Yes, this bug is still present on my Lenovo W530 under Xubuntu 18.04.5! >From time to time, I can't record with audacity using the headphone attached to the jack. Absolutely no sound appears to be recorded. If I unplug the headset and try to use the builtin microphone, also no recording. The computer recognizes, if i plug or unplug the headphone, as indicated by a popup from pavucontrol.
Today I had no recording with the headset's microphone using Audacity. I stopped the computer and booted into windows without changing anything else. A speech recording and replay was possible there. Then I rebooted into Xubuntu without changing anything else. Then a recording and replay became possible. I already experienced that some months ago, that booting into Windows10 let me use the microphone again after I rebooted into Linux after a test recording under Windows, which of course had worked flawlessly. Of course, the microphone mute button was not pressed and its LED was off (in all tested situations). Of course the microphone was not muted in alsamixer and the volumes of Capture were set to 100% for both channels (the microphone of the headset is a mono one, however). To find out, what's wrong, you probably need this information: v@w:/home/v$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic v@w:/home/v$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf3a30000 irq 34 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xf1000000 irq 17 v@w:/home/v$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 audio 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04) Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [17aa:21f6] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel -- 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e1b] (rev a1) Subsystem: Lenovo GK107 HDMI Audio Controller [17aa:21f5] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel v@w:/home/v$ grep "^audio" /etc/group | grep "$USER" | wc -l 0 v@w:/home/v$ dpkg -l | tr -s " " | grep " alsa-" ii alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 all ALSA driver configuration files ii alsa-utils 1.1.3-1ubuntu1 amd64 Utilities for configuring and using ALSA v@w:/home/v$ lsmod | grep "snd" snd_seq_dummy 16384 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 61440 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek 126976 1 snd_hda_codec_generic 81920 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel 49152 4 snd_intel_dspcfg 24576 1 snd_hda_intel snd_seq_midi 20480 0 snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_rawmidi 36864 1 snd_seq_midi snd_hda_core 90112 5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek ledtrig_audio 16384 3 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,thinkpad_acpi snd_hwdep 20480 1 snd_hda_codec snd_seq 69632 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_dummy snd_pcm 102400 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi snd_timer 36864 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 86016 20 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,thinkpad_acpi,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi soundcore 16384 1 snd v@w:/home/v$ head -n 3 /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 Codec: Realtek ALC269VC Address: 0 AFG Function Id: 0x1 (unsol 1) v@w:/home/v$ -- 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/1253803 Title: [ThinkPad W530, Realtek ALC269VC, Mic, Internal] No sound at all Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Xubuntu 13.10 All settings of alsamixer set to max volume including microphone boost. Internal mic tested with Audacity and Skype Absolutely no sound appears to be recorded ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1447 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1447 F.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Nov 21 14:18:29 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-21 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_DevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1447 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1447 F.... pulseaudio Symptom_Jack: Mic, Internal Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [2436CTR, Realtek ALC269VC, Mic, Internal] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: G5ET33WW (1.11 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 2436CTR dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG5ET33WW(1.11):bd08/09/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2436CTR:pvrThinkPadW530:rvnLENOVO:rn2436CTR:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2436CTR dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W530 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1253803/+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