Microphone is not working on Ubuntu 16.04





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I have problem with my HDA Intel PCH audio under Ubuntu 16.04. I never had any problem with speakers, however my microphone is not working.



When I plug microphone in jack, system reacts and it looks like microphone is in, however no single bar appear in any settings in "Input levels". The microphone works fine, just tested on notebook with Ubuntu 12.04.



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  • did you solve your problem ?? im having the same issue!

    – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
    May 11 '17 at 14:57


















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I have problem with my HDA Intel PCH audio under Ubuntu 16.04. I never had any problem with speakers, however my microphone is not working.



When I plug microphone in jack, system reacts and it looks like microphone is in, however no single bar appear in any settings in "Input levels". The microphone works fine, just tested on notebook with Ubuntu 12.04.



Screenshot



Here is my info










share|improve this question

























  • did you solve your problem ?? im having the same issue!

    – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
    May 11 '17 at 14:57














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I have problem with my HDA Intel PCH audio under Ubuntu 16.04. I never had any problem with speakers, however my microphone is not working.



When I plug microphone in jack, system reacts and it looks like microphone is in, however no single bar appear in any settings in "Input levels". The microphone works fine, just tested on notebook with Ubuntu 12.04.



Screenshot



Here is my info










share|improve this question
















I have problem with my HDA Intel PCH audio under Ubuntu 16.04. I never had any problem with speakers, however my microphone is not working.



When I plug microphone in jack, system reacts and it looks like microphone is in, however no single bar appear in any settings in "Input levels". The microphone works fine, just tested on notebook with Ubuntu 12.04.



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Here is my info







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  • did you solve your problem ?? im having the same issue!

    – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
    May 11 '17 at 14:57



















  • did you solve your problem ?? im having the same issue!

    – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
    May 11 '17 at 14:57

















did you solve your problem ?? im having the same issue!

– ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
May 11 '17 at 14:57





did you solve your problem ?? im having the same issue!

– ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
May 11 '17 at 14:57










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I had this exact problem. My solution:



1) open PulseAudio control



2)go to the configuration tab.



3)select analog stereo duplex to use the computers built in audio&mic



enter image description here






share|improve this answer


























  • I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

    – MHT
    Nov 13 '17 at 2:26











  • anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

    – Breno Salgado
    Jan 24 '18 at 17:34



















3














Maybe this will work. Please reply to see if this is specific to that laptop or not.



https://askubuntu.com/a/824806/47206



https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/358989/32012



sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui


Then launch



hdajackretask


Then:



Check 'Show unconnected pins'



Check override pin 0x12 to internal mic.



Apply and test. Be sure that the mic level is high enough in sound
settings (pavucontrol, etc)



If it worked 'Install boot override'.



enter image description here






share|improve this answer


























  • im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

    – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
    May 11 '17 at 14:59











  • @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

    – user47206
    May 12 '17 at 12:46













  • thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

    – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
    May 12 '17 at 15:29











  • @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

    – user47206
    May 13 '17 at 10:16











  • When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

    – hellocatfood
    Oct 11 '17 at 16:11



















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I had a similar issue and tried every answer I found online with no luck. Finally, from alsamixer I changed the Channel option which was 6ch, to 4ch or 2ch, and the mic started capturing input, don't know why...






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    Very easy solution.



    Screenshot



    tl;dr : press red volume icon as shown in screenshot image above.



    I had the same problem. On Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, KDE



    My solution:



    1) Go to "Audio Volume Settings"



    2) Select "Input Devices" (Tab)



    ** in the top right corner the sound icon is marked in red. As mute.



    3) Press (left click) the red sound Icon (mentioned above)



    4) Press OK



    Check if problem is solved.



    If not make sure to choose the right option from the port options in the Input Devices Tab (I choose Internal Microphone) and make sure the volume percentage is above 0%, preferably for the test set to 100%.



    It was the internal microphone on my laptop. Meaning the built-in mic in my laptop.






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      My issue was a small variation to OP's problem - I have a headset (combined stereo headphones and mic) jack.



