MSI X-Slim 340 - Front Mic not working

[Fuchur]

Dearest Developers and advanced users,

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.
Did try more then one thing to install. Like skype 2.1, pulse volume control and more. But didn solve the problem.

3) What you expected to happen
That by changing the volume settings of front mic and front mic boost the front mic (mic fisiclay on the screen edge next to the camera would start working on my MSI X-slim 340 Laptop (In MS VISTA that is installed by default :-( it does work...) This seems to make it an ubuntu bug I believe. If not please correct me.

4) What happened instead
The front mic settings in volume control are in fact for the mic jack on the side which works perfectly! But dont always want to run for my external mic if someone calls me. And it seems naming in that case is wrong.

If any more info is needed please let me know exactly how to fetch it please. No Ubuntu newbie but lets say novice user.

Many Thanks,

Frank

[kelchy (kelchy)]

i can confirm this bug.
i also have an msi x340 running jaunty. can't seem to fix the front mic issue.
i also tried several models:
   options snd-hda-intel model=modelname
still stuck at using an external mic

[andrjas (andrjas)]

Try to install the newer alsa-driver from http://www.realtek.com.tw (Downloads -> High Definition Audio Codecs (Software) -> Accept and Next -> the linux driver is at the bottom of the page).

You'll also need some packages to compile the drivers:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic libncurses5-dev

Then, like said in the Readme.txt, do the manual install: unpack the driver and lib tarball (I couln't get the utils to compile) and run:
./configure
make
sudo make install

in both directories.

Worked for me, I hope it'll for you.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p alsa-base 425088

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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