after following the steps in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=866965 and selecting Pulse Audio as my capture source, I have no more problems.
specifically, I did the following to fix this issue: 1. installed: padevchooser libao-pulse libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 2. changed /etc/libao.conf to: default_driver=pulse as far as I can tell, padevchooser is just a utility and may not be required for the solution to work. -- pulse audio stops sound capture from working on thinkpad x300 hda-intel on intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285621 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs