No headset microphone is detected in sound settings on a Dell laptop

[Hui Wang]

Steps:

1. Plug in a headset to the headset audio jack
2. Go to Sound settings -> Input tab and check if the headset mic is listed

This is bug is for tracking purposes only, please do not triage.

[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 1533461

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

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'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Hui Wang (hui.wang)]

commit 0a1f90a982e85f4921bed606a6b41a24f4de2ae1
Author: Hui Wang <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Jan 13 11:51:38 2016 +0800

    ALSA: hda - fix the headset mic detection problem for a Dell laptop

    The machine uses codec alc255, and the pin configuration value for
    pin 0x14 on this machine is 0x90171130 which is not in the pin quirk
    table yet.

    Cc: <email address hidden>
    BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1533461
    Signed-off-by: Hui Wang <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <email address hidden>

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-wily' to 'verification-done-wily'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.2.0-30.35

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linux (4.2.0-30.35) wily; urgency=low

  [ Seth Forshee ]

  * SAUCE: cred: Add clone_cred() interface
    - LP: #1531747, #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Use mounter's credentials instead of selectively
    raising caps
    - LP: #1531747, #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.*
    xattrs
    - LP: #1531747, #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Be more careful about copying up sxid files
    - LP: #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576
  * SAUCE: overlayfs: Propogate nosuid from lower and upper mounts
    - LP: #1534961, #1535150
    - CVE-2016-1575 CVE-2016-1576

linux (4.2.0-29.34) wily; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1543167

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: apparmor: fix sleep from invalid context"
    - LP: #1542049

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "af_unix: Revert 'lock_interruptible' in stream receive code"
    - LP: #1540731

linux (4.2.0-28.33) wily; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1540634

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * CONFIG: CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BCM63XX is not set

  [ J. R. Okajima ]

  * SAUCE: ubuntu: aufs: tiny, extract a new func xino_fwrite_wkq()
    - LP: #1533043
  * SAUCE: ubuntu: aufs: for 4.3, XINO handles EINTR from the dying process
    - LP: #1533043

  [ John Johansen ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up): apparmor: fix for failed mediation of socket that is
    being shutdown
    - LP: #1446906
  * SAUCE: apparmor: fix sleep from invalid context
    - LP: #1539349

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add pvpanic to virtual flavour
    - LP: #1537923

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "ACPI / LPSS: allow to use specific PM domain during ->probe()"
    - LP: #1540532
  * tools: Add a "make all" rule
    - LP: #1536370
  * vf610_adc: Fix internal temperature calculation
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: lpc32xx_adc: fix warnings caused by enabling unprepared clock
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio:ad5064: Make sure ad5064_i2c_write() returns 0 on success
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: ad5064: Fix ad5629/ad5669 shift
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio:ad7793: Fix ad7785 product ID
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: adc: vf610_adc: Fix division by zero error
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Improve reliability of mmc_select_hs200()
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Fix HS setting in mmc_select_hs400()
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Move mmc_switch_status()
    - LP: #1536370
  * mmc: mmc: Improve reliability of mmc_select_hs400()
    - LP: #1536370
  * crypto: qat - don't use userspace pointer
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: si7020: Swap data byte order
    - LP: #1536370
  * iio: adc: xilinx: Fix VREFN scale
    - LP: #1536370
  * ipmi: Start the timer and thread on internal msgs
    - LP: #1536370
  * drm/i915: quirk backlight present on Macbook 4, 1
    - LP: #1536370
  * drm/i915: get runtime PM reference around GEM set_caching IOCTL
    - LP: #1536370
  * drm/radeon: Disable uncacheable CPU mappings of GTT with RV6xx
    - LP: #1536370
  *...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-vivid' to 'verification-done-vivid'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.19.0-56.62

---------------
linux (3.19.0-56.62) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1555832

  [ Florian Westphal ]

  * SAUCE: [nf,v2] netfilter: x_tables: don't rely on well-behaving
    userspace
    - LP: #1555338

linux (3.19.0-55.61) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1554708

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "drm/radeon: call hpd_irq_event on resume"
    - LP: #1554608

linux (3.19.0-54.60) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1552337

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "firmware: dmi_scan: Fix UUID endianness for SMBIOS >= 2.6"
    - LP: #1551419

linux (3.19.0-53.59) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1550576

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * Merged back 3.19.0-52.58

linux (3.19.0-52.58) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1548548

  [ Dan Streetman ]

  * SAUCE: nbd: ratelimit error msgs after socket close
    - LP: #1505564

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "ACPI / LPSS: allow to use specific PM domain during ->probe()"
    - LP: #1542457
  * Revert "workqueue: make sure delayed work run in local cpu"
    - LP: #1546320
  * net: ipmr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction
    - LP: #1542457
  * drm/nouveau/nv46: Change mc subdev oclass from nv44 to nv4c
    - LP: #1542457
  * ovl: allow zero size xattr
    - LP: #1542457
  * ovl: use a minimal buffer in ovl_copy_xattr
    - LP: #1542457
  * [media] vb2: fix a regression in poll() behavior for output,streams
    - LP: #1542457
  * [media] gspca: ov534/topro: prevent a division by 0
    - LP: #1542457
  * [media] media: dvb-core: Don't force CAN_INVERSION_AUTO in oneshot mode
    - LP: #1542457
  * tools lib traceevent: Fix output of %llu for 64 bit values read on 32
    bit machines
    - LP: #1542457
  * KVM: x86: expose MSR_TSC_AUX to userspace
    - LP: #1542457
  * KVM: x86: correctly print #AC in traces
    - LP: #1542457
  * drm/radeon: call hpd_irq_event on resume
    - LP: #1542457
  * xhci: refuse loading if nousb is used
    - LP: #1542457
  * arm64: Clear out any singlestep state on a ptrace detach operation
    - LP: #1542457
  * time: Avoid signed overflow in timekeeping_get_ns()
    - LP: #1542457
  * ovl: root: copy attr
    - LP: #1542457
  * Bluetooth: Add support of Toshiba Broadcom based devices
    - LP: #1522949, #1542457
  * rtlwifi: fix memory leak for USB device
    - LP: #1542457
  * wlcore/wl12xx: spi: fix oops on firmware load
    - LP: #1542457
  * ovl: check dentry positiveness in ovl_cleanup_whiteouts()
    - LP: #1542457
  * EDAC, mc_sysfs: Fix freeing bus' name
    - LP: #1542457
  * EDAC: Robustify workqueues destruction
    - LP: #1542457
  * arm64: mm: ensure that the zero page is visible to the page table
    walker
    - LP: #1542457
  * powerpc: Make value-returning atomics fully ordered
    - LP: #1542457
  * powerpc: Make {cmp}xchg* and their atomic_ versions fully ordered
    - LP: #1542457
  * dm space map metadata: remove unused variable in brb_pop()
    - LP: #1542457
  * dm thi...