On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Rich Shepard wrote:
I'm almost set to use jitsi, except it will not recognize a microphone
Update: Putting aside the headset until Yamaha replies to my e-mail message I'm trying to get either the Audio-Technia or webcam mics to work. Both are plugged into the desktop's front USB ports, not the hub. Using audacity in record test mode to monitor input sound. Both mics worked before (last week, earlier this week) but this morning nothing but silence. pulseaudio-ctl: Volume level : 41 % Is sink muted : no Is source muted : no Detected sink : 0 Detected source : 0 I've read the pulseaudio-ctl man page and there's nothing there about detecting sink and source. I think the zeros are part (or all) of the problem but the man page doesn't address them at all. This web page <https://www.linuxsecrets.com/archlinux-wiki/wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio.html> tells us that pavucontrol is a GTK GUI front end. If there's information on how the tool detects sinks and sources I've missed seeing it as I scanned the rest of that page. ~/.config/pulseaudio/config is very brief and has nothing that looks helpful for this situation. Trying the Logitech webcam mic: pavucontrol Configuration: AT2500USB: off Logitech C925e webcam: Analog stereo input Start wxcam to turn on Logitech. Audacity's mic input does not display incoming sounds. Next, I use pavucontrol to turn off the webcam and set the AT2005USB to: Mulichannel input: No audaciy monitoring sound (but it worked before). Invoked alsamixer; used F6 to select HD-Audio Generic as the sound card (the AT2005USB is a choice because a headphone can be plugged into the base). Increased to max: Master, Front, Front Mi (all three of them); still no audacity sound monitoring. I'm stymied. What else can I check to get the microphones working again? TIA, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
