@James tried this by actively selected built-in speaker and external microphone combination with a 4 ring jack(headset),
however the results are identical to tim's , unable to record anything from external microphone but some noise. rbut external headphone and built-in microphone combination work properly. please check detailed in attached pacmd_list.log alsa-info here: http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d807106236359d054a72ca0edeceead79564259e ** Attachment added: "pacmd list" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/771150/+attachment/3660144/+files/pacmd_list.log -- 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/771150 Title: [Feature] support the external headphone/microphone jack sensing Status in OEM Priority Project: Incomplete Status in OEM Priority Project precise series: Incomplete Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series: Incomplete Status in PulseAudio sound server: New Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The eeepc has a combined hole shared by the external microphone and headphone. Currently the default behaviour in Ubuntu is for headphone. (The music comes from headphone and the internal speaker is muted when plugging the headphone). This bug is intended for discussing and tracking the possibility and practicability of the support both headphone/microphone jack sensing in Linux driver or it is only achievable to support either one. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/771150/+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
