Microphone does not work on 10.04 on Dell e6410

[waliu]

Hi all,

I installed 10.04 64-bit on my Dell E6410. My microphone is not working and none of the solutions I found on the internet works for me
Please tell my if you need any input from me, for example my lspci output or anything else that could be helpful.

Thanks!

[lidex]

Internal or external? All other sound OK?
Can you post the output of these terminal commands for me please:

uname -a
aplay -l
cat /proc/asound/version
head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*

Terminal="Applications->Accessories->Terminal"
Please also include the make/model of your PC/Laptop.
Please post text output using code tags (the # in toolbar)

[olegsmall]

Try this:
Left button on the dynamics in the system tray
select audio settings
Go to the tab input
Power on microphone
and select the microphone2 (this works on my laptop)

[lostthetrail]

I have the same problem and same machine.

@lidex:
Here are the requested outputs.

$ uname -a
Linux lostfocus 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

$ 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

$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.

$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*
==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: IDT 92HD81B1C5

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#0 <==
Codec: Nvidia ID b

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#1 <==
Codec: Nvidia ID b

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#2 <==
Codec: Nvidia ID b

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#3 <==
Codec: Nvidia ID b

@olegsmall
Good suggestion, no sadly no dice.

[lidex]

Using a Terminal="Applications->Accessories->Terminal"
Open this file for editing:

 gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Insert this line at the bottom:

 options snd-hda-intel model=dell-s14

Save. Close. Reboot. Check your levels in alsamixer.

 alsamixer

Press <F6> to select the correct soundcard.
Press <F3> to show playback levels. <F4> selects capture levels [or use <Tab>]
Use the left/right arrow keys to select and up/down arrow keys to change levels. <M> to mute/unmute.
Go to "System ->Preferences ->Sound" and make sure the correct soundcard is default and adjust your profile on the hardware tab.

Now if that doesn't work, upgrade your alsa install using the alsa-upgrade link in my sig.

[tgm]

I have a Dell E6410 running 10.04 and that works for me. Thank you very much. Now I just need to wait for the touchpad issues to make it through into the kernel.

[lostthetrail]

@lidex: That worked perfectly. Could you explain what that line I just added does for us that makes it work?

Thanks in advance.

[lisar915]

Hi,

My internal microphone doesn't work either. I have a Sony Vaio PCG-K33 laptop. My sound card is ALI 5451. The chip is Realtek ALC203. And I'm using Ubuntu version 10.04.

I tried installing the gnome alsamixer. Also when I type alsamixer in the terminal, there are no bars showing up for the microphone.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Lisa

[lidex]

@lidex: That worked perfectly. Could you explain what that line I just added does for us that makes it work?

Thanks in advance.

It tells alsa that the codec implementation is non-standard, so configure for that model not the default.

[anrange]

Hi, I have a dell latitude e6410 too with nvidia graphics.

I follow this tutorial.
I ran the alsamixer, but when I talk to the mic, I don see it moving.
What app can I use to test it?

my settings:

I modified the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

as show here:


tail /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-s14


Info requested:

uname -a
Linux andres-ubuntu 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Compiled on Jul 17 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-23-generic (SMP).

head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: IDT 92HD81B1C5

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#0 <==
Codec: Nvidia GT21x HDMI

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#1 <==
Codec: Nvidia GT21x HDMI

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#2 <==
Codec: Nvidia GT21x HDMI

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#3 <==
Codec: Nvidia GT21x HDMI