Hello friends!
This is my first linux experience and first day using linux. I have a problem. when i plugged my headset i can listen sound good but built in mic does not working. I think Pulseaudio cannot detect my microphone.
(curiously enough, just hours ago using Windows 10 I had same problem 
and that’s the reason why I downloaded Manjaro Linux.)
Welcome to Manjaro forum
If headset does not work on proprietary OS I suspect that scapegoating PulseAudio
Please post more information about system
inxi -Fazy
and more information about PulseAudio configuration
pacmd list-sources
I had a similar issue with my Razer Krakens - the sound would play just fine, but the microphone wasn’t working.
I found this solution to be working for me.
Edit this file sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
and add this line into it options snd_hda_intel index=0 model=dell-headset-multi
inxi -Fazy  ✔
System:
Kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=9775cc0e-fa02-4e4a-b804-4e6219048d01 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X555LNB v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X555LNB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X555LNB.303 date: 12/19/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.9 Wh (97.3%) condition: 22.5/37.3 Wh (60.4%)
volts: 7.5 min: 7.5 model: ASUSTeK X555-50 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: charging cycles: 2056
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1363 high: 1937 min/max: 500/2700 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 799 2: 1408 3: 1937
4: 1311 bogomips: 17582
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 840M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1341 class-ID: 0302
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x72ec built: 2019 res: 1366x768
hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.7
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.28-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Lite-On driver: wl
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:4365 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Broadcom BCM43142A0 Bluetooth Device type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 04ca:2006 class-ID: fe01
serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 689.33 GiB used: 40.11 GiB (5.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: SATA SSD size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LT012-1DG142
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.27 GiB size: 218.71 GiB (97.96%)
used: 27.98 GiB (12.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C pch: 40.5 C mobo: 27.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2600
Info:
Processes: 202 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: 11.6 GiB
used: 2.69 GiB (23.2%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1366 pacman: 1357 lib: 372 flatpak: 0
snap: 9 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.14
pacmd list-sources  ✔
2 source(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1030
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max rewind: 0 KiB
sample spec: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1837.50 ms
monitor_of: 0
card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
module: 7
properties:
device.description = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
device.class = "monitor"
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7318000 irq 49"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "9ca0"
device.product.name = "Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "1"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
* index: 1
name: <alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 9039
volume: front-left: 32768 / 50% / -18.06 dB, front-right: 32768 / 50% / -18.06 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 5206 / 8% / -66.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max rewind: 0 KiB
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0>
module: 7
properties:
alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
device.api = "alsa"
device.class = "sound"
alsa.class = "generic"
alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
alsa.name = "ALC3236 Analog"
alsa.id = "ALC3236 Analog"
alsa.subdevice = "0"
alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
alsa.device = "0"
alsa.card = "1"
alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7318000 irq 49"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "8086"
device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation"
device.product.id = "9ca0"
device.product.name = "Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "front:1"
device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800"
device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400"
device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
ports:
analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority 8700, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
properties:
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
active port: <analog-input-mic>
I didn’t either. Just do sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and it will create the file for you. Then add options snd_hda_intel index=0 model=dell-headset-multi inside the file, save it, close it and you should be good.
