Thank you, I will do that. On Sun, May 13, 2018, 12:28 AM Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 11:14:50PM +0530, Divanshu Singh wrote: > > Respected Reader > > > > I am a long time Linux user. I am a full-time web developer but I have > some > > knowledge of C, C++ and bit of x86 assembly. > > > > I have 4 Linux system at my home - a MacBook Air, 2 HP and 1 Dell and > > recently I found that none of them is able to detect or work with an > > external microphone. I have tried every possible configuration in ALSA > that > > made sense but nothing worked. I also tried re-installing drivers for my > > sound cards. Searching the Internet, I realized that I am not alone there > > are thousands of Linux users who face the same problem. I found this long > > answer explaining why this problem exists with Linux system. > > > > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/381071/headphones-with-combo-jack-force-internal-mic-for-input-and-headphones-for-outp > > > > All this means is that for your specific laptop version, you need a > quirk to be able to properly control the microphone. It's not a big > deal, just determining how to do that is a bit tricky. > > I suggest emailing the Linux kernel sound developers at > [email protected] and provide the exact kernel version you are > using (first try the latest release to be sure it's not already fixed), > and any hardware information you can provide as well. > > The developers there will probably ask you for more specific things, and > you all can work from there. > > Best of luck! > > greg k-h >
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