Thanks. I didn't realise alsamixer gave me more control than the Gnome
'Sound Preferences' over this.
Adjusting 'Analog Mic Boost' to +40db fixes this and the setting is
saved.
Every user of the Lenovo G560 will need to do this (by googling and
eventually finding this page) if they want to use th
This patch fixes the problem switching between built in and jack
speaker/mic on my Lenovo G560.
What it doesn't solve is the internal microphone's inability to pick
anything up.
I have the 'crack of the day' alsa installed by following this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/InstallingLinuxAlsaDrive
