged into the green output, you have to find an alternative output. Don't you have any others maybe on the front side?
