Comment 14 for bug 108563

I have a Compaq nc6320 and I have the same problem described by feranick viz. sound capture works after a fresh boot. The moment I touch any of the sound settings, the microphone does not work anymore.
In addition, I have the problem described in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sound-recorder/+bug/119274

"ubuntu microphone problem" generates a million google hits ... long live ubuntu.