Sony Vaio built in Microphone does not work

[David Mandala]

Sony model VPCF1290X

+ adding a line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-amic

or:
options snd-hda-intel model=auto

does not fix the internal mic.

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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC275 Analog [ALC275 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: davidm 1716 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe8e00000 irq 52'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC275'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0275,104d3f00,00100005'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 9
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xe3080000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GT220 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10de000a,104d3f00,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=5bf88015-b766-490d-a65d-665db4e37bb3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100916.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCF1290X
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-21-generic root=UUID=8875003a-a626-4798-b021-01c6208bf1a1 ro quiet splash i8042.nopnp
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-21.31-generic 2.6.35.4
Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: maverick kernel-sound needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-21-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R1110Y6
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR1110Y6:bd05/31/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCF1290X:pvrA222J92M:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCF1290X
dmi.product.version: A222J92M
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

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Found that adding a line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf "options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-amic" and rebooting allows the external mic in jack to work, it does not fix the internal mic.

I tried the line: "options snd-hda-intel model=auto", that did not fix the issue.

[userID (userid)]

I'm affected by this bug too. I'm using Sony model vpcs11c5e.

With 10.04 everything was good. After the update to 10.10 the microphone is broken.

After the update i see in /var/log/messages :

Oct 12 19:22:26 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1110 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:22:31 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1614 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:22:36 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1158 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:22:41 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1538 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:22:46 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1337 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:22:51 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1720 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:22:56 laptop pulseaudio[2242]: ratelimit.c: 1298 events suppressed
Oct 12 19:23:07 laptop kernel: [ 1922.770091] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: MCP power or thermal limit exceeded
Oct 12 19:23:37 laptop kernel: [ 1952.716349] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: MCP power or thermal limit exceeded
Oct 12 19:23:42 laptop kernel: [ 1957.707513] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: MCP power or thermal limit exceeded
Oct 12 19:24:57 laptop kernel: [ 2032.594874] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: MCP power or thermal limit exceeded

I added snd-hda-intel model=laptop-amic to alsa-base.conf. After that the external mic. works.
"events suppressed" and "MCP power or thermal limit exceeded" messages are still there.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

David Mandala, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Regarding your bug title:
> "Sony Vaio built in Microphone and mic in does not work"

Please do not stack multiple issues into one bug. This bug report will only focus on your built-in microphone. If you want a fix for the external microphone, please file a new report at the Terminal:
ubuntu-bug linux

Thank you for your understanding.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

David Mandala, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue on a supported release? If so, 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 in a supported release, 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 linux <replace-with-bug-number>

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.

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