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Senseless

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Registered: 2025-01-03

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Microphone no longer detected

Hi,

for a few days before my vacation I noticed, that my mic was missing from the settings (using KDE). Several search results didn’t help and I don’t want to break it any further by editing any files without knowing what I am doing. I just uninstalled easyeffects and reinstalled pipewire before I rebooted in hopes it would fix anything but sadly it didn’t.

I’m using headphones through a headphone jack and an USB soundbar. The mic is also connected through USB and was always also displayed as an output device as well as an input device. Currently it is only listed as an output device.

Here are some infos that might help finding the issue:

inxi -A

Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-3: Creative SB Katana V2X
    driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
  Device-4: HP HyperX QuadCast S driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.7-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active

arecord -l

**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (CAPTURE) ****
Karte 0: S [HyperX QuadCast S], Gerät 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], Gerät 0: ALC1220 Analog [ALC1220 Analog]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], Gerät 2: ALC1220 Alt Analog [ALC1220 Alt Analog]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 3: V2X [SB Katana V2X], Gerät 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

pactl info

Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 138
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: senseless
Host Name: zockklotz
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.2.7)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_0d_00.4.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_output.usb-HP__Inc_HyperX_QuadCast_S-00.analog-stereo.monitor
Cookie: d1ee:f5bb

Last edited by Senseless (2025-01-04 15:20:08)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,897

Re: [SOLVED] Microphone no longer detected

Usually up to incorrect profile selection, what do you get from

pactl list cards
pactl list sources
sudo dmesg | grep -E 'snd|usb'

Senseless

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Registered: 2025-01-03

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Microphone no longer detected

It's quite embarrassing that I didn't find this issue earlier but it was indeed just a incorrectly selected profile. For some reason analog stereo was selected instead of analog stereo input.

Thanks