Microphone stopped working, camera still works

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Which Linux distro are you using? Arch + KDE

Last date updated? April

Which kernel are you using? 6.14.4-arch1-1

Which BIOS version are you using? 03.05

Which Framework Laptop 13 model are you using? 12th Gen Intel® Core™

Hi! I’ve recently been having issues with my microphone, namely that it’s not working at all. At first I thought it was because it had gone bad, so I bought and installed a new camera/microphone, but the microphone still isn’t detected.

lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 32ac:0002 Framework HDMI Expansion Card
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c542 Logitech, Inc. M185 compact wireless mouse
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 32ac:001c Framework Laptop Webcam Module (2nd Gen)
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 27c6:609c Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix USB2.0 MISC
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 8087:0032 Intel Corp. AX210 Bluetooth
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

It’s detecting the webcam module, but pactl list sources only has the internal monitor.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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I tested it on Fedora 41 on a liveusb, and it worked there.

I also ran a diff between Fedora’s lsusb -v and Arch’s lsusb -v and there wasn’t a significant difference for the camera module. This was the only difference (which I’m assuming isn’t applicable):

+        VideoControl Endpoint Descriptor:
+          bLength                 5
+          bDescriptorType        37
+          bDescriptorSubtype      3 (EP_INTERRUPT)
+          wMaxTransferSize       32
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Well I feel extraordinarily dumb… I had the device mode in “Analog Stereo Output” mode instead of “Analog Stereo Duplux”. Kinda confused why it would be duplex since I thought the microphone was over USB, not the intel driver, but oh well…

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Reasonable expectation, I think. But no, just the camera is usb.

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