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capture with internal Mic not working in Dell XPS m1330 using ubuntu 7.10

Asked by regmee

I have tried so many threads to solve the Capture Failure problem with internal mic. in my XPS m1330 & ubuntu 7.10
No joy :(

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ lspci -v | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: SigmaTel STAC9228
Codec: Generic 1095 ID 1392

I have modified the modeprobe.d/alsa-base for
ref
3stack
5stack
as mentioned in http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
but without any success.

The CAPTURE test in system->pref->sound always fails.

and there is no MICROPHONE option in the edit->preferences in the Sound Recorder application.
Here are some screen shots.

http://www.bipins.net/amit/SoundProblem/Screenshot1.png
http://www.bipins.net/amit/SoundProblem/Screenshot2.png
http://www.bipins.net/amit/SoundProblem/Screenshot3.png
http://www.bipins.net/amit/SoundProblem/Screenshot4.png

I would be so happy to have this problem solved .. and would call some Skype contact for 1 full hour with Joy ... that day :)

-Regmee

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verb (swf-mc) said : 		#1

i solve this problem with fresh new alsa instalation

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regmee (regmi-amit) said : 		#2

This thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=545409 talks about "How Alsa Driver Installation killed my laptop"
Now I am scared to follow the steps that I can dig in from that thread.

Did you fix this problem on XPS M1330 and Ubuntu ??
Did you use synaptic package mnger to UNINSTALL alsa .. then REINSTALL ? or you downloader ALSA and then did a build.

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regmee (regmi-amit) said : 		#3

I followed up the alsa installation given in ---- > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/16686
I did everything except for the line
"options snd-hda-intel model=acer"

now when I login i get "new restricted drivers in use" message.
but still the mic capture is not working and I have the same situation as previous shown at the beginning of this thread.
What more need I do ??

I had expected with the new alsa installation the "microphone" option would appear in the volume control manager window. but no joy !!!!

I need skype in Ubuntu ... with duplex voice.

:((

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#4

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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regmee (regmi-amit) said : 		#5

found an answer here.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell/+bug/147682

:)

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regmee (regmi-amit) said : 		#6

solved