Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so

The detailed errors are given below:

Cannot open shared library libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
(/usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
ALSA lib pcm.c:2722:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM

If you use Linux and get the above error when trying to use the microphone, please do the following:

  1. Locate where is the file libasound_module_conf_pulse.so on your system

find / -name libasound_module_conf_pulse.so 2>/dev/null

  1. If the above search command prints:

    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so

  2. Please run:

    sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib64/alsa-lib
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so /usr/lib64/alsa-lib

  3. Now your issue should be fixed.