@opus440 According to your original amixer output, you are capturing from the front mic jack (ext mic), not the internal mic:
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Front Mic' 'Int Mic' Item0: 'Front Mic' However, your mixer controls are set incorrectly: Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 17 [55%] [-9.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 17 [55%] [-9.00dB] [off] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ muted, pretty low Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 3 Front Left: 1 [33%] Front Right: 1 [33%] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pretty low So, unmute (cap) the 'Front Mic' mixer control, raise its level, and raise the level of 'Front Mic Boost'. Please note that this is the front mic jack, which is an external mic. -- internal mic doesn't work on acer aspire 1410 (1080T) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462764 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs