Microphones Not Working with 12.04

Question

Installed Ubuntu precise pangolin and everything is working fine except for my microphones (both internal and external). I have updated the drivers and installed alsa, to no avail. What to do?

Answer 1

When you say you installed alsa, do you mean you installed alsamixer? If not, install alsamixer, pull it up and check to make sure you microphones aren't muted.

$ sudo apt-get install alsamixer

Assuming alsamixer is ruled out, post up the output of:

$ arecord -l