Internal or External Microphone not working!

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#1

Hey guys,

I have been searching and doing everything I can for the last three days but for some reason I cannot use either the internal microphone on my laptop or if i connect earphones with a mic.

I recently installed the Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 and I am in love with it.. I have an ASUS X540S when i go to sound preferences all I see in input devices is "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" as an option and that is it!

Please help me out fix this as i don't want to move away from ubuntu mate.. its the best OS ever..

Regards,
Mazin Asif.

#2

Ok now somehow I finally see an input option of:

ā€œBuilt-in Audio Analog Stereoā€

Along with that there is a new field above it which says:

Connector: ā€œMicrophoneā€

But still I donā€™t know how to get it workingā€¦ HELP GUYS :slight_smile:

#3

BUMP!!! Helpā€¦ anyone??

#4

I donā€™t knowā€¦ Check if sound is unmuted in checkboxes (in Sound Preferences) and volume-levels are OK.

Last step: See if your hardware works in another distro. If it does see if your settings are the same in Ubuntu MATE.

#5

Make sure correct hardware is selected in hardware tab in Sound Preferences.

#6
  • Sound is unmuted in checkboxes and volumes are also OK.
  • hardware works fine, checked on windows. I cannot install another distro just to check the microphone.
  • Correct hardware is selected.

Can you please help out or anyone?

What should I do?

#7

You donā€™t have to install another distro, just boot another distro in Live mode without installing. Thatā€™s what I would do.

#8

Tried it still not workingā€¦ Guys can someone help out? Where can i get Ubunte mate help from? I came here because this is the official communityā€¦ please help out if someone can :slight_smile:

#9

Didnā€™t sound work in another distro? Then chances are your hardware is not compatible with Linux. Maybe a more technical user like @ouroumov , @anon42388993 or @lah7 can help you out and see if your hardware is recognized by the Linux kernel.

Donā€™t give up. Ask for help in other places too, like askubuntu.com
The good thing about using an Ubuntu-based distribution is that you can search for help in a lot of different places and forums. Also google your hardware+Linux which might give you quick info about compatibility.

#10

Oke..... we are going to try something here.
Open the Terminal Ctrl +Alt+ t and type alsamixer
It looks approximately like this,

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Go with your arrow key -> to Mic, if this is a empty bar...then type m , if you do that you will see under the bar it will change from MM to OO.
It has to be OO. than go with your arrow key ^ all the the way up in the red zone.
It looks something like this,

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That will do the trick.....

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#11

Thanks bro! still trying to figure this outā€¦ sigh haha.

#12

Hey! Thanks for the reply.. well the thing is i already tried this as well before i posted this thread.. but in my alsa mixer i do not see any mic/microphone anything :S.. although weirdly in the start even pulsemixer was not recognizing any microphone.. after a few days pulsemixer started showing microphone as an input but it still does not work.. i tried unlocking and bringing left and right volumes to 0 as well.. still to no avail..

#13

This is what my Alsamixer looks like:

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#14

Hi @Mazin_Asif. The mic may show only when you press F4 to see the ā€œCaptureā€ controls. Note how the upper left has help and also displays the selected control in detail.

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#15

Hello again @Mazin_Asif, ItĀ“s like Bill_MI mentioned, there are more options to extend the settings.
Soā€¦can you go back to the alsamixer and press F5 for the full display of settings.

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#16

Iā€™ve just upgraded to 16.04 an have run into the same issue on a Asus Eee PC 1011PX.

AlsaMixer does not register an internal microphone at all (there is no bar displayed for ā€˜internal micā€™.

arecord -l shows:

card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Any ideas? TIA.

#17

After 4 year, is there any solution?
I have same problem with Intel product on Ubuntu Mate 20.04.

arecord - l shows:

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: 92HD81B1X5 Analog [92HD81B1X5 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Microphone can't capture any sound. Any idea how to solve this?