Here is a proposed workaround from http://naysaying.com/blog/2008/10 /fixing-low-microphone-volume-problem.html : Please report if this works around the problem for you!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Fixing Low Microphone Volume Problem with PulseAudio/ALSA on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex running on Dell XPS M1330 1. Open Application -> Sound & Video -> PulseAudio Device Chooser 2. Click on the "PulseAudio Applet" on the system tray and open "Manager". 3. Click on the "Devices" tab, select "alsa_output.pci_8086_284b_sound_card_0_alsa_playback_0.monitor" which is the "Monitor Source of ALSA..." 4. Click properties and set the volume to maximum (480% on my computer) 5. Record a song using the gnome-sound-recorder for testing -- internal mic capture very low volume when routed through pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275998 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
