Audio problem, microphone does not work

aus9 · 06-20-2022, 08:27 AM

speaking of which, can you run hdajacksense with root powers pls

here is my output as example

Code:

# hdajacksensetest 
Pin 0x14 (Red Line Out, Rear side): present = Yes
Pin 0x15 (Black Line Out, Rear side): present = No
Pin 0x16 (Black Line Out, Rear side): present = No
Pin 0x17 (Black Line Out, Rear side): present = No
Pin 0x18 (Black Mic, Rear side): present = No
Pin 0x19 (Pink Mic, Front side): present = No
Pin 0x1a (Black Line In, Rear side): present = No
Pin 0x1b (Green Headphone, Front side): present = No

If you are not using a line out, we could look at swapping it to an input using hdajackretask

You might notice I have run this without a mic inserted, then repeat with mic inserted.
Maybe your system has a flaky connector?

aus9 · 06-20-2022, 06:18 PM

Oh I just had a new thought, if you dual boot to windows.
Boot into windows, if mic in works that rules out bios and hardware.

but windows may "hold" the audio by not truly shutting down. To see if we can eliminate windows interference open the run cmd box

Quote:

shutdown -s -t 00

and press enter

then fresh boot up to linux to test sound please

business_kid · 06-21-2022, 08:05 AM

I think the OP has vanished

aus9 · 06-21-2022, 08:01 PM

I may have scared him off

rnturn · 07-10-2022, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whk102

I run alsamixer as root but same results. Yes, need microphone, headphones, etc. See others posts, the hardware dettection is not correct, alsa ucm have not a setting for my motherboard yet. pavucontrol dettect a bad hardware setting, when chose microphone it does not work.

You're unable to run alsamixer? I trust you've tried:

Code:

$ which alsamixer
/usr/bin/alsamixer     <-- you should have gotten this

and found that it's either not installed or not in your path (which I highly doubt). Your package manager might be able to tell you whether alsamixer is loaded (or the package that contains it).

Any way, once alsamixer is on your system and runnable, start it, and press F6 to select the correct sound card to bring up the pots/switches for the card's various devices. I recently had trouble getting an old cardioid condenser mike to record through the motherboard sound card "line" input. It turned out the "line" device was muted. It would not surprise me if your system has the capture inputs (mike, line, or both) muted.

Not sure if it's software you've found a need for it, but Audacity was actually helpful in getting that mike of mine working through the m'board sound device. It listed all the sound devices known to the system and it was easier to select them and tell if sound was available using the Audacity's VU meters after pressing "record" instead of using arecord/aplay over and over as most sound debugging tutorials tend to suggest.

Hope this helps out a bit...

business_kid · 07-11-2022, 10:41 AM

I have this kit (more or less), and it works, but it's a bitch to get going. You're not reading answers or doing enough. One last try.

Alsamixer is there as part of the alsa-utils package. You need root or sudo to start it, and you need it working. Stop here and make alsamixer work. Do not pass go. Do not collect €200

. Get alsamixer going. Get all the card controls showing (F5? F6? Something like that). You need alsamixer. You need to get all the options up and unmute them. Leave the Microphone boost sliders ~20% to avoid feedback, but everything else near max. The microphones are probably muted or turned down. Quit, then store those settings

Code:

sudo alsactl store

Next you need pavucontrol. Do not pass go, etc. Go to the input devices tab of pavucontrol. Start plugging in you microphone where you think mikes should go and try to find one that says "Plugged in" when you plug it in. Turn up the volume, and test it by talking by talking and watching the volume meter. There's a 'lock' icon on each slider control. If there's any grey to the left of it, remove it by clicking on it. The grey just left of the lock icon is another mute! The volume meter jumps away, but you're silent if the grey is there.