      First use hdajackretask check that the problem is not related to the jack (eg see user47206's solution). For me, my jack was correctly detected as 'Headphone'.




      1. Press Ctrl+Alt+t to access the terminal.

      2. Type cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec in the terminal and take note of the codecs listed.

      3. If there are multiple codecs listed, determine which one relates to your headset jack. For me there were two listed - one related the the video card (Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI) and another related to the sound card (Codec: Realtek ALC3861). In my case, I was interested in the sound card because I was connecting to the PC headset jack and not a HDMI device such as a PC monitor.

      4. Look up the HD-Audio model for your codec in HD-Audio Codec-Specific Models. For my headset jack, the best fit was the dell-headset-multi model.

      5. Type cd /etc/modprobe.d/ in the terminal.

      6. Type sudo cp alsa-base.conf alsa-base.conf.bak to backup the file before editing.

      7. Type gksudo gedit ./alsa-base.conf to edit the file.

      8. Insert this line at the bottom of the file options snd-hda-intel model={HD-Audio model for you codec}. For example, for it me it was options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi.

      9. Save file and reboot.






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        I had this exact problem. My solution:



        1) open PulseAudio control



        2)go to the configuration tab.



        3)select analog stereo duplex to use the computers built in audio&mic



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer


























        • I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

          – MHT
          Nov 13 '17 at 2:26











        • anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

          – Breno Salgado
          Jan 24 '18 at 17:34
















        5














        I had this exact problem. My solution:



        1) open PulseAudio control



        2)go to the configuration tab.



        3)select analog stereo duplex to use the computers built in audio&mic



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer


























        • I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

          – MHT
          Nov 13 '17 at 2:26











        • anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

          – Breno Salgado
          Jan 24 '18 at 17:34














        5












        5








        5







        I had this exact problem. My solution:



        1) open PulseAudio control



        2)go to the configuration tab.



        3)select analog stereo duplex to use the computers built in audio&mic



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer















        I had this exact problem. My solution:



        1) open PulseAudio control



        2)go to the configuration tab.



        3)select analog stereo duplex to use the computers built in audio&mic



        enter image description here







        share|improve this answer














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        • I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

          – MHT
          Nov 13 '17 at 2:26











        • anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

          – Breno Salgado
          Jan 24 '18 at 17:34



















        • I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

          – MHT
          Nov 13 '17 at 2:26











        • anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

          – Breno Salgado
          Jan 24 '18 at 17:34

















        I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

        – MHT
        Nov 13 '17 at 2:26





        I've found that even though my setting was Analog Stereo Duplex, switching to another setting and then back to duplex solves the problem.

        – MHT
        Nov 13 '17 at 2:26













        anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

        – Breno Salgado
        Jan 24 '18 at 17:34





        anyway to make it switch to microfone automatically? This one works but seems we have to change the output manually everytime

        – Breno Salgado
        Jan 24 '18 at 17:34













        3














        Maybe this will work. Please reply to see if this is specific to that laptop or not.



        https://askubuntu.com/a/824806/47206



        https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/358989/32012



        sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui


        Then launch



        hdajackretask


        Then:



        Check 'Show unconnected pins'



        Check override pin 0x12 to internal mic.



        Apply and test. Be sure that the mic level is high enough in sound
        settings (pavucontrol, etc)



        If it worked 'Install boot override'.



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer


























        • im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 11 '17 at 14:59











        • @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

          – user47206
          May 12 '17 at 12:46













        • thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 12 '17 at 15:29











        • @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

          – user47206
          May 13 '17 at 10:16











        • When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

          – hellocatfood
          Oct 11 '17 at 16:11
















        3














        Maybe this will work. Please reply to see if this is specific to that laptop or not.



        https://askubuntu.com/a/824806/47206



        https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/358989/32012



        sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui


        Then launch



        hdajackretask


        Then:



        Check 'Show unconnected pins'



        Check override pin 0x12 to internal mic.



        Apply and test. Be sure that the mic level is high enough in sound
        settings (pavucontrol, etc)



        If it worked 'Install boot override'.



