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#1 2018-09-05 15:32:46

alcros33
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Registered: 2017-11-03
Posts: 20

Audio input not switching to external microphone

I'm using a laptop Alienware 15R2, and I just can't get to use an extern microphone, the input is always the built-in one
My laptop has 2 jack slots (mic and headphones) so I bought a headset with split plugs.

The headphones work just fine,
But no matter what I do, I cannot get to use the headset microphone, even tho on my desktop it is displayed that I'm using extern mic, and even tho I select it via alsamixer, my laptop keeps using the intern microphone
( I can know which mic is active by slightly hitting it with my finger and seeing when it registers noices).

Here are some outputs ( sorry If I don't know what outputs to provide, It will be really helpful if anyone could tell me which one to paste next):

$ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CA0132 Analog [CA0132 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: CA0132 Analog Mic-In2 [CA0132 Analog Mic-In2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 4: CA0132 What U Hear [CA0132 What U Hear]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
$ pacmd list-sources
(On the pastebin bellow, for it is too big)

https://pastebin.com/cguJgPnW

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#2 2018-09-05 15:42:40

lucastracq
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From: Earth
Registered: 2017-03-09
Posts: 19

Re: Audio input not switching to external microphone

have you checked the wiki already? i found this for example

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#3 2018-09-30 16:55:00

alcros33
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Registered: 2017-11-03
Posts: 20

Re: Audio input not switching to external microphone

Yes.. already checked the wiki and tried that, no luck

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