Dell mini 10 Mic not working

[PouletFou]

Just installed kubuntu netbook remix 9.10 on a dell mini 10 (came with ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed).
Microphone does not work but worked on the 8.04.
It looks like the issue reported for jaunty (bug #394793 ) but I don't know if it is the same bug and I can't find a working solution.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

it's seems like this issue re appears again in newer kernel versions, probably is same like bug 394793.

[rasto1968 (rob-a-stone)]

It works fine on our Mini 10v, in fact it now works much better than before with much clearer recordings so I don't think this is the same as the 9.04 bug.

[PouletFou (pouletfou)]

More details about this problem:
 - The built-in microphone does not work (worked with 8.04 dell lpia build)
 - The external microphone works but there is not mic-boost option

[Pawel (pawel-szyszuk)]

I had the same problem, but it was enough to open Sound Preferences -> Input, then un-check "mute" for input device.

[merc (merc)]

Hi,

I can confirm that on my Dell Mini 10 the mike is NOT working.
If I go to Sound Preferences, Input, it's all grey.
In "hardware" there's just "Internal Audio 1 Output", no sign of a mike...

Help? :-D

Merc,

[merc (merc)]

Hi,

Need to correct myself.
In Hardware, I get the following profiles:

* Analog stereo input
* HDMI output
* HTMI Output + Analog stereo input
* Analog Stereo Output
* analog stereo duplex

Picking the last one, in the Input section the mike is not greyed out. Selecting "Internal Audio Analog Stereo" works, but Input level is always 0 (nothing compares in the bars) and it just doesn't record anything...

Sorry about my lame earlier report...

Bye!

Merc.

[merc (merc)]

Hi,

This bug has been fixed before for Jaunty!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/394793

Merc.

[mikewhatever (mikewhatever)]

Still an issue with Karmic and dell mini 10. I can switch to the internal mic in alsamixer, but the internal mic doesn't work.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi PouletFou,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 469346

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[Kim Pepper (kim-pepper)]

Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: kim 1525 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'MID'/'HDA Intel MID at 0xd83a0000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Silicon Image SiI1392 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,102802c6,00100004 HDA:10951392,ffffffff,00100000'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f1f1d174-d55a-4049-b14e-4b2e70fd4194
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1010
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=d9e7ade0-b00b-41cc-839c-0787ccf739a8 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-21-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 0R990K
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A11
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: **********
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A11
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd10/27/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1010:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn0R990K:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1010
dmi.product.version: A11
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Kim Pepper (kim-pepper)]

Wow! Sorry for posting all of that. I had the same problem with Karmic and was looking for a fix. Apologies if I flooded your inbox.

Kim

[Felipe Roquini (roquini)]

+1 for the internal mic not working,

Dell Mini 10 with Ubuntu 9.10.

[Felipe Roquini (roquini)]

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic

this did the trick for me, working now.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 469346

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If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

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