Recording using the internal microphone on a Dell Precision M6500 laptop produces no sound. Even with the volume for capture cranked above 100%, all that is retrieved is static, or a very faint sound (e.g. if tapping near the mic).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
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 1520 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6ffc000 irq 21'
Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5'
Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,102802ef,00100104'
Controls : 23
Simple ctrls : 14
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf6dec000 irq 17'
Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100'
Controls : 4
Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Date: Thu Jul 15 09:15:42 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SelectedCard: 0 Intel HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Title: [IDT 92HD81B1C5] Recording problem
dmi.bios.date: 02/03/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 01RV5R
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd02/03/2010:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn01RV5R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision M6500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
Err, oops. This looks like a duplicate of bug 519066.