Probably your issue is similar to this https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2017-May/028252.html On 08/13/2017 10:02 PM, Johan Heikkilä wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Steelseries Artcis 7 wireless USB headset. It is working by > tweaking pulseaudio. I'm quite sure the same problem applies to Arctis > series 5, too (based on what people have been discussing on the > Internet). > > Now I'm wondering if anyone know if something must be changed on > pulseaudio side or in alsa to make it work automatically when > attaching the headset. > > When attaching the headset, there is only a mono analog output device > shown in Gnome sound settings. This headset has kind of a separate > voice channel that is meant for adjusting voice chat level separately. > This works fine, but of course it would be nice to have the stereo > device working as well. Now I have to run pacmd to make the stereo > channel visible. > > Alsa shows both devices: > aplay -l > > card 1: S7 [SteelSeries Arctis 7], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 1: S7 [SteelSeries Arctis 7], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > The first device is the mono device. The second device which is stereo > isn't shown in Gnome sound settings so it can't be selected. > > aplay -L > > sysdefault:CARD=S7 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > Default Audio Device > front:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > Front speakers > surround21:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers > surround40:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers > surround41:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround50:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers > surround51:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround71:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers > iec958:CARD=S7,DEV=0 > SteelSeries Arctis 7, USB Audio > IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output > > When running > > pacmd load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,1 > > both sound devices are now shown in sound settings in Gnome. The > profile name for the stereo device is empty, but the stereo device can > be selected and is working fine (also the mono device is still working > and can be adjusted on its separate volume control on the headset, > i.e. perfect). > > The sound level is too low, though, so it must be turned to max in > alsamixer. > > > Another thing that I tried was to swap the devices in alsa by setting > the following in /etc > /asound.conf > > defaults.pcm.card 1 > defaults.pcm.device 1 > > Now the stereo device card is automatically visible in sound settings > (with a proper name). However, if the USB headset is not attached to > the computer, this setting causes that there is no sound at all after > booting the computer. > > So in conclusion, has anyone any idea how to pursue this? Ideally, I > would like the headset to just work when attaching it (now I just run > a script with the pacmd row). Is it a pulseaudio problem or is there > something that needs to be adjusted (or patched) in alsa? > > > -- > Johan Heikkilä > <johan.heikkila at gmail.com <mailto:johan.heikkila at gmail.com>> > GSM: +358 50 589 33 22 > PGP fingerprint: 716B1611DAC9267CE40CF90D6BC286B9F0FA6FD3 > PGP signature: https://keybase.io/johanh/pgp_keys.asc > > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss at lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20170814/e12a8323/attachment.html>