Comment 5 for bug 259878

After these steps I do have a "Front Mic" and "Front Mic Boost" on tab "Playback", and a toggle "Headphone" on tab "Switches". I still have nothing but static from the capture channel "Front Mic".

After I patched the source I ran:
$ sudo ./configure && make && make install
$ sudo cp /usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.16/modules/snd-hda-intel.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-eeepc/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
...then rebooted

Sound works from all sources except capture, as before.

$ uname -r
2.6.24-21-eeepc
$ lspci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
$ cat /proc/asound/*
cat: /proc/asound/card0: Is a directory
 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xf7db8000 irq 16
  0: [ 0] : control
  1: : sequencer
  4: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
 33: : timer
00-00: HDA Codec 0
cat: /proc/asound/Intel: Is a directory
 0 snd_hda_intel
cat: /proc/asound/oss: Is a directory
00-00: ALC269 Analog : ALC269 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
cat: /proc/asound/seq: Is a directory
G0: system timer : 4000.000us (10000000 ticks)
P0-0-0: PCM playback 0-0-0 : SLAVE
P0-0-1: PCM capture 0-0-1 : SLAVE
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
Compiled on Aug 12 2008 for kernel 2.6.24-21-eeepc (SMP).