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Epp

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Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 95

[SOLVED] No sound after trying to activate mic

Hi

Before trying to activate my laptop microphone I should read the text for my laptop better:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_17_(9720)

Instead I went straight to:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Advanc … leshooting

So I tried:

Many Dell laptops need "-dmic" to be appended to the model kernel module parameter:

options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6-dmic

And tried to activate it:

Then reload the module:

rmmod -f snd-hda-intel && modprobe -f snd-hda-intel #Edit: excuses the last 2 command line commands should have been pasted in reverse

It did not work because being in use.
So eventually I made it

rmmod snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel

Not successful. The microphone was not helping by making an audio test file.
And since then I don't have audio through my laptop speakers.

Advice is more than welcome.

Last edited by Epp (2023-09-10 21:44:12)

Epp

Member

Registered: 2022-07-11

Posts: 95

Re: [SOLVED] No sound after trying to activate mic

Not really having any inspiration for trying things out, I wrote the post above.
Perhaps it all wasn't that difficult.
With pavucontrol I think I managed to unmute my laptop spakers (and headphone speakers).
The microphone worked after I think:

If still unsucessful, add the following kernel module parameter:

/etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

The info for my laptop linked above also states: "select rt714 ADC 22 Mux and set it to DMIC1", but the microphone was functioning even before this action.