No Microphone Recording with Gateway NV53

[drvali]

I have a Gateway NV53 that has a Conexant card in it.

I cannot get the onboard microphone to work. All other sound appears to work.

I have followed the directions located here. No luck. Nothing is muted.

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)
Codec: Conexant ID 2c06

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

uname -a
Linux kids-laptop 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[rwmarch]

I also have the same problem with a Gateway NV53 with the Conexant chipset. Did you find a solution to the issue?
-Robert

[lidex]

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 post text output using code tags. Also helpful is the make/model of your PC/Laptop.

[rwmarch]

Yes, sir ...

Linux camille-laptop 2.6.32-21-generic-pae #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:39:35 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 <==
Codec: Conexant ID 2c06

==> /proc/asound/card1/codec#0 <==
Codec: ATI RS690/780 HDMI

[lidex]

Hmm. Let's try this. 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=gateway

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.
Go to "System>Preferences>Sound" and make sure the correct soundcard is default.

[rwmarch]

I forgot to report that the laptop is a Gateway NV53.

I had tried
options snd-hda-intel model=gateway and model=auto
in/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
but to no effect. However, rather than reboot, I did
sudo alsa force-reload
Is that adequate, or must there be a reboot? Right now the machine is remote (via NX). I can probably achieve a reboot if required. Let me know.

In alsamixer, all of the volumes are high and not muted.

In Sound,Preferences on the Input tab the only choice is Internal Audio Analog Stereo.

When the machine was locally available, I had tested with a headset incorporating an internal USB sound card. It worked normally in all respects.

Internal speakers are functioning normally.

[rwmarch]

In alsamixer the card settings are -
Card: HDA ATI SB
Chip: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)

[lidex]

Try this option:

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig

or this one:

options snd-hda-intel model=m6

Be sure to use only one at a time. Remove any previous custom entries first. Also helpful is alsa backports:

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

If no help then a full upgrade to 1.0.23 seems to resolve a lot of issues. Use the info in this link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...18&postcount=2

I would reboot rather than reload.

[MrDurden]

bump

I got the exact same model and issue. No solution from the mentioned above worked for me.

[sarmadzhiev]

I have the same machine NV53
No mic either. Tried above approaches on 10.04 no luck.

In alsa mixer I can see 3 mic's how do I switch which one ot be use? Sorry for the newbie question