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#1
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Rep:
Vaio TT + hda intel = microphone does NOT work
Hi guys,
I finally trashed vista from my pc (sonva vaio tt50B) it was too slow.
Now I am having some minor issues. One of them I would like to solve it.
It is the integrated mic. I cannot use it.
as I have HDA intel sound card i followed the wiki on the alsa website but t does not work.
Code:
teo@teo:~$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC889
Codec: Intel G45 DEVCTG
Why I have 2?
Code:
teo@teo:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
0b:04.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
0b:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
0b:04.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
0b:04.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
As i did not find my model I added
Code:
options snd-hda-intel model=vaio
when I gave this command
Code:
teo@teo:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
Code:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 9047
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at daa20000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
Audio is working without problems is the internal mic that does not work
Code:
teo@teo:~$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono: Playback 52 [81%] [-12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 45 [70%] [-17.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 45 [70%] [-17.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 64
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 52 [81%] [-10.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 52 [81%] [-10.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 21 [68%] [-3.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 21 [68%] [-3.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 1 [33%]
Front Right: 1 [33%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 46
Front Left: Capture 41 [89%] [25.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 41 [89%] [25.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 46
Front Left: Capture 46 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 46 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 120
Front Left: Capture 110 [92%] [25.00dB]
Front Right: Capture 110 [92%] [25.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Front Mic'
Item0: 'Front Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Front Mic'
Item0: 'Front Mic'
If you can help me it will be nice
Thank you
#2
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
nobody has my laptop or my soundcard? nobody knows anything?
#3
LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
I have the same audio controller (almost):
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
Here's how I enable the mic:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...0/#post3367818
It isn't quite as easy as I thought, but my mic doesn't work unless I do that.
#4
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
Thank you for your reply.
I tried what you proposed but the situation does not change
I did this
Code:
1) Run alsaconf, then open alsamixer
2) Press <Tab> until you get to the View: [All]
3) Press <Space> on Capture the bottom will turn red and say L R Capture and increase the volume on it
4) Unmute Analog Loopback (press <m>)
The point 3 it was already red and sating L R Caputure.
The point 4 i do not have Analog Loopback
I do not do what else can be done.
#5
LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
Weird, maybe you don't have the right modules inserted, maybe post the output of 'lsmod'.
#6
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
Thanks for your help
Code:
teo@teo:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 314568 14
af_packet 29824 4
i915 44928 2
drm 110304 3 i915
binfmt_misc 18700 1
vboxnetflt 111596 0
vboxdrv 1706156 1 vboxnetflt
ppdev 16904 0
acpi_cpufreq 16528 0
cpufreq_powersave 10368 0
cpufreq_conservative 16392 0
cpufreq_userspace 12420 0
cpufreq_stats 14468 0
cpufreq_ondemand 16400 2
freq_table 13568 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
container 12288 0
sbs 22288 0
sbshc 14592 1 sbs
pci_slot 13704 0
wmi 15808 0
iptable_filter 11520 0
ip_tables 28176 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 31752 1 ip_tables
sbp2 32652 0
parport_pc 44200 0
lp 19588 0
parport 50096 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 20736 0
pcmcia 48408 0
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 22144 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 267396 1
snd_hda_intel 38024 3
snd_hda_codec 87680 3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 17160 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 52256 0
snd_mixer_oss 25088 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 98824 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 11652 0
snd_seq_oss 43648 0
snd_seq_midi 15808 0
arc4 10368 2
yenta_socket 35084 1
ecb 11520 2
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
crypto_blkcipher 27780 1 ecb
sdhci_pci 17024 0
usbhid 39648 0
evdev 20512 14
serio_raw 14596 0
sdhci 27396 1 sdhci_pci
pcspkr 11136 0
pcmcia_core 48804 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
psmouse 51612 0
iwlagn 113540 0
uvcvideo 70024 0
hid 59072 1 usbhid
snd_rawmidi 34080 1 snd_seq_midi
mmc_core 67168 1 sdhci
compat_ioctl32 18304 1 uvcvideo
videodev 46720 2 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32
iwlcore 107844 1 iwlagn
v4l1_compat 24580 2 uvcvideo,videodev
rfkill 19108 2 iwlcore
snd_seq_midi_event 16768 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
btusb 22040 0
led_class 13192 1 iwlcore
snd_seq 67744 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
bluetooth 70820 1 btusb
mac80211 253440 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_timer 33424 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 16788 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 37136 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
video 29460 0
sony_laptop 45104 0
output 11776 1 video
tpm_infineon 18748 0
battery 21128 0
snd 83400 20 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
tpm 25536 1 tpm_infineon
tpm_bios 15488 1 tpm
soundcore 16800 1 snd
shpchp 42140 0
pci_hotplug 39216 1 shpchp
snd_page_alloc 18576 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
button 15904 0
ac 13448 0
intel_agp 39536 1
ext3 150672 2
jbd 66856 1 ext3
mbcache 17924 1 ext3
sr_mod 24644 0
cdrom 47784 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 45864 4
crc_t10dif 10240 1 sd_mod
sg 45408 0
ahci 43148 3
ohci1394 41524 0
libata 200928 1 ahci
scsi_mod 183160 5 sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 18464 1 libata
ieee1394 110592 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ehci_hcd 49548 0
uhci_hcd 34336 0
usbcore 176016 6 usbhid,uvcvideo,btusb,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
e1000e 129708 0
thermal 27552 0
processor 47800 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 13576 0
fbcon 51072 0
tileblit 11264 1 fbcon
font 17152 1 fbcon
bitblit 14592 1 fbcon
softcursor 10496 1 bitblit
fuse 68288 3
#7
LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
Hmm, here are the ones I have inserted with the mic working:
Code:
snd_seq_dummy 3524 0
snd_seq_oss 32768 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7552 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 55168 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 7444 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 41760 0
snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel 368612 0
snd_pcm 81096 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 21704 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8784 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 8520 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 56168 9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 7264 1 snd
maybe try to 'modprobe' some of the ones you don't have.
