Judging from the lack of responses to the email below, seems like we'll have to live with this bug in 12.04 :-/
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2012-March/019393.html ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903853 Title: [Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, Conexant CX20590, Mic, Internal] Background noise or low volume (phase inversion) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/903853/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs