Microphone not Working [NOT MUTED]

Issues & Assistance Unsupported hardware | Dual boot
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Hello I experienced problem with Garuda Linux where my Microphone isn’t working I already tried checking Pulseaudio found there is no muted microphone but it doesn’t work, alsautils also reported microphone Is NOT Muted, I getting out of idea how this happend it’s works fine in Ubuntu but it seems my Microphone was getting buggy on Arch based Distro

System:
Kernel: 6.13.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: root=UUID=356537e6-688b-4766-b6f0-aa34ab65a60f rw
rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
ibt=off initrd=\initramfs-linux-zen.img
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X515JAB_X515JA
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X515JAB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: X515JAB.309
date: 08/17/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 25.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 25.2/37.1 Wh (67.8%)
volts: 7.8 min: 7.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging cycles: 682
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-1005G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
gen: core 10 level: v4 note: check built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xC6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 160 KiB desc: d-2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 2x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 bogomips: 9523
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
off: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a56 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 506x285mm (19.92x11.22")
s-diag: 581mm (22.86")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: Samsung LS24C33xG
serial: <filter> built: 2024 res: N/A dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: BOE Display 0x07aa built: 2017
res: N/A dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1)
device-ID: 8086:8a56 memory: 9.41 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:8a56 surfaces: xcb,xlib
device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: gputop, intel_gpu_top, lsgpu
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Generalplus USB Audio Device
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 1b3f:2008 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.13.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:5
chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 3060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 86.37 GiB (6.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Jual model: RX7 NVME 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V0329A0 temp: 39.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10JPVX-60JC3T0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 61.51 GiB size: 61.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 13.77 GiB (22.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1.91 GiB size: 1.91 GiB (100.00%)
used: 150.3 MiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.05 GiB size: 1.05 GiB (99.80%)
used: 207.4 MiB (19.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-4: /home raw-size: 279.83 GiB size: 279.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 72.26 GiB (25.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luksHome
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 61.51 GiB size: 61.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 13.77 GiB (22.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-6: /var/tmp raw-size: 61.51 GiB size: 61.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 13.77 GiB (22.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 19.27 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 4
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 7.63 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3000
Info:
Memory: total: 20 GiB note: est. available: 19.27 GiB used: 3.95 GiB (20.5%)
Processes: 282 Power: uptime: 1h 29m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 7.7 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1437 pm: pacman pkgs: 1418 libs: 379 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 19 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 4.0.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date:     2025-04-01
Last full system update: 2025-04-06
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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I’m not an Asus user, but maybe you could consider installing the SW and especially the custom kernel from:

If not helping, give a look also here (your model is not listed, but maybe search for microphone issues/tips, like the hdajackretask tool t oreconfigure inputs/outputs (again, just an idea):

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It would be helpful to know which microphone is not working, the built-in laptop microphone or an external one?

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It’s a Internal one… I already see Asus Linux on Arch Wiki but doesn’t find anything useful

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Have you had the issue from the beginning?

Try disconnecting the USB audio card (there may be a conflict), then reboot and check if the mic works w/o issues.

You have windows dualboot, windows is known to hijack hardware. Check in windows if Faststart and Hibernate are disabled → then shut down windows correctly (right click on the start menu → shutdown).
Switch the laptop back on, enter the BIOS and check whether Fast Boot is disabled (you can also check whether your BIOS has options for audio). Then boot Garuda Linux and check whether the mic works.

If that doesn’t help, boot the garuda-live.iso and check if the mic works in a live environment.

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I have do all of your suggestion but it’s still doesn’t work I will try to boot from Garuda from Live CD Instead and yes I have problem from the very beginning of the installation, Infact I rarely boot to Windows except for Gaming

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Sorry for long reply I have booted Garuda LiveCD but Microphone doesn’t seem to work on that either

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The problem with non-functioning microphones is not new with asus laptops.

What do you mean? Garuda Linux uses pipewire by default.

You mean alsamixer, right?

Have you tested all the profiles for the built-in microphone under “System Settings” → “Sound”?

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Have you tried to set the microphone to less than 51% (this is an old known workaround for asus laptops)?

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i bookmarked it myself to see whats going on because i also have a Asus Laptop but i dont use the internal mic or a mic in general. i will check my Asus Lappi to see if my one is working :wink:

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So did test my Mic is working without issues did record myself with Audacity but i am on the Lts Kernel with Xfce Desktop. Same drivers installed with wireplumber and pipewire.
i did not installled any Asus software from arch linux.

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Sorry I mean yeah I have tried everything checking alsamixer setting Mic below 50% but still doesn’t work