[Studio XPS 7100, Realtek ALC887] intermittent or total mic loss when voiping
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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alsa-driver (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I was asked to report this bug by the Canonical support Team.
Release of Ubuntu: 11.04
I can record sound fine, using my headset plugged into the front jacks and the sound recording applications. The problem arises when I try to make phone calls over the internet (voip). When I make a SIP call over Empathy, my mic will switch an and off, at about one second intervals. If I make a call with Gmail ( in my webbrowser: Chrome, or Firefox ) , my mic will get transmitted for maybe a second, then switch off. Also, when I call in Gmail, at the beginning of the call, there is a crackling sound, which I also observe when starting skype. At such times, the sound is also choppy.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: gabriel 1380 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: gabriel 1380 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe7f4000 irq 16'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC887'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0887,
Controls : 35
Simple ctrls : 20
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe8e8000 irq 19'
Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:1002791a,
Controls : 4
Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Fri Jul 29 08:53:02 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: Internal Audio - HDA ATI SB
Symptom_Jack: Pink Mic, Front
Symptom_Type: Sound works for a while, then breaks
Title: [Studio XPS 7100, Realtek ALC887, Pink Mic, Front] fails after a while
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/10/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 0GK1K2
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 7100
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
I have installed the "proposed" kernel, as suggested on bug #741825. It seems to fix the sound problems I was experiencing in Empathy, but not the ones I am still experiencing with Skype and Gmail. As Ubuntu's developers have no influence over the development of those softwares, I suppose this is the best I can hope for. If there is anything else I can do to help, please just let me know. Thanks !