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LASTkrypton

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[SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Hello,
I'm getting issues with alsamixer not detecting my soundblaster audgy fx.
These are the outputs:

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     94208  1
snd_hda_intel          65536  1
snd_intel_dspcfg       40960  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     16384  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
snd_hda_codec         225280  2 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core          151552  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep              20480  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               204800  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              53248  1 snd_pcm
snd                   155648  8 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd

$ lspci | grep -i audio
07:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]

$ sudo dmesg | grep -i audio
[    4.409285] snd_hda_intel 0000:07:00.1: bound 0000:07:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])

$ sudo dmesg | grep -E 'sof|snd'
[    0.091623] software IO TLB: area num 32.
[    0.378362] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[    0.378362] software IO TLB: mapped [mem 0x00000000c6492000-0x00000000ca492000] (64MB)
[    0.879969] ata8.00: Features: Trust Dev-Sleep NCQ-sndrcv
[    4.400170] snd_hda_intel 0000:07:00.1: Force to non-snoop mode
[    4.409285] snd_hda_intel 0000:07:00.1: bound 0000:07:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])

Thanks,
Krypton.

Last edited by LASTkrypton (2023-11-29 17:31:54)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Random greps aren't helpful here, but the emu10k1 module isn't loaded.
Let's start w/

lspci -k

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

The alsa-firmware package contains firmware that may be required for certain sound cards (e.g. Creative SB0400 Audigy2).

Do you have alsa-firmware installed ?

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LASTkrypton

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

I installed lxde, it installed the drivers for the sound but still doesn't detect microphone input. How can I know what drivers it installed, because I plan on running a plane dwm system.
Also these are the outputs:

$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Root Complex
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:05.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. FCH SMBus Controller
	Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. FCH LPC Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
01:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Switch Upstream
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:08.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
02:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series / Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1570 SB Audigy Fx
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries Device 43c3 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 86fb
	Kernel driver in use: brcmfmac
	Kernel modules: brcmfmac
05:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
05:00.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
05:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
06:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
07:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] (rev e7)
	Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Radeon RX 580
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
	Kernel modules: amdgpu
08:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
	Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
09:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
0a:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
0a:00.1 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
	Kernel driver in use: ccp
	Kernel modules: ccp
0a:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0b:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 51)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

03:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs CA0132 Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series / Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1570 SB Audigy Fx
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

it installed the drivers for the sound but still doesn't detect microphone input

What is "it", what drivers and is the card now detected?

aplay -lL

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LASTkrypton

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Here is the output

$ aplay -lL
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Creative
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Creative
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
    HDA Creative, ALC898 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=1
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=2
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=4
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 4
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=5
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 5
    HDMI Audio Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Creative [HDA Creative], device 0: ALC898 Analog [ALC898 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I don't know what drivers it installed, but after installing lxde sound seems to work without microphone input... I'd like to know which are the drivers required to get both sound output and microphone input for the audgy fx.

Last edited by LASTkrypton (2023-11-26 16:42:18)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

I don't know what drivers it installed

check your pacman log but it's more likely that alsa-firmware did the job (you don't need the emu10k modules with that chip)
Card shows up and is the first device, what's the output of "amixer"?

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LASTkrypton

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Output of amixer

$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono: Playback 70 [80%] [-12.75dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 63
  Front Left: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 63
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-17.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-17.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',2
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 63
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-17.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-17.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Enabled'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Front Mic' 'Rear Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Front Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Front Mic' 'Rear Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Front Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',2
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Front Mic' 'Rear Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Front Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Loopback Mixing',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Disabled'
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

There're front and rear microphones and boosters - they're all tuned down.
Don't they show up in "alsamixer"?
(You need to press F4 to see input channels)

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LASTkrypton

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Thanks,
But oddly, discord still doesn't collect any input from my mic. And I still don't get what drivers were installed with lxde to get the sound working, sadly I don't know how to check pacman logs for that information.

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

I don't know how to check pacman logs for that information.

Read the log and see which packages were pulled in with LXDE.

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

The pacman log is plain text in [drumroll] /var/log

But oddly, discord still doesn't collect any input from my mic

Did you  increase the channel volumes (which ones? updateds amixer) and/or  activated the boosters?
Did you plug the mic into the proper jack?
Does arecord work?

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LASTkrypton

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Sorry for being late,
arecord works without any issues, but discord still doesn't catch the mic. Is this a topic for a new thread?
Also is it possible that I can find the old logs somehow without running pacman -S lxde to catch what packages were also installed with lxde?
https://prnt.sc/cDNZUEkK1ksp
https://prnt.sc/SziV0WxfgFt_

Last edited by LASTkrypton (2023-11-28 17:10:14)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

The pacman log is plain text in [drumroll] /var/log

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/discord/ or some flatpak?
On a limb, add yourself to the "audio" group.

Edit: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Discor … nvironment

pacman -Qs 'pipe|pulse'

Last edited by seth (2023-11-28 17:09:25)

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LASTkrypton

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Directly from pacman via

 sudo pacman -S discord 

So that would be this? (user kenny)

 sudo usermod -a -G audio kenny 

So these should be the drivers right?

$ pacman -Qs 'pipe|pulse'
local/libcanberra 1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-3
    A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification
local/libpipewire 1:0.3.85-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor - client library
local/libpulse 16.1-6
    A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
local/pipewire 1:0.3.85-1
    Low-latency audio/video router and processor

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Try to install pipewire-pulse

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Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Is the repo bad?

error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.sunred.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.niyawe.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
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error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from london.mirror.pkgbuild.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archlinux.mailtunnel.eu : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.osbeck.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from archmirror.it : The requested URL returned error: 404
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error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn : The requested URL returned error: 404
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error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from md.mirrors.hacktegic.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'alsa-card-profiles-1:0.3.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from ftp.sh.cvut.cz : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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seth

Member

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,397

Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

That'd be a lot of bad mirrors, you need to "pacman -Syu"…

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LASTkrypton

Member

Registered: 2023-11-25

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Thank you!
Issues have now been solved. Your the best.
Thread can be closed.

Last edited by LASTkrypton (2023-11-29 17:07:20)

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,376

Re: [SOLVED] Alsamixer not detecting my sound card

Please mark it as [SOLVED] by editing the title in your first post.