[GA-MA74GMT-S2, Realtek ALC887-VD, Pink Mic, Front] No sound at all

[srinivas gowda]

Mic doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: srinivas 2967 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: srinivas 2967 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887-VD'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302'
   Controls : 42
   Simple ctrls : 21
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfcffc000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100200'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 4
Date: Sat May 26 14:20:32 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:SB failed
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 2967 2967 srinivas F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: srinivas F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_Jack: Pink Mic, Front
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [GA-MA74GMT-S2, Realtek ALC887-VD, Pink Mic, Front] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (29 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F10
dmi.board.name: GA-MA74GMT-S2
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF10:bd08/31/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA74GMT-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA74GMT-S2:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA74GMT-S2
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

did the front audio panel of your computer chassis support Jack detection ?

analog-input-microphone-front: Front Microphone (priority 8500, available: no)
   properties:

[James Cuzella (trinitronx)]

On this same motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2), I had success getting the front panel input to work by adding the following line to /etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,0

I added this just before the udev auto-detect module:

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else

Then run: /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart

If you still get no sound input:

1. Run alsamixer
2. Press F4 to go to the Capture screen
3. Right Arrow over to the "Input Source" column
4. Press Up/Down Arrow until the "Front Mic" input is selected
5. Make sure your Capture volume is all the way up (adjust Mic Boost to taste but beware if it's too high you'll get distortion)

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

you just use a workaround only

module-switch-on-port-available is cause of your problem since none of input ports (front mic, rear mic and line in ) are available

 analog-input-microphone-front: Front Microphone (priority 8500, available: no)
   properties:

  analog-input-microphone-rear: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, available: no)
   properties:

  analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, available: no)
   properties:

  iec958-stereo-input: iec958-stereo-input (priority 0, available: unknown)
   properties:

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[dinar qurbanov (qdinar)]

mic connected to front is not working with this motherboard in ubuntu 20.04.

[dinar qurbanov (qdinar)]

i think i should say: does not work. i cannot test that computer now.