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HubRis

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Registered: 2024-08-16

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How do i setup my mic to work with Arch Linux?

I recently downloaded Arch, and have been loving it. one thing i need to setup/fix is the mic. my audio works completely fine, its just the mic that doesn't 'work'. When using pavucontrol, the input bar moves whenever i talk, and when using arecord and aplay, i can hear myself. But when i use discord or a mic check software, it says input not detected.
Im using pipewire.

HubRis

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Registered: 2024-08-16

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Re: How do i setup my mic to work with Arch Linux?

[rishabh@Archie ~]$ systemctl --user status pipewire
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service;
enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-08-16 03:00:17 UTC; 10min ago
Invocation: 04e2eac983b641e6af27b0568290bb6f
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 14368 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 9351)
     Memory: 4.4M (peak: 4.8M)
        CPU: 30ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─14368 /usr/bin/pipewire

Aug 16 03:00:17 Archie systemd[780]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
[rishabh@Archie ~]$ systemctl --user status pipewire-pulse
● pipewire-pulse.service - PipeWire PulseAudio
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service
; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-08-16 03:00:19 UTC; 10min ago
Invocation: 0e9d6642a5e143d894a4d4910173ae66
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire-pulse.socket
   Main PID: 14391 (pipewire-pulse)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 9351)
     Memory: 2M (peak: 2.3M)
        CPU: 44ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire-pulse.service
             └─14391 /usr/bin/pipewire-pulse

Aug 16 03:00:19 Archie systemd[780]: Started PipeWire PulseAudio.

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this is what it says when checking pipewire/pulses status. they are both enabled and running.

Is there any setting I forgot to enable or something when setting up Arch?

Funny0facer

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Registered: 2022-12-03

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Re: How do i setup my mic to work with Arch Linux?

please use code brackets for terminao.output (see bbcode in my signature)

some programs require you to select a specific device. Does your mic show up in discord?

If you use the discord flatpak: does it have access to your mic from a permission standpoint?

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HubRis

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Registered: 2024-08-16

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Re: How do i setup my mic to work with Arch Linux?

yeah none of my programs detect my mic, it doesnt show up as an option. it would ask for permission if it could even detect that i did have i mic.

The mic works  on arecord/aplay, but on any other application, it (the mic) doesnt show up as an input device.

V1del

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Re: How do i setup my mic to work with Arch Linux?

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sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
arecord -lL
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pactl list sources

and post that wrapped in [ code ][ /code ] tags (remove the illustrative spaces between the brackets)

Last edited by V1del (2024-08-18 11:35:53)