On Karmic, no I didn't have to do anything else. I haven't even modified the config file as was necessary in Hardy as I think the quirk has been added into the kernel for my hardware.
Partha wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for the info. I can't seem to activate the mic doing that. I > keep switching to microphone 2 and all I get is silence. I think > Pulseaudio is the culprit here. > > My Vaio is vgn-fw139e if that matters. Everything else works fine > including my internal video camera. > > Did you do anything special other than what you mentioned below? > > Thanks for your help. > > Partha > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Michael Doube <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Partha >> >> I get my internal mic to work by switching to it in the sound >> preferences -> input dialog (internal is microphone 2), also on Karmic >> (Vaio SZ650). Right click on the speaker icon. See bug #417633 >> >> -- >> Sound not configured properly on Sony Vaios using snd_hda_intel >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195605 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in ALSA driver: New >> Status in Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL): Invalid >> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete >> >> Bug description: >> Recent Sony Vaios use snd_hda_intel for audio, which is generally good and >> supported by alsa >= 1.0.15, but the Ubuntu installer does not properly >> detect hardware and configure the driver. The well-known fix to this bug is >> to install the newest available alsa and add to the end of >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base these 3 lines: >> >> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel >> options snd-card-0 index=0 >> options snd-hda-intel model=vaio >> >> Then restart ALSA: >> >> ]$ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart >> >> (In Jaunty, alsa-base has been renamed to alsa-base.conf and you have to >> restart your machine to effect any change; also see >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/195605/comments/37) >> >> This enables the headphone jack, speaker muting on headphone insertion, the >> internal microphone (and I think the mic jack, though I haven't tested it), >> which otherwise don't work. >> >> Andy Whitcroft reckons this can be handled by the kernel's quirk subsystem >> if appropriate info is provided: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/195605/comments/24 >> >> So can people please add comments with their model number, the working >> "model=<something>" string from /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and attach the >> output of >> >> ]$ sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci.txt >> >> For VGN-: NR11Z, N31M >> Use: options snd-hda-intel model=sony-assamd >> >> For VGN-: SZ650N, SZ61, FZ11S, FZ15G >> Use: options snd-hda-intel model=vaio >> >> For VGN-: AR51M >> Use: options snd-hda-intel model=vaio enable=1 index=0 position_fix=1 >> probe_mask=1 >> >> For VGN-: FZ140E, FE41E >> Use: unknown >> >> > > -- Sound not configured properly on Sony Vaios using snd_hda_intel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195605 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
