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can't get the sound settings stable for my headset
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tom arnall
2024-09-24 19:30:01 UTC
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I can't get the sound settings stable for my headset. When I set output to
headset and then set input to headset, the output setting immediately
changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono when I test it.
I'm using the Gnome Settings gui app to make the settings.
tom arnall
2024-09-24 19:30:01 UTC
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I'm using Debian 12 on a Dell 7040 desktop



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Post by tom arnall
I can't get the sound settings stable for my headset. When I set output to
headset and then set input to headset, the output setting immediately
changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono when I test it.
I'm using the Gnome Settings gui app to make the settings.
Max Nikulin
2024-09-25 02:50:01 UTC
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immediately changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono
Is it a Bluetooth headset? That case see Debian wiki for limitations.
Anssi Saari
2024-09-25 07:30:01 UTC
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Post by Max Nikulin
immediately changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono
Is it a Bluetooth headset? That case see Debian wiki for limitations.
Which part of the wiki? There seem to be a bunch of bluetooth pages in
the wiki but searching for bluetooth limitation doesn't seem to return
anything relevant.
Max Nikulin
2024-09-25 15:10:02 UTC
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Post by Anssi Saari
Post by Max Nikulin
immediately changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono
Is it a Bluetooth headset? That case see Debian wiki for limitations.
Which part of the wiki? There seem to be a bunch of bluetooth pages in
the wiki but searching for bluetooth limitation doesn't seem to return
anything relevant.
https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser/a2dp

I admit, page name is a bit confusing in the context of headset.

Specific device may support only speech-grade bidirectional codecs.
There may be issues with support of specific codec in PulseAudio or in
PipeWire. However GNOME has hard dependency on PipeWire and in bookworm
it supports more codecs than PulseAudio. LC3 requires adjustment of
bluez configuration.

I am unaware of a tool that may report all codecs supported by device.
pactl shows only codecs supported by pipewire/pulseaudio.

However we still do not know if it is USB, Bluetooth, or a dumb headset
with audio jack.
tom arnall
2024-09-25 19:00:01 UTC
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Gad! I totally forgot about the headset hw: LG-HBS-XL7.
Post by tom arnall
I can't get the sound settings stable for my headset. When I set output to
headset and then set input to headset, the output setting immediately
changes to handsfree, which produces only a hum in mono when I test it.
I'm using the Gnome Settings gui app to make the settings.
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