I have Asus X550L model, and using latest build Ubuntu. I did lots of troubleshooting with pulse audio driver to fix my microphone, but no luck yet.
Can you help. Do you have a fix for this.
I have Asus X550L model, and using latest build Ubuntu. I did lots of troubleshooting with pulse audio driver to fix my microphone, but no luck yet.
Can you help. Do you have a fix for this.
I had the same problem and was able to get it to work by installing pavucontrol.
sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
Then change the port to microphone(unplugged) from internal microphone in the input devices tab.
I found the solution here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2203855
Run:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
add this line:
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=laptop-dmic
If you've already checked to be sure the settings in System Settings->Sound are sane, you might take a look at your alsamixer settings. I've seen microphones muted there before.
Open a terminal with CTRLALTT.
Issue the command alsamixer
You'll get a screen like this:
In the image above the front Mic is muted. You can use the cursor keys to Highlight the appropriate channel and hit M to toggle mute.
If you have more than one sound card you can select the appropriate one with F6
The above is the playback view, you'll likely want to check the Capture view as well with the F4 key