I have exactly the same problem as reported by @jones-home after
upgrading to Precise Pangolin: microphone connection is detected but
signal (input level always 0).
$ aplay -l
List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
In my case I've discovered that, if I connect a microphone to the back
mic connector, gnome-control-center detects it but can't get any sound
from it.
If I connect a microphone to the front connection everything works as
expected. So I've used this to workaround this bug.
Note: I've I run
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Hello,
I'm not able to see videos using xv on my intel 855GM based laptop since
i upgraded to feisty. I only get a blue rectangle.
My problem is exactly the same as in debian bugs #421418[1] and
#417860[2]
Some info, just in
