Microphone not working [SOLVED]

[DoodMann]

So I recently got back into Mint as I need it for online class, but apparently my mic won't work. When i go into settings this is what I see.

EDIT: For some reason, when i tried using Discord when I installed it, the mic was working, but very soft as what my friends say. I rebooted. Mic gone.

[DoodMann]

Yep, drivers are installed

[Aztaroth]

Hello,
You've a very old hardware for LM20.x according to your signature. Maybe you should consider using a previous and less demanding version of LM (19.2 has a 4.15 kernel which may support old hardware - a try from the USB ISO can't harm)..
Perhaps a system info as required in most help cases should refine matters. Please post output of :

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inxi -Fxxz

[DoodMann]

Hello,
You've a very old hardware for LM20.x according to your signature. Maybe you should consider using a previous and less demanding version of LM (19.2 has a 4.15 kernel which may support old hardware - a try from the USB ISO can't harm)..
Perhaps a system info as required in most help cases should refine matters. Please post output of :

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inxi -Fxxz

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creverse@creverse-K52F:~$ inxi -Fxxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.4 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: K52F v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K52F v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: K52F.210 date: 08/30/2010 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 2.3 Wh condition: 2.4/48.4 Wh (5%) volts: 12.3/10.8 
  model: ASUSTek K52F-44 serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M185/M225 
  serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 370 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Nehalem rev: 5 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19152 
  Speed: 1593 MHz min/max: 933/2399 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1593 2: 1629 
  3: 1642 4: 1630 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0046 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.0.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3b56 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] 
  driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:0087 
  IF: wls1 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: JMicron JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: jme v: 1.0.8 port: a000 bus ID: 04:00.5 chip ID: 197b:0250 
  IF: ens5f5 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-3: Intel WiMAX Connection 2400m type: USB driver: i2400m_usb 
  bus ID: 1-1.1:3 chip ID: 8086:0186 
  IF: enx64d4da11f389 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 523.38 GiB used: 17.87 GiB (3.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST9500325AS size: 465.76 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0 
  size: 57.62 GiB serial: <filter> 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 97.93 GiB used: 12.11 GiB (12.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 234 Uptime: 54m Memory: 3.63 GiB used: 1.15 GiB (31.5%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
creverse@creverse-K52F:~$ 

If there's no other choice, then 19.2 it is.

[Aztaroth]

If there's no other choice, then 19.2 it is.

Seems your hardware does what it can. But before installing 19.2, perhaps we can just borrow an idea of its Release notes, § Sound and microphone issues :

If you're facing issues with your microphone or your sound output, please install "pavucontrol".

This will add "PulseAudio Volume Control" to your menu. This application has more configuration options than the default volume control.

Link : https://linuxmint.com/rel_tina_xfce.php

Command line instruction :

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sudo apt install pavucontrol

[DoodMann]

Thanks! That fixed it.

[Aztaroth]

Thanks! That fixed it.

Glad to know the tip helped. In fact that Release Note is in all LM versions.