Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 14.10 (utopic) reached end-of-life on July 23, 2015.
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 Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421981 Title: Plugging in microphone causes speakers to emit loud noises Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: As soon as I plug in my microphone, speakers start to emit loud distorted noises. This makes using microphone impossible. The noises persist even when I restart, and go away sometime in the boot process - that is if the microphone was unplugged before the restart. I dualboot and on Windows everything is fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu22 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: karaluh 2592 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: karaluh 2592 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: karaluh 2592 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: karaluh 2592 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sat Feb 14 17:23:44 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-12 (1007 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-11-13 (92 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0602 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P8Z68-V LX dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0602:bd09/13/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP8Z68-VLX:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1421981/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp