XPost: alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 02:20:32 -0500, Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 01:06:06 +0000 Vincent Coen wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hello Markus!   
   >>   
   >> Thursday March 07 2024 19:14, Markus Robert Kessler wrote to All:   
   >>   
   >> If you have an ohm meter check the impedance on the socket and compare   
   >> to headset spec.  Oh, calibrate the meter first !   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>  > Hi everyone!   
   >>   
   >>  > I used to make phonecalls with my Logitech H390 (USB) headset over   
   >>  > several years, and it always worked fine, but a few days ago the   
   >>  > cable broke.   
   >>   
   >>  > So, I switched to a "GN Netcom Jabra EVOLVE 30 II" (also USB).   
   >>   
   >>  > This is also high quality, but with one limitation:   
   >>  > The microphone signal is ways too quiet, meaning, I have to go to   
   >>  > maximum amplification (+11 dB) in Pavucontrol. There's no room left,   
   >>  > in the case that this is still not loud enough.   
   >>   
   >>  > I tested this in Ubuntu 23.10, as well as in Mageia 9.   
   >>  > Same outcome.   
   >>   
   >>  > Today I asked some of my colleagues who are also using Jabra for   
   >>  > making phone calls, but they are working with Windows, and they said   
   >>  > signal strength is ok. Looks as if there was no hardware issue with   
   >>  > Jabra.   
   >>   
   >>  > Anyone having the same issue?   
   >>  > Is there a (hidden) setting for additional boost somewhere, or any   
   >>  > other trick to try?   
   >   
   > Hi, thanks!   
   >   
   > What I forgot to mention is,   
   >   
   > - I have two of these Jabra headsets   
   > - both are new   
   > - both behave in the same way   
   >   
   > - upon pluggin in, kernel module 'hid_jabra' is loaded dynamically   
   >   
   > Besides this, I checked for 0 Ohms between headset USB shield and   
   > notebook / docking station shield.   
   >   
   > Well, adding signal strength ok on Windows, and specific kernel module   
   > loaded, together, it seems to me, that the issue is located in (Ubuntu's   
   > and Mageia's) kernel module.   
   >   
   > Any idea what to test next?   
      
   I found https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1629503#p1629503   
      
   While that article is about the mic not working, hdajackretask appears to   
   support output too. I've never used it before, so other then that I can't   
   help.   
      
   Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
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