Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:30:56AM +0100, Anders Damsgaard wrote: >> * Stefan Hagen <sh+open...@codevoid.de>[2020-12-10 10:14:35 +0100]: >>> Bodie wrote: >>>> On 9.12.2020 20:43, Stefan Hagen wrote: >>>>> Hello Zachary, >>>>> >>>>> Zachary Campbell wrote: >>>>>> Any luck with this? I am also struggling to get the internal >>>>>> mic to work on the X1 Carbon 7th Gen. Have gone through >>>>>> everything discussed here, but still no luck. >>>>>> >>>>>> My dmesg and mixerctl match those already shared in thread. >>>>>> Happy to share anything else that might be helpful, but after >>>>>> reading through the multimedia FAQ and this thread I am >>>>>> not quite sure where to go next. >>>>> >>>>> No progress here. >>>>> >>>>> I think all needed information is in here. >>>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=249900 >>>> >>>> That part on SST remind me my problem with audio on T590 under Windows. >>>> For at least two patch builds Windows had issue to picking up wrong >>>> driver for audio. Instead of regular HD Audio they were setting >>>> up SST HD Audio and then output/input were not working. >>>> >>>> So maybe it is something wrong inside that HW like reporting wrong >>>> capabilities? >>> >>> Not unlikely as "microphone not working on x1 carbon gen 7" complaints >>> are all over the place. The solution for ms windows is upgrade + use >>> newest drivers. So yes, I assume there's something off that has been >>> fixed in software. >>> >>> I've seen similar complaints about Dell Laptops that are also using >>> the Realtek ALC285 chip. >>> >>> If it's just this one chip, then fine, let's ignore it. >>> >>> Can someone with a X1 Carbon Gen 8 report it working? >> >> The same issue persists on 8th generation, also reported to dmesg@. >> >> azalia0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 400 Series HD Audio" rev 0x00: msi >> azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC285, Intel/0x280b, using Realtek ALC285 >> audio0 at azalia0 >> >> Also, the mic is enabled in BIOS and kern.audio.record=1. > > AFAIU, all audio components but the internal microphone are connected > to the "Realtek ALC285" codec which is handled by azalia(4). The > internal microphone uses the Intel Smart Sound Technology, which needs > a dedicated driver. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Right! That's how it shows up on windows.
I think it's *not* worth to create a driver for the internal microphone. It's really not that useful most of the time. But it's good to know that it's not just configuration that's missing. So I can stop fiddling and accept that it does not work. Thanks, Stefan
