On my hp elitebook 6930p refurbished laptop the internal mic is very quiet when recording. I set the alsamixer settings to full and unmuted and turned everything up including mic boost volume and still it is very quiet when recording. I have the gnome desktop with no effects as my active desktop and I am blind so I use the Orca Screen Reader and brltty for braille display support. I am considering getting a USB mic with headset for recording and chat.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997751 Title: [HP EliteBook hostname, Analog Devices AD1984A, Black Mic, Internal] Recording problem Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The built in microphone for HP EliteBook 6930p is not recording properly. During record and playback test the volume is really really low. A similar problem existed in earlier releases of Ubuntu (<10.10) and it was resolved by adding a line "options snd-hda-intel model=laptop" to alsa-base.conf file. However this does not work any more for the current 12.04 release. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ayyala 1682 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd8420000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984A' Components : 'HDA:11d4194a,103c30dc,00100400 HDA:11c11040,103c1378,00100200' Controls : 18 Simple ctrls : 11 Date: Thu May 10 20:39:54 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:Intel failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel Symptom_Jack: Black Mic, Internal Symptom_Type: Only some of inputs are working Title: [HP EliteBook hostname, Analog Devices AD1984A, Black Mic, Internal] Recording problem UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/08/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68PCD Ver. F.20 dmi.board.name: 30DC dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 87.2B dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68PCDVer.F.20:bd12/08/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook6930p:pvrF.20:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30DC:rvrKBCVersion87.2B:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 6930p dmi.product.version: F.20 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2012-05-10T20:39:44.212460 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/997751/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
