On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 01:28:48PM -0600, Raymond, David wrote: > David J. Raymond > [email protected] > http://kestrel.nmt.edu/~raymond > > Jan, > > Hmm.... Not being able to use the microphone and speaker from separate > devices at the same time is a show stopper for me. I guess I will just > have to use my headphones (with microphone) or get a combined USB or > headset jack speaker-mike when I need to have a conversation over Zoom. (I > have used gens 1, 4, and 5 of X1 Carbons and everything just worked. The > lack of support for the microphone on later generations was an unpleasant > surprise -- though I understand why the support is lacking on OpenBSD. I > am certainly not going back to Linux because of this!) > > I am attaching the dmesg text since the last reboot for the record -- it is > hard to include big files on gmail. >
Hi Dave, According to your mixerctl output, the machine has a microphone input which corresponds probably to a combined 3.5mm trrs headset jack. If so, most phone headsets should work. Assuming the headset works, if the headphones are uncomfortable to your ears, you could use the headset's mic and the integrated speakers. Once you plug the headset jack, you've to unmute the speakers with the mixerctl(1) command (speakers are automatically muted). Then, if you're satisfied, you could add the appropriate commands to /etc/mixerctl.conf to make your changes persistent. Another option would be to use a comfortable USB headset, it must be class-compliant, most are. HTH
