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Hello, this is the fifth time reinstalling arch linux, this time i installed it with archinstall script and my Headset microphone is still not working, when i try to do some configurations with chatgpt(ik im that bad) it just disables my whole audio and later my plasma shell keeps crashing, now im on a fresh arch install and im getting static noise from my microphone, my voice is not EVEN registering, it is just noise, please tell me what inputs do you need, and i will provide it(sorry im a newbie).
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1. We cannot help you without any useful information from you.
Please give more details. Hardware used incl. headset, which commands did you typed, logs, ...
Plus, do the headphones works or only the mic doesnt work ?
2. If you hear noise, maybe your mic works but you just need to reduce microphone input volume (from 100% to maybe 40-50%, do some tests).
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no it is not working, because when i made it lower and tried to configure some alsa mixer(i set everything to unmuted) it still did not work, but the noise disappeared, my microphone is a headset mic, the audio is working perfectly fine but my mic is not working at all,i will try to give some logs commands results from the other threads i saw, i have ALC221 chip my headset,
note that the microphone was working on windows before i switch
amixer -c0:
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',3
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
[sudo] password for leximen:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: leximen 13879 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/controlC1: leximen 13879 F.... wireplumber
/dev/snd/seq: leximen 13878 F.... pipewire
**** 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 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC221 Analog [ALC221 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy 12288 0
snd_hrtimer 12288 1
snd_seq 131072 7 snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device 16384 1 snd_seq
snd_hda_codec_realtek 208896 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 114688 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 98304 1
snd_hda_scodec_component 20480 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 65536 2
snd_intel_dspcfg 40960 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi 16384 1 snd_intel_dspcfg
snd_hda_codec 212992 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core 147456 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep 20480 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 200704 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_timer 53248 3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm
snd 155648 16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
soundcore 16384 1 snd
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tell me if you need anymore info(with the command to give you it available)
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Please use BBcodes tags for command outputs :
[code]<command output here>[/code]Thanks for your outputs.
I am not gonna lie, I am just a random user, but I'll do my best to help you.
From experience, mic noise is always due to a bad configuration. So I think it is working properly, just not correctly configured.
Also, I always configured my headset with pipewire/pulseaudio, never with the alsa tools (amixer, ...).
Maybe you can try the following :
1. Install the piprewire-pulse package
2. Restart your PC
3. Open "Sound" settings (the one in KDE Plasma's settings)
4. Set the mic source to "Generic [HD-Audio Generic]"
5. Record your voice with the microphone volume set to every 10% (10%, 20%, ..., 100%) (with a software, like audacity for example)
6. Do you hear your voice in one of the recorded file ?
7. If you hear nothing, maybe try this command (found here) :
arecord -vv -fdat foo.wavOffline
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