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chatmix command fails with Arctis Nova 7 in Gentoo via media-sound/headsetcontrol (3.1.0-r1 ) #489
Description
Description
The command
sudo headsetcontrol -h | grep -i "chatmix"
Brings up
-m, --chatmix Get chat-mix-dial level (0-128, <64 for game, >64 for chat)
However sudo headsetcontrol -m 8
says
Non-option argument 8
I assume I am using the command correctly, but there is no guide.
Headset Name
Steel Series Arctis Nova 7
On which OS does the problem happen?
Linux
Device information
Detailed Device Information
Device Found
VendorID: 0x1038
ProductID: 0x2202
path: /dev/hidraw3
serial_number:
Manufacturer: SteelSeries
Product: Arctis Nova 7
Interface: 3
Usage-Page: 0xffc0 Usageid: 0x1
Device Found
VendorID: 0x1038
ProductID: 0x2202
path: /dev/hidraw4
serial_number:
Manufacturer: SteelSeries
Product: Arctis Nova 7
Interface: 4
Usage-Page: 0xc Usageid: 0x1
Device Found
VendorID: 0x1038
ProductID: 0x2202
path: /dev/hidraw5
serial_number:
Manufacturer: SteelSeries
Product: Arctis Nova 7
Interface: 5
Usage-Page: 0xff00 Usageid: 0x1
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ActuallyTheOwner commentedon Feb 18, 2026
I should mention that I do not use an initramfs, the drivers for steel series are baked into my kernel
yawor commentedon Feb 19, 2026
The description of the option says it all: Get chat-mix-dial level. It's not for setting the level, but for reading the position of the physical chat-mix dial on the headphones. So the proper command is just:
headsetcontrol -m