#8
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
I did the modprobe of all the ones I did not have. Then I did again the procedure. Nothing changed
Code:
teo@teo:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 13568 1
nls_cp437 15232 1
vfat 21120 1
fat 64824 1 vfat
usb_storage 95296 1
libusual 35112 1 usb_storage
ipv6 314568 14
af_packet 29824 4
i915 44928 2
drm 110304 3 i915
binfmt_misc 18700 1
vboxnetflt 111596 0
vboxdrv 1706156 1 vboxnetflt
ppdev 16904 0
acpi_cpufreq 16528 0
cpufreq_powersave 10368 0
cpufreq_conservative 16392 0
cpufreq_userspace 12420 0
cpufreq_stats 14468 0
cpufreq_ondemand 16400 2
freq_table 13568 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
container 12288 0
sbs 22288 0
sbshc 14592 1 sbs
pci_slot 13704 0
wmi 15808 0
iptable_filter 11520 0
ip_tables 28176 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 31752 1 ip_tables
sbp2 32652 0
parport_pc 44200 0
lp 19588 0
parport 50096 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 20736 0
pcmcia 48408 0
arc4 10368 2
ecb 11520 2
crypto_blkcipher 27780 1 ecb
snd_hda_intel 493744 3
iwlagn 113540 0
snd_pcm_oss 52608 0
iwlcore 107844 1 iwlagn
snd_mixer_oss 25088 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 99208 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
rfkill 19108 2 iwlcore
evdev 20512 14
usbhid 39648 0
snd_seq_dummy 11524 0
serio_raw 14596 0
hid 59072 1 usbhid
led_class 13192 1 iwlcore
psmouse 51612 0
pcspkr 11136 0
mac80211 253440 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_seq_oss 42368 0
snd_seq_midi 15872 0
snd_rawmidi 34176 1 snd_seq_midi
sdhci_pci 17024 0
sdhci 27396 1 sdhci_pci
cfg80211 37136 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
snd_seq_midi_event 16768 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
yenta_socket 35084 1
snd_seq 67168 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 48804 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
mmc_core 67168 1 sdhci
snd_timer 34320 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 16404 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 79432 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 16800 1 snd
uvcvideo 70024 0
snd_page_alloc 17680 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp 42140 0
pci_hotplug 39216 1 shpchp
compat_ioctl32 18304 1 uvcvideo
btusb 22040 0
videodev 46720 2 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32
v4l1_compat 24580 2 uvcvideo,videodev
bluetooth 70820 1 btusb
sony_laptop 45104 0
tpm_infineon 18748 0
tpm 25536 1 tpm_infineon
tpm_bios 15488 1 tpm
video 29460 0
output 11776 1 video
button 15904 0
battery 21128 0
ac 13448 0
intel_agp 39536 1
ext3 150672 2
jbd 66856 1 ext3
mbcache 17924 1 ext3
sd_mod 45864 6
crc_t10dif 10240 1 sd_mod
sr_mod 24644 0
cdrom 47784 1 sr_mod
sg 45408 0
ohci1394 41524 0
ahci 43148 3
ieee1394 110592 2 sbp2,ohci1394
libata 200928 1 ahci
scsi_mod 183160 6 usb_storage,sbp2,sd_mod,sr_mod,sg,libata
dock 18464 1 libata
ehci_hcd 49548 0
uhci_hcd 34336 0
usbcore 176016 8 usb_storage,libusual,usbhid,uvcvideo,btusb,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
e1000e 129708 0
thermal 27424 0
processor 47800 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 13576 0
fbcon 51072 0
tileblit 11264 1 fbcon
font 17152 1 fbcon
bitblit 14592 1 fbcon
softcursor 10496 1 bitblit
fuse 68288 3
#9
LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
How about other microphones do they work ? Maybe it's just the internal / integrated mic isn't supported yet.
#10
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
H_TeXMeX_H
How about other microphones do they work ? Maybe it's just the internal / integrated mic isn't supported yet.
when I will find one I will try
#11
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
i could not try but I did the upgrade to ubuntu 9.04, and I noticed that (maybe it was already doing it before) the microphone actually is working BUT the volume is really really really low. If I scream I can hear something....almost nothing but this means that the mic is working. Now the problem is how can I increase the volume? everything is already set to the max. I don't know what else can be done
#12
LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
It might be something hardwired, is there a button on the laptop keyboard that controls volume regardless of operating system ? I've had things like this on some laptops.
#13
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by
H_TeXMeX_H
It might be something hardwired, is there a button on the laptop keyboard that controls volume regardless of operating system ? I've had things like this on some laptops.
i have the 3 bottons: up volumo, down volume and mute on the laptop. But even if I put volume to the max nothing change. I mean nothing change for the mic only if I listen a mp3 the volume goes up.
One more thing if i put the volume of the mic booster to the max when i record and when I listen I have something like shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (this sound).
#14
LQ Guru
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
Yeah, the mic booster is useless, it just introduces noise. Sorry, but I can't think of anything else to try.
#15
LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
Original Poster
Rep:
auch....thanks anyway..I will see with some new kernel maybe something will change
thank you ^_^
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