Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi Stan, On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 15:41, stan wrote: > That suggests that the problem with reading the stored configuration > is an alsa problem.  I don't see that problem running F17 with all > updates (my sound status always restores).  And there aren't legions of > people on the list asking abo

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:55:58 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Stan, > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:29, stan wrote: > > In that dropdown on pavucontrol for me, the last entry is off.  If I > > select that, pulse stops controlling the device and it reverts to > > alsa. > > No joy. I see the same beh

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi Stan, On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:29, stan wrote: > In that dropdown on pavucontrol for me, the last entry is off.  If I > select that, pulse stops controlling the device and it reverts to alsa. No joy. I see the same behaviour. :-/ -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. --

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:13:23 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Stan, > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 22:22, stan wrote: > > One quick check you could do is to turn off pulseaudio for the > > device in pavucontrol, reboot, and see if the settings are loaded > > properly into alsa by looking at alsamixer.

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi Stan, On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 22:22, stan wrote: > One quick check you could do is to turn off pulseaudio for the device in > pavucontrol, reboot, and see if the settings are loaded properly into > alsa by looking at alsamixer.  If they are, that confirms it is a > pulseaudio problem, if they

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:51:16 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > I finally figured out what is going wrong. The "Internal Mic" is > turned off, as you observed, when I turn it on and raise the volume, > recording works. But this does not survive a reboot. So I thought > maybe its the state file that is cau

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi Stan, On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 20:05, stan wrote: > >> F15 Live USB: >> F16: > > I saved the files and ran a diff.  There are *major* differences for > your device from F15 to F17!  And in the environment. > > The settings difference

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:34:48 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > Apologies for the delayed follow-up. I got side-tracked with a > deadline. Not an issue. > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 20:59, stan wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:30:37 +0200 > > suvayu ali wrote: > I have alsa-utils installed and I found

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi Stan, Apologies for the delayed follow-up. I got side-tracked with a deadline. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 20:59, stan wrote: > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:30:37 +0200 > suvayu ali wrote: > >> It seems to me some bad settings are being cached somewhere; which >> would also explain why booting to an o

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:30:37 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > > Also try booting to an older kernel (from before the problem), if > > you have one. > > > > I had tried this with no success. If it was a driver issue booting to > a kernel from before the problem started should have worked, but it > didn

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hey Stan, I found something interesting, comments are below. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 17:06, stan wrote: > > This is a long shot, but it might be that alsa has sorted your sound > devices in a different order on boot.  It sounds like it thinks your > acpi might be a sound device. > > Try > aplay

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:47:49 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > I looked in /var/log/messages. I see no suspicious messages. But I do > see the following: > > pulseaudio[1455]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working > profile. pulseaudio[1455]: module.c: Failed to load module > "module-alsa-card"

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:15:44 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 14:47, suvayu ali > wrote: > >> I don't think this is an alsa issue.  If alsamixer sees the mic, > >> then alsa is handling it properly, if the driver and hardware are > >> OK. > >> > >> Install pavucontrol and check

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 14:47, suvayu ali wrote: >> I don't think this is an alsa issue.  If alsamixer sees the mic, then >> alsa is handling it properly, if the driver and hardware are OK. >> >> Install pavucontrol and check how pulse is viewing the microphone. >> Perhaps it inadvertently got tur

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi Stan, Thanks for your helpful comments. On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 18:33, stan wrote: > Did anything change around the time the mic stopped working? > I think I inadvertently dropped my backpack to the floor (from about 15 cm) with the ThinkPad inside along with a few books and some clothes. I

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:34:39 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > For the last 2 weeks the microphone on my ThinkPad has stopped > working. At first I thought the volume levels must have gone down, but > I see using alsamixer they are all normal. > > I'm using F16. My understanding of alsa is rather limite

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:34:39 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > For the last 2 weeks the microphone on my ThinkPad has stopped > working. At first I thought the volume levels must have gone down, but > I see using alsamixer they are all normal.arecord -d 10 -f cd -t wav > -D copy foobar.wav > > I'm usin

ThinkPad microphone not working

Hi, For the last 2 weeks the microphone on my ThinkPad has stopped working. At first I thought the volume levels must have gone down, but I see using alsamixer they are all normal. I'm using F16. My understanding of alsa is rather limited, Anyone has any ideas how I can troubleshoot this? -- Su