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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Project changed: pulseaudio => mir ** No longer affects: mir -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434520 Title: Pulseaudio refuses to use internal microphone input (Lenovo X300) Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Pulseaudio seems to have decided that the ALSA "Mic" capture device on my machine is the only one it will use. "Internal Mic" is the correct one (at least when no external mic is plugged in). If I use alsamixer to switch to the correct capture device, the pulseaudio volume controls instantly marks its input device as "muted" (and no sound is captured with, e.g., gnome sound recorder). Un-muting within the pulseaudio volume control again switches the alsa mixer back to the incorrect "Mic" device (which captures only noise). There doesn't seem to be any way to tell pulseaudio which capture channel to use. Pulseaudio level meter show the same thing - noise when the incorrect "Mic" device is active, but completely muted if alsamixer is used to change to the right device. Everything works fine if I boot a jaunty live disk - the alsa configuration and device detection seems exactly the same, but alsamixer can be used to switch active devices underneath pulseaudio. Sound recorder and pulseaudio level meters show noise on the "Mic" device, but correct capture when the "Internal Mic" is active. (And muting with the pulseaudio only deselects the "Capture" level control in alsamixer, it does not activate "Mic" and deactivate "Internal Mic".) This may be a duplicate of Bug #414215, but it didn't seem quite the same to me. ProblemType: Bug AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 1/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: oliver 3202 F.... pulseaudio oliver 3493 F.... alsamixer /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: oliver 3202 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: oliver 3202 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfa220000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984A' Components : 'HDA:11d4194a,17aa20fb,00100200' Controls : 14 Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Tue Sep 22 03:53:35 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.18-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic SourcePackage: pulseaudio Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/434520/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp