[pulseaudio-discuss] Microphone not being detected after reboot (Tanu Kaskinen)

[LPK]

> A possible explanation is that you have at some point manually selected
> a card profile that doesn't contain the mic input. When pulseaudio
> starts, it will select the last profile that was selected manually.
> When you plug in the mic, pulseaudio automatically switches to a card
> profile that contains the mic. Only manual profile switches are
> remembered, so the automatic profile switch won't have effect any more
> when pulseaudio starts on the next boot.
> 
> You should be able to fix this by manually selecting the "Analog Stereo
> Duplex" profile in the "Configuration" tab of pavucontrol (if it's
> already selected, switch to some other profile and then to "Analog
> Stereo Duplex").
> 
> -- 
> Tanu


Oh man, thanks for that, it worked. Simple solution, but I would never have thought of that because I wasn't
even aware that's what those profiles actually meant. Thanks!