External microphone not working through combined audio jack

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.15-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=e980b863-ca1f-4e22-bb6b-665a19ddff2d rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=3a5c48ea-fa12-4147-b57e-4dbdb9d07104 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 3.38.3 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Timi product: TM1701 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
  type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Timi model: TM1701 v: MP serial: <filter> UEFI: INSYDE 
  v: XMAKB5R0P0502 date: 10/13/2017 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.0 Wh condition: 41.3/60.0 Wh (69%) volts: 8.6/7.6 
  model: SUNWODA R15B01W type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.66 GiB used: 2.98 GiB (38.9%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: A (10) 
  microcode: E0 L2 cache: 8 MiB bogomips: 32012 
  Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 
  4: 700 5: 700 6: 700 7: 700 8: 700 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art 
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid 
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est 
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm 
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat 
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust 
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt 
  xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Xiaomi driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5917 class ID: 0300 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 
  driver: N/A alternate: nouveau bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1d12 
  class ID: 0302 
  Device-3: Chicony XiaoMi USB 2.0 Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-6:3 chip ID: 04f2:b59a class ID: 0e02 
  Display: wayland server: X.Org 21.0.99.1 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa 
  display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3") 
  s-diag: 583mm (23") 
  Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 143 
  size: 340x190mm (13.4x7.5") diag: 389mm (15.3") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Xiaomi 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:9d71 class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.15-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus ID: 1-5:2 chip ID: 8087:0a2b class ID: e001 
  Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data was found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 704.24 GiB used: 330.31 GiB (46.9%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme Pro 500GB 
  size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 101200RL temp: 30.9 C 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLW256HEHP-00000 
  size: 238.47 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: CXB7401Q temp: 20.9 C 
  scheme: GPT 
  Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 456.66 GiB size: 448.5 GiB (98.21%) 
  used: 330.31 GiB (73.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  label: N/A uuid: e980b863-ca1f-4e22-bb6b-665a19ddff2d 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 316 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: 592C-3652 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 3a5c48ea-fa12-4147-b57e-4dbdb9d07104 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5 size: 499 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: A68E15988E15625B 
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A 
  uuid: A27D-5F71 
  ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:7 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-4: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:8 size: 237.87 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: 40AE7F22AE7F0FA0 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002 class ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth 
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0a2b 
  class ID: e001 
  Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Chicony XiaoMi USB 2.0 Webcam type: Video 
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 04f2:b59a 
  class ID: 0e02 
  Device-3: 1-7:4 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller 
  type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc 
  interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0bda:0129 class ID: ff00 
  serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 1-8:5 info: Elan Micro ELAN:Fingerprint type: <vendor specific> 
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 04f3:0c1a 
  class ID: 0000 
  Device-5: 1-9:6 info: Areson Corp 2.4G Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip ID: 25a7:fa23 class ID: 0301 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip ID: 1d6b:0003 class ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 287 Uptime: 4h 46m wakeups: 7 Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: 
  gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.0.1 Packages: 2195 pacman: 2147 lib: 493 flatpak: 35 
  snap: 13 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.01 

I dual boot Manjaro gnome and Windows 10 on my laptop. I have an external microphone, but when I plug it in to the combined audio jack on my notebook, it gets detected as a headphone, and I am unable to use the microphone. The Microphone works on Windows, so I assume this is a software issue.

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Thanks for telling me :slight_smile:

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I followed this article, which solved the above issue for me.

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