I installed Ubuntu on my new laptop, quite a challenge as I am not well versed in computing. It seems to be working fine, except the inbuilt microphone is not working. Not too sure what to do about it, am I missing a driver?
Here is the screen grab from alsamixer:
I do not see a microphone
Thanks for your help.
Best Answer
Press
F4key to see the Capture/Input controls. But you probably won't see them. Not yet.Remember those "HDA Intel" and "ALC256". They will be important in your quest for answers. You are not alone, check this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1793410 This last post resumes it all: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=279424&start=47 Check preceding posts above for more details...
This kind of problem is usually solved by adding an option line at the end of
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conffile. You will need to restart your computer to see the result. You could try addingoptions snd-hda-intel model=headset-micat the end of/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conffile. Or something else. There are lots of things to be tried with this file. Restart your computer for each test. You need to open the file as administrator to be able to make changes. Check my tutorial for more details: Asus Eee Pc X101ch and Intel Atom: Fix The Speaker And Microphone! You probably won't find the exact answer there but you can follow the method...Did you find the right answer? Please share with us! But seemingly... there is no solution yet. Bonne chance!