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer


























        • im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 11 '17 at 14:59











        • @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

          – user47206
          May 12 '17 at 12:46













        • thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 12 '17 at 15:29











        • @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

          – user47206
          May 13 '17 at 10:16











        • When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

          – hellocatfood
          Oct 11 '17 at 16:11














        3












        3








        3







        Maybe this will work. Please reply to see if this is specific to that laptop or not.



        https://askubuntu.com/a/824806/47206



        https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/358989/32012



        sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui


        Then launch



        hdajackretask


        Then:



        Check 'Show unconnected pins'



        Check override pin 0x12 to internal mic.



        Apply and test. Be sure that the mic level is high enough in sound
        settings (pavucontrol, etc)



        If it worked 'Install boot override'.



        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer















        Maybe this will work. Please reply to see if this is specific to that laptop or not.



        https://askubuntu.com/a/824806/47206



        https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/358989/32012



        sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui


        Then launch



        hdajackretask


        Then:



        Check 'Show unconnected pins'



        Check override pin 0x12 to internal mic.



        Apply and test. Be sure that the mic level is high enough in sound
        settings (pavucontrol, etc)



        If it worked 'Install boot override'.



        enter image description here







        share|improve this answer














        share|improve this answer



        share|improve this answer








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        answered Apr 14 '17 at 10:27







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        • im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 11 '17 at 14:59











        • @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

          – user47206
          May 12 '17 at 12:46













        • thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 12 '17 at 15:29











        • @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

          – user47206
          May 13 '17 at 10:16











        • When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

          – hellocatfood
          Oct 11 '17 at 16:11



















        • im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 11 '17 at 14:59











        • @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

          – user47206
          May 12 '17 at 12:46













        • thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

          – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
          May 12 '17 at 15:29











        • @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

          – user47206
          May 13 '17 at 10:16











        • When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

          – hellocatfood
          Oct 11 '17 at 16:11

















        im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

        – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
        May 11 '17 at 14:59





        im having the same problem and this answed didnt solve it ?? any other solutions

        – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
        May 11 '17 at 14:59













        @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

        – user47206
        May 12 '17 at 12:46







        @ForDev - what laptop do you have? Do you see your mic in audio settings or in pavucontrol under Input Devices tab? If not, under Configuration tab: be sure you have selected ''Analog Stereo Duplex".

        – user47206
        May 12 '17 at 12:46















        thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

        – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
        May 12 '17 at 15:29





        thnx for replay i have just switched to debian and everything is working fine thnx :) i try all the solutions but didnt work for me i think the problem mybe comes from the updates because before everything was working fine

        – ABD ELLATIF LAKEHAL
        May 12 '17 at 15:29













        @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

        – user47206
        May 13 '17 at 10:16





        @ForDev - you mean this was fixed with Debian rolling? What kernel version please? Maybe I'll stumble into this in the future on that Asus and using a newer kernel may be the way to go.

        – user47206
        May 13 '17 at 10:16













        When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

        – hellocatfood
        Oct 11 '17 at 16:11





        When I try to apply changes I get this error: pa_stream_writablee_size() failed: Connection terminated

        – hellocatfood
        Oct 11 '17 at 16:11











        1














        I had a similar issue and tried every answer I found online with no luck. Finally, from alsamixer I changed the Channel option which was 6ch, to 4ch or 2ch, and the mic started capturing input, don't know why...






        share|improve this answer




























          1














          I had a similar issue and tried every answer I found online with no luck. Finally, from alsamixer I changed the Channel option which was 6ch, to 4ch or 2ch, and the mic started capturing input, don't know why...






          share|improve this answer


























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            1







            I had a similar issue and tried every answer I found online with no luck. Finally, from alsamixer I changed the Channel option which was 6ch, to 4ch or 2ch, and the mic started capturing input, don't know why...






            share|improve this answer













            I had a similar issue and tried every answer I found online with no luck. Finally, from alsamixer I changed the Channel option which was 6ch, to 4ch or 2ch, and the mic started capturing input, don't know why...







            share|improve this answer












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            answered Sep 5 '17 at 10:34









            PizzicatoPizzicato

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                1














                Very easy solution.



