Public bug reported: I have not tested this with external mic, but internal mic recording is very noisy and the sound is hardly audible when I play the recorded audio. Running Ubuntu 11.10. upgraded from 11.04. 11.04 also had the same problem. It's a dual boot machine. Mic works fine in Windows 7.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ish 1512 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc0800000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:14f1506c,1025054f,00100000 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 25 Simple ctrls : 13 Date: Sat Nov 12 13:59:40 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Internal Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Mic, Internal Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low Title: [Aspire 4830T, Conexant CX20588, Mic, Internal] Background noise or low volume UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-09 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.04 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JM40_HR dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V1.04 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.04:bd05/06/2011:svnAcer:pnAspire4830T:pvrV1.04:rvnAcer:rnJM40_HR:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.04: dmi.product.name: Aspire 4830T dmi.product.version: V1.04 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2011-11-08T05:03:44.117207 ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/889629 Title: [Aspire 4830T, Conexant CX20588, Mic, Internal] Background noise or low volume To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/889629/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs