Hardware • Mic working but not available in UI

I'm using Debian testing and my sound/mic has began to act weird recently. The most notable issue being that I can't use my mic anymore: it's not visibile in the sound configuration and when trying to use an application using it, I'm told that I don't have any mic. My laptop speakers are still working.

Also, when plugging an external speaker, the Gnome UI now list two mics and the sound stops working.

It happens that things break with the testing distribution and they are usually fixed after another update, but this time it's been almost a month, so I think the problem may be on my side.

I tried to search for a solution by myself and found that my mic is still working when using alsa commands directly.

arecord lists 3 devices:
Then I tried recording and :

• arecord --format=cd file.wav doesn't record anything at all

• arecord --device=hw:0,0 --format=cd file.wav record some noise

• arecord --device=hw:0,6 --format=cd file.wav records at a "low" sound level

• arecord --device=hw:0,7 --format=cd file.wav records at a "higher" sound level

And then... well, I'm unsure what to test or what to try next.

Statistics: Posted by Guillaumito — 2025-01-25 12:38 — Replies 1 — Views 24

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