                Screenshot



                tl;dr : press red volume icon as shown in screenshot image above.



                I had the same problem. On Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, KDE



                My solution:



                1) Go to "Audio Volume Settings"



                2) Select "Input Devices" (Tab)



                ** in the top right corner the sound icon is marked in red. As mute.



                3) Press (left click) the red sound Icon (mentioned above)



                4) Press OK



                Check if problem is solved.



                If not make sure to choose the right option from the port options in the Input Devices Tab (I choose Internal Microphone) and make sure the volume percentage is above 0%, preferably for the test set to 100%.



                It was the internal microphone on my laptop. Meaning the built-in mic in my laptop.






                share|improve this answer






























                  1














                  Very easy solution.



                  Screenshot



                  tl;dr : press red volume icon as shown in screenshot image above.



                  I had the same problem. On Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, KDE



                  My solution:



                  1) Go to "Audio Volume Settings"



                  2) Select "Input Devices" (Tab)



                  ** in the top right corner the sound icon is marked in red. As mute.



                  3) Press (left click) the red sound Icon (mentioned above)



                  4) Press OK



                  Check if problem is solved.



                  If not make sure to choose the right option from the port options in the Input Devices Tab (I choose Internal Microphone) and make sure the volume percentage is above 0%, preferably for the test set to 100%.



                  It was the internal microphone on my laptop. Meaning the built-in mic in my laptop.






                  share|improve this answer




























                    1












                    1








                    1







                    Very easy solution.



                    Screenshot



                    tl;dr : press red volume icon as shown in screenshot image above.



                    I had the same problem. On Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, KDE



                    My solution:



                    1) Go to "Audio Volume Settings"



                    2) Select "Input Devices" (Tab)



                    ** in the top right corner the sound icon is marked in red. As mute.



                    3) Press (left click) the red sound Icon (mentioned above)



                    4) Press OK



                    Check if problem is solved.



                    If not make sure to choose the right option from the port options in the Input Devices Tab (I choose Internal Microphone) and make sure the volume percentage is above 0%, preferably for the test set to 100%.



                    It was the internal microphone on my laptop. Meaning the built-in mic in my laptop.






                    share|improve this answer















                    Very easy solution.



                    Screenshot



                    tl;dr : press red volume icon as shown in screenshot image above.



                    I had the same problem. On Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, KDE



                    My solution:



                    1) Go to "Audio Volume Settings"



                    2) Select "Input Devices" (Tab)



                    ** in the top right corner the sound icon is marked in red. As mute.



                    3) Press (left click) the red sound Icon (mentioned above)



                    4) Press OK



                    Check if problem is solved.



                    If not make sure to choose the right option from the port options in the Input Devices Tab (I choose Internal Microphone) and make sure the volume percentage is above 0%, preferably for the test set to 100%.



                    It was the internal microphone on my laptop. Meaning the built-in mic in my laptop.







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                    answered Oct 11 '18 at 23:01









                    g.yg.y

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                        0














                        My issue was a small variation to OP's problem - I have a headset (combined stereo headphones and mic) jack.



                        First use hdajackretask check that the problem is not related to the jack (eg see user47206's solution). For me, my jack was correctly detected as 'Headphone'.




                        1. Press Ctrl+Alt+t to access the terminal.

                        2. Type cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec in the terminal and take note of the codecs listed.

                        3. If there are multiple codecs listed, determine which one relates to your headset jack. For me there were two listed - one related the the video card (Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI) and another related to the sound card (Codec: Realtek ALC3861). In my case, I was interested in the sound card because I was connecting to the PC headset jack and not a HDMI device such as a PC monitor.

                        4. Look up the HD-Audio model for your codec in HD-Audio Codec-Specific Models. For my headset jack, the best fit was the dell-headset-multi model.

