In my case, the built in mic either doesn't work at all, or, after restarting alsa, records a lot of static.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/979514 Title: Internal microphone failes to operate on Dell Mini 10 Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: May be more of a "lack of a feature" instead of a bug, but the microphone doesn't operate at all. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: netbook 1532 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xd83a0000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'Silicon Image SiI1392 HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,102802c6,00100004 HDA:10951392,ffffffff,00100000' Controls : 21 Simple ctrls : 9 CheckboxCommand: audio_settings store > $CHECKBOX_SHARE/pulseaudio_settings; audio_settings set --device=pci --volume=50; alsa_record_playback; audio_settings restore --file=$CHECKBOX_SHARE/pulseaudio_settings CheckboxTest: audio/alsa_record_playback_internal Date: Wed Apr 11 21:36:16 2012 InstallationMedia: PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: alsa-driver UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/27/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0R990K dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A03 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ********** dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A03 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd02/27/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1010:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn0R990K:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1010 dmi.product.version: A03 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/979514/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp