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Tsuk1y0

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[Audio] Headset mic not working on 3.5mm combo jack (Realtek ALC269VB)

Hello everyone,

I am trying to get my headset microphone to work on my laptop's single 3.5mm combo jack, and I have exhausted all standard troubleshooting steps.

Hardware setup:
- Laptop: Maibenben M557 (r7 5700u edition) (Subsystem: Quanta Computer Inc Device 1489, AMD Ryzen Renoir/Cezanne)
- Audio Codec: Realtek ALC269VB (alongside AMD Audio Coprocessor 05:00.5)
- Headset: IO by Red Square Graphite SE (detachable 3.5mm mic plugged into the headset, single 3.5mm TRRS combo cable plugged into the laptop).
- Verification: Both the headset and the detachable microphone work properly on other devices (Windows / smartphone), so this is not a hardware or cable issue.

The issue:
Headphone audio output through the 3.5mm combo jack works fine, and the built-in laptop microphone (node 0x12) works as well. However, the external headset microphone produces no signal at all. By default, no external mic port appears in pavucontrol or alsamixer—only the internal mic (0x12), HP Out (0x21), and internal speakers (0x14) are autoconfigured.

What I have already tried:
1. Model quirks via /etc/modprobe.d/: Tested options snd-hda-intel model=,headset-mic and model=,dell-headset-multi. With dell-headset-multi, "Headset Microphone" and "Microphone" ports appeared in pavucontrol, and amixer confirmed that Headset Mic capture was unmuted with +30dB boost (activating node 0x19 with VREF_80). However, there was still zero audio input from the headset mic.
2. Pin retasking via hdajackretask: Tested overriding unconnected pins 0x18 and 0x1b as Microphone (using "Install boot override" and rebooting). Neither pin picked up any signal from the combo jack.
3. Mixer checks: Verified all capture switches and boost levels in alsamixer / amixer.

(Note: All test overrides and modprobe quirks have been reverted to keep the logs clean.)

System info & Logs:

1. PCI Audio devices (lspci -v):

05:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio Controller (prog-if 00 [HDA compatible])
	Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc Device 1489
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

05:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Audio Coprocessor (rev 01)
	Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc Device 1489
	Kernel modules: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_pci_ps, snd_pci_acp7x, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70

05:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Ryzen HD Audio Controller (prog-if 00 [HDA compatible])
	DeviceName: HD Audio Controller
	Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc Device 1489
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

2. Codec pins (/proc/asound/card1/codec#0):

Codec: Realtek ALC269VB
  Pin Default 0x90a60130: [Fixed] Mic at Int N/A
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Pin Default 0x90170110: [Fixed] Speaker at Int N/A
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Pin Default 0x40000000: [N/A] Line Out at Ext N/A
  Pin-ctls: 0x00:
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN VREF_HIZ
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN VREF_HIZ
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Pin Default 0x40f89a6d: [N/A] Other at Ext N/A
  Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
  Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Pin Default 0x04211020: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Right
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP

3. ALSA devices (arecord -l && aplay -l):

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

4. PipeWire status (wpctl status):

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      57. Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio Controller [alsa]
 │      58. Ryzen HD Audio Controller           [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  *   66. Ryzen HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo [vol: 0.68]
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │      44. Phone Wireless Mic                  [vol: 1.00]
 │  *   67. Ryzen HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo [vol: 0.13]

5. dmesg audio logs:

[    6.841666] snd_rn_pci_acp3x 0000:05:00.5: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    7.084160] snd_hda_intel 0000:05:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    7.084290] snd_hda_intel 0000:05:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[    7.084424] snd_hda_intel 0000:05:00.6: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    7.112446] snd_hda_intel 0000:05:00.1: bound 0000:05:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])
[    7.114306] input: HD-Audio Generic HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:05:00.1/sound/card0/input15
[    7.134084] snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig for ALC269VB: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[    7.134091] snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC1D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    7.134094] snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC1D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    7.134096] snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC1D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[    7.134098] snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC1D0:    inputs:
[    7.134100] snd_hda_codec_alc269 hdaudioC1D0:      Mic=0x12
[    7.146175] input: HD-Audio Generic Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:05:00.6/sound/card1/input16

Since nodes 0x18, 0x19, and 0x1b all failed to capture any audio from the combo jack, could this require a specific GPIO/COEF verb for ALC269VB on this Quanta 1489 board, or is the external mic routed differently? Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated!