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Mic not working in feisty

Asked by Perfect spawn

My microfone was working fine in Ubuntu Edgy. Yesterday I updated to Feisty and the microfone is not working anymore, but I can hear music and other sounds. I can't hear my own voice from the mic.
Mic is not muted. If i turn the speaker volume up, I can hear a sound like static.
I really need this microfone working. I have searched trough internet for the last 4 hours, but can't find a solution.

pspawn@bighi-desktop:~$ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

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Perfect spawn (pspawn) said : 		#1

More info.

The output of "arecord -l" is quite interesting. I'm not sure it should display that many capture devices.
(this is in portuguese. but i think you can understand)

pspawn@bighi-desktop:~$ arecord -l
**** Lista de Dispositivos CAPTURE Hardware ****
placa 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], dispositivo 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
  Dispositivo secundário: 1/1
  Dispositivo secundário #0: subdevice #0
placa 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], dispositivo 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel ICH5 - MIC ADC]
  Dispositivo secundário: 1/1
  Dispositivo secundário #0: subdevice #0
placa 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], dispositivo 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel ICH5 - MIC2 ADC]
  Dispositivo secundário: 1/1
  Dispositivo secundário #0: subdevice #0
placa 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], dispositivo 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel ICH5 - ADC2]
  Dispositivo secundário: 1/1
  Dispositivo secundário #0: subdevice #0

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Best Perfect spawn (pspawn) said : 		#2

My problem is now solved. I installed kmix and edited an option about jack.

Everything is working fine now.

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IkimashoZ (ikimashoz) said : 		#3

I have an Intel ICH6 and have exactly this problem. I installed kmix, but I don't see any options about "jack". Could you possibly provide more specific information about how you solved the problem?

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Perfect spawn (pspawn) said : 		#4

There was an option about "Surround Jack Mode". I changed it to "independent" and the problem was gone.

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IkimashoZ (ikimashoz) said : 		#5

Well, then I'm screwed, because I have no such option. Kmix also looks
identical to alsa mixer with all the properties turned on, which is
interesting.

On 4/24/07, Perfect spawn <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Question #5328 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5328
>
> Perfect spawn posted a new comment:
> There was an option about "Surround Jack Mode". I changed it to
> "independent" and the problem was gone.
>

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Perfect spawn (pspawn) said : 		#6

Now I found this option on the gnome volume control (don't know if this is really the name).
Under Edit->Preferences there is a checkbox for "surround jack mode".

Checking this will make the option to configure the surround jack mode appear on the volume control.
I hope this helps.

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IkimashoZ (ikimashoz) said : 		#7

Yeah, that option doesn't exist for me.

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Perfect spawn (pspawn) said : 		#8

Then probably your problem is something else. I can't help'you.