aha! Seemed i found the solution or ,at least, an explanation -
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/CX20585

I also would like to note that only built in speakers work. If i plug in the
headphones - i can only hear static in them.

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 08/09/2011 08:57 AM, Andrew Z wrote:
>
>> Yasha,
>>  the built in mic is not working. Based on the results from google ( at
>> least for Ubuntu) that seems to be a constant problem. I came across 2
>> possible solutions ( disable quick boot in BIOS and this one
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=1568213&page=**2<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1568213&page=2>
>> <http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=1568213&page=**2<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1568213&page=2>>
>> ). I"ll try it
>> tonight.
>>
>> There is another problem which seemed to plague my both machines pc and
>> laptop - during shutdown the theme "good bye" music is jerky and with
>> echo. Not that it's important, but on those rare occasions when i do
>> have sound on, it's annoying.
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Yasha Karant <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    On 08/09/2011 05:32 AM, Andrew Z wrote:
>>
>>
>>            On 08/08/2011 07:02 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
>>         >  oh, me stupid me....
>>         >  lsusb
>>         >  Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>         >  Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>         >  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>         >  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>         >  Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b1d6 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
>>         >  Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
>>        USB 2.0
>>         >  multicard reader
>>         >  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>         >  Bus 001 Devic
>>              e 001:
>>            ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hu
>>         >
>>         >  don't ask why i thought it will be a pci device....
>>         >
>>         >  wonder if anyone had experience dealing with this one (
>>        04f2:b1d6
>>         >  Chicony Electronics  )
>>         >
>>         >  Andrew
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >  On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Andrew Z<[email protected]
>>        <mailto:[email protected]>
>>         > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>  wrote:
>>
>>         >
>>         >      Hello,
>>         >        i have Toshiba L645D laptop. It has a built-in webcam.
>>        But lspci
>>         >      reveals nothing. I know it worked once it had windoz on
>>        it. HEre are
>>         >      the specs
>>         >
>>          (http://www.anandtech.com/__**show/4210/toshiba-satellite-__**
>> l645d-mobile-amd-3ghz<http://www.anandtech.com/__show/4210/toshiba-satellite-__l645d-mobile-amd-3ghz><
>> http://www.anandtech.com/**show/4210/toshiba-satellite-**
>> l645d-mobile-amd-3ghz<http://www.anandtech.com/show/4210/toshiba-satellite-l645d-mobile-amd-3ghz>
>> >).
>>
>>         >      lspci :
>>         >      lspci
>>         >      00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880
>>        Host Bridge
>>         >      00:01.0 PCI bridge: Toshiba America Info Syst
>>              ems
>>            Device 9602
>>         >      00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780
>>        PCI to PCI
>>         >      bridge (PCIE port 0)
>>         >      00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780
>>        PCI to PCI
>>         >      bridge (PCIE port 2)
>>         >      00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA
>>         >      Controller [AHCI mode]
>>         >      00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
>>         >      OHCI0 Controller
>>         >      00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
>>         >      EHCI Controller
>>         >      00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
>>         >      OHCI0 Controller
>>         >      00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
>>         >      EHCI Controller
>>         >      00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus
>>        Controller (rev 41)
>>         >      00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
>>        (Intel HDA)
>>         >      (rev
>>               40)
>>         >      00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host
>>         >      controller (rev 40)
>>         >      00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to
>>        PCI Bridge
>>         >      (rev 40)
>>         >      00:15.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a0
>>         >      00:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
>>         >      OHCI0 Controller
>>         >      00:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB
>>         >      EHCI Controller
>>         >      00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
>> 10h
>>         >      Processor HyperTransport Configuration
>>         >      00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
>> 10h
>>         >      Processor Address Map
>>         >      00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
>> 10h
>>         >      Processor DRAM Controller
>>         >      00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family
>> 10h
>>         >      Processor Miscellaneous Control
>>         >
>>
>>            00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h
>>         >      Processor Link Control
>>         >      01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc
>>        M880G
>>         >      [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
>>         >      02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>         >      RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
>>         >      08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications
>>        AR8152 v1.1 Fast
>>         >      Ethernet (rev c1)
>>         >
>>         >      At the same time there is /dev/video0 "c" file..
>>         >      not sure where to go from here...
>>         >
>>         >      Andrew
>>         >
>>         >
>>
>>        Yasha Karant <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>            I have a
>>
>>            CKA7216 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
>>
>>            working under CentOS 5.6 on a HP EliteBook
>>
>>            e.g., with application ekiga ([ykarant@localhost ~]$ ekiga
>>        --version
>>            Gnome ekiga 2.0.2)
>>
>>
>>            Yasha Karant
>>
>>        Late last night:
>>        Installed xwtv and it worked while complaining about v4l. But no
>>        sound... another issue....
>>        --
>>        Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>>
>>
>>    Which sound is missing:  audio out (speaker) or audio in
>>    (microphone)? Does your unit have a built-in microphone?   Note that
>>    when one configures audio out, the configuration utility allows one
>>    to play a test sound.  system-config-soundcard is the utility under
>>    RHEL 5.6 .
>>
>>    Yasha Karant
>>
>>
>>
> I do not use the input microphone built-into my laptop nor the microphone
> input jack, and thus cannot comment on the microphone input.
>
> Sound out works, although, depending upon both application and processor
> load, it can get jerky.  I have used the machine to play audio-video DVDs
> using an external converter to NTSC for NTSC television input, as well a
> video RBG inputs, and a direct link from the sound output to the television
> audio input.  The DVDs played flawlessly without visible or audible jitter;
> note that this was the only application running at the time.  I do not own a
> HDTV (and thus cannot test HDMI, QAM, or ATSC signals).
>
> Yasha Karant
>

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