Microphone Not detecting by system

[Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf]

Hello Brothers hope you well. I am writing this post because currently i am running into a problem and that is microphone not working. I guess it happened due to the kernel update. I did perform an update yesterday. I saw that linux-zen package is updating. After that update i fall into this problem. As a newbie i read other post on this forum i did not understand those fixes. I am using pulseaudio as my sound driver in my Dragonized edition. So i check though pulseaudio volume control and no input device there. Sound is working fine but microphone did not work. Also just to let you know that there is not configaration file under etc/modprobe.d/. I added some screenshot clearence. I request you to please help me to fix this problem.

[SGS]

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[Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf]

System:    Kernel: 5.15.2-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=8d881da0-5892-49e3-a32b-4078a08569a5
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: G1.SNIPER M7 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: G1.SNIPER M7-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F20f
date: 03/09/2018
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S family: 6
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Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
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Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: PC Partner Limited
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Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
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diag: 546mm (21.5")
OpenGL:
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v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: PC Partner Limited
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0c76:161f class-ID: 0300
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.2-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
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IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.51 TiB used: 1.64 TiB (65.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
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Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 993
Info:      Processes: 283 Uptime: 1h 11m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.59 GiB used: 3.08 GiB (19.8%) Init: systemd
v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1490 lib: 353
Shell: fish v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.08

[Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf]

I did perform uninstall and reinstall pulseaudio include these dependencies

pulseaudio plasma-pa pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-bluetooth pulseaudio-equalizer pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa pulseaudio-jack pulseaudio-lirc pulseaudio-rtp pulseaudio-support pulseaudio-zeroconf

[filo]

@Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf

I am using pulseaudio as my sound driver

@Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf

Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes

I see many people are using PulseAudio and Pipewire together, so there must be a solution.
Personally, I moved to pipewire only. But you should make sure that at least pipewire-pulse is installed for the complete replacement.
I’m copying below a couple of references for using pipewire, but you can search in the forum (I’m not an audio expert, a normal set-up of audio with internal and an external wired headset with microphone works for me).

Pulseaudio/Wireplumber conflict

Yes. There's no need to have both, and PipeWire is rapidly becoming the better option (for many people it already is). Just sudo pacman -S pipewire-pulse will do it.

Many Audio Issues

Install and run pavucontrol to check your configuration, and make sure PipeWire is actually running (e.g. systemctl --user status pipewire.service pipewire.socket). It looks like you're limited to ALSA, which, as mandog says, doesn't support multiple simultaneous devices. There won't be a tutorial for troubleshooting a specific problem.

For PulseAudio microphone issues maybe you could give a look at the Arch Wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#Microphone

[Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf]

I faced a different problem with pipewire which is if I switch different audio output devices such as my headphone to external device then it not switching the sound to my external audio speaker. That's why i switched pulseaudio. It solved my problem completely. So what can i do now. Any recommendation?

[filo]

I don't want to force you to test something that maybe breaks your setup
Maybe those two suggestions above (pipewire-pulse and pavucontrol) could really help (unless you already used them in the past).
If you feel confident with testing the new set-up (an if necessary maybe restore a snapshot) maybe you could give it a try. Otherwise, just wait for someone more experienced than me

[Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf]

Thanks Brother. I will give it a try.

[Sabbir_Ahamed_Maruf]

Microphone is now working bro. Thanks to you. I switch to pipewire-pulse. But if that problem happened i will post here.