[arch-general] ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 mic not working

[Iyán Méndez Veiga]

Hi,

On Monday, 4 July 2022 15:36:20 CEST Sadeep Madurange via arch-general wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I installed arch 5.18.9-arch1-1 on a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11. Initially my
> speakers weren't working. Following the arch wiki, I installed sof-firmware
> and added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/audiofix.conf:
> 
> options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0
> options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-amic enable=yes
> 
> After that speakers started to work. However, my mic is still not working.
> I'm using plain alsa, and amixer command to control audio. I have already
> increased the volume of the mic using `amixer set Capture '100%'` for which
> I see the following output.
> 
> Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
>   Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
>   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Capture 0 - 63
>   Front Left: Capture 63 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
>   Front Right: Capture 63 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
> 
> Result of `arecord -l` is:
> 
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC287 Analog [ALC287 Analog]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> 
> Following the Arch wiki, I tried adding the following to
> /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf:
> 
> options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
> 
> When I tried to run the following command, I got the "Not permitted error":
> 
> # rmmod snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel

By Gen 11 you mean the Intel CPU? There is no X1 Carbon Gen 11. The latest is 
Gen 10.

In any case, I have a X1 Yoga Gen 6, which is (apart from the screen and 
chasis) equivalent to the X1 Carbon Gen 9 (with an Intel Gen 11), and I have 
no issues with the mic or the speakers. Everything works out of the box, but 
I'm using pipewire.

Would you consider trying pipewire or is it a no go for you?

-- 
Iyán Méndez Veiga
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