                        5. Type cd /etc/modprobe.d/ in the terminal.

                        6. Type sudo cp alsa-base.conf alsa-base.conf.bak to backup the file before editing.

                        7. Type gksudo gedit ./alsa-base.conf to edit the file.

                        8. Insert this line at the bottom of the file options snd-hda-intel model={HD-Audio model for you codec}. For example, for it me it was options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi.

                        9. Save file and reboot.






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                          My issue was a small variation to OP's problem - I have a headset (combined stereo headphones and mic) jack.



                          First use hdajackretask check that the problem is not related to the jack (eg see user47206's solution). For me, my jack was correctly detected as 'Headphone'.




                          1. Press Ctrl+Alt+t to access the terminal.

                          2. Type cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec in the terminal and take note of the codecs listed.

                          3. If there are multiple codecs listed, determine which one relates to your headset jack. For me there were two listed - one related the the video card (Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI) and another related to the sound card (Codec: Realtek ALC3861). In my case, I was interested in the sound card because I was connecting to the PC headset jack and not a HDMI device such as a PC monitor.

                          4. Look up the HD-Audio model for your codec in HD-Audio Codec-Specific Models. For my headset jack, the best fit was the dell-headset-multi model.

                          5. Type cd /etc/modprobe.d/ in the terminal.

                          6. Type sudo cp alsa-base.conf alsa-base.conf.bak to backup the file before editing.

                          7. Type gksudo gedit ./alsa-base.conf to edit the file.

                          8. Insert this line at the bottom of the file options snd-hda-intel model={HD-Audio model for you codec}. For example, for it me it was options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi.

                          9. Save file and reboot.






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                            My issue was a small variation to OP's problem - I have a headset (combined stereo headphones and mic) jack.



                            First use hdajackretask check that the problem is not related to the jack (eg see user47206's solution). For me, my jack was correctly detected as 'Headphone'.




                            1. Press Ctrl+Alt+t to access the terminal.

                            2. Type cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec in the terminal and take note of the codecs listed.

                            3. If there are multiple codecs listed, determine which one relates to your headset jack. For me there were two listed - one related the the video card (Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI) and another related to the sound card (Codec: Realtek ALC3861). In my case, I was interested in the sound card because I was connecting to the PC headset jack and not a HDMI device such as a PC monitor.

                            4. Look up the HD-Audio model for your codec in HD-Audio Codec-Specific Models. For my headset jack, the best fit was the dell-headset-multi model.

                            5. Type cd /etc/modprobe.d/ in the terminal.

                            6. Type sudo cp alsa-base.conf alsa-base.conf.bak to backup the file before editing.

                            7. Type gksudo gedit ./alsa-base.conf to edit the file.

                            8. Insert this line at the bottom of the file options snd-hda-intel model={HD-Audio model for you codec}. For example, for it me it was options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi.

                            9. Save file and reboot.






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                            My issue was a small variation to OP's problem - I have a headset (combined stereo headphones and mic) jack.



                            First use hdajackretask check that the problem is not related to the jack (eg see user47206's solution). For me, my jack was correctly detected as 'Headphone'.




                            1. Press Ctrl+Alt+t to access the terminal.

                            2. Type cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec in the terminal and take note of the codecs listed.

                            3. If there are multiple codecs listed, determine which one relates to your headset jack. For me there were two listed - one related the the video card (Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI) and another related to the sound card (Codec: Realtek ALC3861). In my case, I was interested in the sound card because I was connecting to the PC headset jack and not a HDMI device such as a PC monitor.

                            4. Look up the HD-Audio model for your codec in HD-Audio Codec-Specific Models. For my headset jack, the best fit was the dell-headset-multi model.

                            5. Type cd /etc/modprobe.d/ in the terminal.

                            6. Type sudo cp alsa-base.conf alsa-base.conf.bak to backup the file before editing.

                            7. Type gksudo gedit ./alsa-base.conf to edit the file.

                            8. Insert this line at the bottom of the file options snd-hda-intel model={HD-Audio model for you codec}. For example, for it me it was options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi.

                            9. Save file and reboot.







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