[Discussion] Microphone issues in Debian 5.10.221-1

[Srishti]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently struggling to enable microphone recording in a GCP VM of configuration- Debian 5.10.221-1 (2024-07-14) x86_64 GNU/Linux.
uname -a gives:
configuration is - 5.10.0-31-cloud-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.221-1 (2024-07-14) x86_64 GNU/Linux.
I have installed pulse audio, pavucontrol, alsa(all installations), sox. With aplay -l, it displays no sound cards are available.

1) I followed the solution on this link-https://askubuntu.com/questions/1082472 ... extra-4-15 . But on running this command-sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) linux-image-extra-virtual i get error- E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-extra-5.10.0-31-cloud-amd64 E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-extra-5.10.0-31-cloud-amd64' E: Unable to locate package linux-image-extra-virtual

2) https://askubuntu.com/questions/1434488 ... xtra-5-4-0 sudo modprobe snd-gives-modprobe: FATAL: Module snd not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.0-31-cloud-amd64 on running- sudo apt install linux-generic i get-E: Unable to locate package linux-generic

3) https://askubuntu.com/questions/70560/w ... iled-error sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install pulseaudio autospawn = yes

4) on trying to install jack, i get this error E: Unable to locate package jack
On running sudo apt-get update, i get this error N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.

on trying any pulse audio command- i get connection refused error.

The issue still remains unresolved. Please let me know if there is any possible solution. Thank you

[arzgi]

Welcome!

There are many questions in your post, usually one per post is more fruitfull, you can always add follow up post.

Ubuntu is not Debian, so there is no quarantee Ubuntu instructions will work with Debian, you should not follow them blindly.

Installl inxi, and run

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rto@dell:~$ inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
arto@dell:~$ 

There is no jack package, but aptitude finds these:

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arto@dell:~$ aptitude search jack
p   alsaplayer-jack                                      - alsaplayer output module for JACK                              
p   dssi-host-jack                                       - Example of DSSI host                                           
p   gjacktransport                                       - access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider   
p   golang-github-jackc-chunkreader-v2-dev               - io.Reader wrapper that minimizes IO reads and memory allocation
p   golang-github-jackc-fake-dev                         - fake data generator for Golang                                 
p   golang-github-jackc-pgconn-dev                       - low-level PostgreSQL database driver                           
p   golang-github-jackc-pgio-dev                         - low-level toolkit building messages in the PostgreSQL wire prot
p   golang-github-jackc-pgmock-dev                       - provides the ability to mock a PostgreSQL server               
p   golang-github-jackc-pgpassfile-dev                   - parser for PostgreSQL .pgpass files                            
p   golang-github-jackc-pgproto3-v2-dev                  - encoder and decoder of the PostgreSQL wire protocol version 3  
p   golang-github-jackc-pgservicefile-dev                - parser for PostgreSQL service files (e.g. .pg_service.conf)    
p   golang-github-jackc-pgtype-dev                       - Go types for over 70 PostgreSQL types                          
p   golang-github-jackc-pgx-v4-dev                       - PostgreSQL driver and toolkit for Golang                       
p   golang-github-jackc-puddle-dev                       - Generic resource pool for Go (library)                         
p   golang-github-jackpal-gateway-dev                    - library for discovering the address of a LAN gateway           
p   golang-github-jackpal-go-nat-pmp-dev                 - client for the NAT-PMP internet protocol                       
p   golang-gopkg-natefinch-lumberjack.v2-dev             - Go package for writing logs to rolling files                   
p   jack-capture                                         - program for recording soundfiles with jack                     
v   jack-daemon                                          -                                                                
p   jack-delay                                           - JACK latency meter                                             
p   jack-keyboard                                        - Virtuaalinen MIDI-koskettimisto JACK MIDIlle                   
p   jack-midi-clock                                      - JACK client that sends MIDI beat clock pulses                  
p   jack-mixer                                           - GTK+ JACK audio mixer application (Python 3)                   
p   jack-stdio                                           - program to pipe audio-data from and to JACK                    
p   jack-tools                                           - various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play
p   jackd                                                - JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)             
v   jackd-firewire                                       -                                                                
p   jackd1                                               - JACK Audio Connection Kit -äänipalvelin (palvelin ja esimerkkis
p   jackd1-firewire                                      - JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO backend)                      
p   jackd2                                               - JACK Audio Connection Kit -äänipalvelin (palvelin ja esimerkkis
p   jackd2-firewire                                      - JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO backend)                      
p   jackmeter                                            - a basic command line meter for the JACK audio system           
p   jacktrip                                             - high-quality system for audio network performances (cmdline)   
p   jacktrip-gui                                         - high-quality system for audio network performances (GUI)  ....  

[Srishti]

Hi @arzgi , Thank you for your response. I installed inxi and after inxi -A, i got: Audio: Message: No Device data found. . Please let me know how to proceed further. Thank you

[arzgi]

Well current stable should install all needed firmwares, I have not used any cloud installers.

To rule out, install isenkram-cli, and in terminal

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sudo isenkram-autoinstall-firmware

or if you use root, you don't need sudo. Reboot after that, any improvement?

[lindi]

You have a virtual machine in the cloud? Does it even have a microphone?

[Srishti]

Hi @lindi , Thank you for your response. While creating the VM using GCP, there was an option to enable display and recording tools, which was enabled. Other than this can you please recommend how to enable the microphone in the cloud?
I have tried ways to check sound cards in the cloud which are-
1) aplay -l, output: aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found...
2) inxi -A, output: Audio: Message: No Device data found.

Please let me know how to proceed further. Thanks

[Srishti]

Hi @arzgi , i installed isenkram-cli and ran the command sudo isenkram-autoinstall-firmware and got the following output-
info: did not find any firmware files requested by loaded kernel modules. exiting. Please suggest further.