Okay. This actually might be helpful. It's from the Arch Wiki. I've had to dig into alsamixer many years ago when trying to use Debian stable for home pc use.
"If PulseAudio uses the wrong microphone, and changing the Input Device with Pavucontrol did not help, take a look at alsamixer. It seems that Pavucontrol does not always set the input source correctly." https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#PulseAudio_uses_wrong_microphone On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:15 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:05 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Mon, 1 Jun 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > > > So the mic for the yamaha headset doesnt even show up in the devices > > tabs? > > > Double check the configuration tab and make sure it's set for stereo > > > duplex mode (so both input/output). > > > > I'll try again. > > > > pavucontrol shows these: > > Output devices -- HD-Audio Generic Analog Stereo, Port -- Headphones > > (plugged in) > > > > Input devices -- HD-Audio Generic Analog Stereo, Port -- Front > > Microphone > > (plugged in) > > > > ^ that right there is your yamaha headset. Your audio chip has jack-sensing > so it knows something is plugged in. if you select HD audio as your input > device then it should use the Yamaha. > > However, this assumes that everything is working with that setup. Some > chipsets do weird things and it could be muted or misconfigured in other > ways. Pavucontrol does not expose every option available and often excludes > important configuration options. Using the logitech device is an effective > workaround until you have time to find out what is wrong with your primary > audio device. > > > > > > -- Logitech Webcam C925e Analot Stereo, Port -- > Microphone > > > > So pavucontrol sees two microphones. > > > > I have a Yamaha microphone power supply; a small box with room for 2 AAA > > batteries. The microphone plug goes in one end and the plug on the cord > > from > > the other end goes into the red port on the front. Since pavucontrol sees > > the mic without that I haven't put batteries in the supplemental power > > supply. Might this be why ringcentral doesn't see the mic? > > > > I'll try adding batteries later and see if that makes ring central happy. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
