[Inspiron 530, Realtek ALC888, Blue Line In, Rear] Recording problem

[Vincenzo]

I had working sound with 16.04 lts. upgraded to 18.04 lts no sound. I found a work around by having my phone play sound while booting it up. I now have sound but can not see a sound card in my settings. before it was dummy sound card.
I assume the internal sound card is not configured or talking to the protocols as it is not configured.

Could you fix this please. I see lots of sound issues on this release.

Vincenzo

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-21.22-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: vincenzo 1037 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 10 10:26:57 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-02 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:Intel successful
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel
Symptom_Jack: Blue Line In, Rear
Symptom_PulseAudioRecordingTest: PulseAudio recording test through plughw:Intel successful
Symptom_Type: None of the above
Title: [Inspiron 530, Realtek ALC888, Blue Line In, Rear] Recording problem
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.15
dmi.board.name: 0K216C
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: ���
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.15:bd06/20/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0K216C:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 530
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.