The Line-In microphone works as the built-in microphone on HP Mini 1000

[Alex Moldovan]

The default microphone does not work in HP Mini 1000, that being Microphone 1 / Microphone (In "Sound Preferences / Connector ). There are 6 options there, but only the first two of them work. Connector "Line-In / Line-In" and "Line-In / Microphone". The other 4 options which would be the normal choices for a built-in microphone don't work.

ProblemType: Bug
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2190 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe938000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD75B2X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7608,103c361a,00100102'
   Controls : 20
   Simple ctrls : 14
Date: Thu Mar 4 20:24:35 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100305)
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please confirm with linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.32-15-generic from ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev

[Alex Moldovan (alexmoldovan)]

I've tried with linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.32-15-generic, and with 2.6.32-16-generic and the results are the same.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please rerun apport-collect while using linux-alsa-driver-modules, or just use http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh if apport-collect is still busted.

[Ronald McCollam (fader)]

After doing some research, this may be related to the type of jack used on this machine. It has a combined headphone/microphone jack that requires a special adapter for the microphone to work. We will order an adapter and try with that.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl)]

Tested again in Maverick with a custom-made adapter for this type of connection.

There are two options: Line-In, Microphone.

- Line-In: works for the built-in microphone, does not get line signal from the single mic/headphone jack (probably on purpose... maybe it just doesn't belong on the Mini, or to use when only standard headphones are connected)

- Microphone: works with both the built-in microphone and the external one, with jack-sensing.

As there are now only 2 options and both seem to work as expected, I'm closing this bug as Fix Released.