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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056795 Title: Internal mic doesn't work on Dell mini 1010. Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The internal mic doesn't work at all on cold boot. After reloading alsa, sound is recorded by with lots of static. Changing Mic Boost or Capture levels didn't help. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mini 2588 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xd83a0000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'Silicon Image SiI1392 HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,102802c6,00100004 HDA:10951392,ffffffff,00100000' Controls : 21 Simple ctrls : 9 Date: Wed Sep 26 14:26:16 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 0R990K dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A11 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ********** dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A11 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd10/27/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1010:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn0R990K:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1010 dmi.product.version: A11 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1056795/+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

