ANKUR JAIN

November 3, 2007

Ubuntu Gutsy - Microphone Issues on Dell Inspiron 1520

Please go through the previous post, in case sound is not working correctly for you on Feisty/Gutsy. First you need to setup the sound card correctly.

I was facing problems with Internal Microphone on Ubuntu Feisty, so when Gutsy was released, I upgraded to it. Status did not change even after upgrading to Gutsy. Anyway, I tried reinstalling ALSA, but it did not help either. For Gutsy, there are not much different solutions available. So, I tried various settings in the Sound Mixer again. Finally, I got the Internal Microphone working. I used Audacity/Skype to test the microphone. Those facing the same issue with similar hardware (Sigmatel STAC9205), may try the same settings. It might help. Attached is the screenshot of the gnome-mixer settings that worked for me.

ALSA Gnome Mixer Playback Tab ALSA Gnome Mixer Recording Tab ALSA Gnome Mixer Switches Tab ALSA Gnome Mixer Options Tab

Filed under: Wired-News — Ankur Jain @ 7:48 pm

6 Comments »

  1. Hi There,
    I am working on a Dell Inspiron 1520, I am trying to run Mac OS X leopard 10.5.2, its called IATKOS, I have everything working accept - you guessed it, the internal microphone. Now could you help me with this issue, and as you know - Mac OS X is unix with cloths on:-) Would you be able to dump the driver that worked for you, or help me with this issue?

    Kind Regards,
    Reece Peart

    Comment by Reece Peart — June 9, 2008 @ 8:07 am

  2. Thanks, this was exactly the information I needed to make my mic work. I tested with Skype, the key there was to disallow skype from controlling the mixer settings. Great information, thanks again.

    Comment by Jeff B — September 14, 2008 @ 3:11 am

  3. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORKS!!!:D

    Comment by Akmal — December 5, 2008 @ 9:54 am

  4. Nice work! I?ll have to do a cross post on this one ;)

    Comment by Cacela — February 6, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

  5. Thanks worked well

    Comment by Marco — May 14, 2009 @ 9:50 pm

  6. Awesome! Thank you! This was a life saver.

    Comment by carnator — July 24, 2009 @ 1:52 am

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