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alsa-driver package

Microphone (sound capture) doesn't work on HP Pavilion laptop with Intel Conexant CX20561 on Ubuntu 11.11

Bug #921365 reported by Aaron M. on 2012-01-25

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	alsa-driver (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

This bug is not new, and was reported for Ubuntu 9.04, but has not been fixed in the latest release.
See the following two bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/376278
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/575598?comments=all

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: grr 1896 F.... xfce4-volumed
                      grr 2913 F.... xfce4-mixer-plu
                      grr 7898 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf4500000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)'
   Components : 'HDA:14f15051,103c30cd,00100000'
   Controls : 9
   Simple ctrls : 8
CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
Package: alsa-driver (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Tags: oneiric
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-24 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: admin
dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
dmi.bios.version: F.2D
dmi.board.name: 30CD
dmi.board.vendor: Wistron
dmi.board.version: 80.52
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvrF.2D:bd08/26/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresariodv2700NoyebookPC:pvrF.2D:rvnWistron:rn30CD:rvr80.52:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Presario dv2700 Noyebook PC
dmi.product.version: F.2D
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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