I have a DELL XPS-8940 and both a usb mic or 3.5mm jack mic do not work. They are detected by the operating system and listed in Input section of sound settings, but they do not work, no sound is detected when talking or recording.
*-multimedia description: Audio device product: Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32 resources: irq:165 memory:e5418000-e541bfff memory:e5100000-e51fffff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: TU104 HD Audio Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1 version: a1 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:17 memory:e5080000-e5083fff $ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3861 Analog [ALC3861 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: Device [USB PnP Sound Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 The strange thing is that the mic on my Logitech Webcam C310 works just fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912052 Title: [Acer Spin 5 - SP513-54N] External headset microphone not working on Ubuntu 20.10 (not even wired, cable headset) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1912052/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs