Hey, newbie here. My mic is not working, it works fine on windows. Thanks in advance.
Devices: Headset - Havit H2002d
Laptop - Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R6BL
arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC256 Analog [ALC256 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Welcome to the openSUSE Community.
If the headset is Bluetooth, install the ofono package and see if the microphone works afterwards. I had to install that, plus some firmware specific to the Bluetooth dongle I have, in order for the microphones in my Bluetooth headphones and earbuds to work, but the resulting audio is monaural, not stereo.
It’s a wired headset
Me to discovered this today, wired GN2000 headset, speakers works, mic not detected. I also tested a BT Jabra headset, that worked.
It must be something else then. I also have a set of wired USB headphones w/boom microphone from Logitech and the microphone is detected and works as soon as it’s plugged in. Online Mic Test is an excellent site to test a microphone.
The only working mic is the internal one, from my laptop
First a stupid question: Is the microphone properly attached (it is removable) and is the microphone not muted via the control?
I did search for “ALC256 Analog microphone not detected” and on two pages there is the reply from “raubkatzenbaby” to “Download and install the newer drivers from the SOF Project Github repo”. Far from sure that is the issue but you could give it a try.
More good debug hints also on these pages.
In my case the headset is wired with an USB cable which includes both speakers and mic. The headset works fine on my work windows pc. The Bluetooth headset which works, can also be connected by an USB cable instead of the transmitter, and then faces the same problem, no mic detected. Connecting back with the transmitter, all OK.
I have a MS webcam with a build-in mic connected via USB as well, and this one works.
If it is an USB headset, then please provide the output of lsusb -v for the device.
First run plain “lsusb” and find the vendor:product, for example 046a:c094 in this example
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 046a:c094 CHERRY CHERRY Mouse
Then do a lsub -v -d <vendor:product> and share the output (incl. the command ) here.
lsusb of the the device…
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0b0e:2004 GN Netcom GN 2000 USB OC
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 [unknown]
bDeviceSubClass 0 [unknown]
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x0b0e GN Netcom
idProduct 0x2004 GN 2000 USB OC
bcdDevice 2.00
iManufacturer 1 JABRA
iProduct 2 GN 2000 USB OC
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 0x0125
bNumInterfaces 4
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 3
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Control Device
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (HEADER)
bcdADC 1.00
wTotalLength 0x0067
bInCollection 2
baInterfaceNr(0) 1
baInterfaceNr(1) 2
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 12
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 13
wTerminalType 0x0402 Headset
bAssocTerminal 14
bNrChannels 1
wChannelConfig 0x0000
iChannelNames 0
iTerminal 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
bUnitID 6
bSourceID 13
bControlSize 1
bmaControls(0) 0x03
Mute Control
Volume Control
bmaControls(1) 0x00
iFeature 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 12
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 12
wTerminalType 0x0101 USB Streaming
bAssocTerminal 0
bNrChannels 2
wChannelConfig 0x0003
Left Front (L)
Right Front (R)
iChannelNames 0
iTerminal 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 13
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 4 (MIXER_UNIT)
bUnitID 9
bNrInPins 2
baSourceID(0) 12
baSourceID(1) 6
bNrChannels 2
wChannelConfig 0x0003
Left Front (L)
Right Front (R)
iChannelNames 0
bmControls(0) 0x00
iMixer 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 13
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
bUnitID 1
bSourceID 9
bControlSize 2
bmaControls(0) 0x0001
Mute Control
bmaControls(1) 0x0000
bmaControls(2) 0x0000
iFeature 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 14
wTerminalType 0x0402 Headset
bAssocTerminal 13
bSourceID 1
iTerminal 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
bUnitID 2
bSourceID 13
bControlSize 1
bmaControls(0) 0x02
Volume Control
bmaControls(1) 0x00
iFeature 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 5 (SELECTOR_UNIT)
bUnitID 8
bNrInPins 1
baSourceID(0) 2
iSelector 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 10
wTerminalType 0x0101 USB Streaming
bAssocTerminal 0
bSourceID 8
iTerminal 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (AS_GENERAL)
bTerminalLink 12
bDelay 0 frames
wFormatTag 0x0001 PCM
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 11
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
bFormatType 1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
bNrChannels 2
bSubframeSize 2
bBitResolution 16
bSamFreqType 1 Discrete
tSamFreq[ 0] 16000
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 13
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type Synchronous
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
bRefresh 0
bSynchAddress 0
AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (EP_GENERAL)
bmAttributes 0x01
Sampling Frequency
bLockDelayUnits 2 Decoded PCM samples
wLockDelay 0x0001
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 2
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (AS_GENERAL)
bTerminalLink 12
bDelay 0 frames
wFormatTag 0x0001 PCM
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 11
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
bFormatType 1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
bNrChannels 1
bSubframeSize 2
bBitResolution 16
bSamFreqType 1 Discrete
tSamFreq[ 0] 16000
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 13
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type Synchronous
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0020 1x 32 bytes
bInterval 1
bRefresh 0
bSynchAddress 0
AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (EP_GENERAL)
bmAttributes 0x01
Sampling Frequency
bLockDelayUnits 2 Decoded PCM samples
wLockDelay 0x0001
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 2
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 2
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (AS_GENERAL)
bTerminalLink 10
bDelay 0 frames
wFormatTag 0x0001 PCM
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 11
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
bFormatType 1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
bNrChannels 1
bSubframeSize 2
bBitResolution 16
bSamFreqType 1 Discrete
tSamFreq[ 0] 16000
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN
bmAttributes 13
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type Synchronous
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0020 1x 32 bytes
bInterval 1
bRefresh 0
bSynchAddress 0
AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (EP_GENERAL)
bmAttributes 0x01
Sampling Frequency
bLockDelayUnits 2 Decoded PCM samples
wLockDelay 0x0001
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 3
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 0 [unknown]
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.00
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 45
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0001 1x 1 bytes
bInterval 8
For my mouse the output starts with:
> sudo lsusb -v -d 046a:c094
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 046a:c094 CHERRY CHERRY Mouse
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 [unknown]
bDeviceSubClass 0 [unknown]
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x046a CHERRY
idProduct 0xc094 CHERRY Mouse
bcdDevice 1.03
iManufacturer 1 Cherry GmbH
iProduct 2 CHERRY Mouse
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 0x0022
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xa0
(Bus Powered)
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 100mA
Not that that is interesting for this problem but do you see how much more readable that is? Can you do the same?
That for updating the format, not sure though if the dump is complete as, see my mouse example, the start seems to me missing.
What is available I did compare with the output for a plantronics headset with microphone.
I see that I have a:
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 12
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 1
wTerminalType 0x0201 Microphone
bAssocTerminal 0
bNrChannels 2
wChannelConfig 0x0003
Left Front (L)
Right Front (R)
iChannelNames 0
iTerminal 0
The INPUT_TERMINALS I see in your output (that might not be complete) are of the type:
That likely (again the log is not complete) explains why the microphone is not detected.
Two things to check:
Checking a bit further it might be also good to contact Havit support, here I read that it is possible “that the mic is currently not running under Linux”