Toshiba Built-in Microphone Not Working [Solved]

[Josh117]

Solution (credit goes to yaye):

1) Install the gnome-alsamixer package.
2) In GNOME ALSA Mixer, increase the values of the Internal Mic and the Internal Boost.
3) Select the internal mic as the recording device.

Note: This may not work for you. I am unable to know due to scepticism.

I have been trying for the last while to get my webcam and microphone working on my laptop and, after getting the webcam to work, all I need yet is to get the mic functioning. Unfortunately, I really have no idea how to do this.

In alsamixer, it includes three sound cards: PulseAudio, Conexant CX20585, and the HDMI card. PulseAudio is the default and includes no mic setting. Conexant does, however. I am thinking that I need to set this to the default, but again, I have no idea how to go about this.

Here is the output to arecord -l as well:

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**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Any help is much appreciated. If you need some more info, just let me know.

Josh

[Lendo]

Are you trying to use it with Skype?

[Josh117]

Are you trying to use it with Skype?

No, I am trying to use it with Audacity, but I will probably use it with Skype and Cheese at some point.

[Lendo]

To get mine working I had to purge pulseaudio and use only alsa.

[yaye]

Have you installed the gnome-alsamixer package? What is the model number of the Toshiba laptop? If you have gnome-alsamixer installed, check the level of the microphone and put a checkmark on the box next to "Mix". On my systems, Audacity doesn't record unless I put a check next to "Mix".

[Lendo]

I've got a P500. And purging pulseaudio was the only thing that worked.

[Josh117]

Have you installed the gnome-alsamixer package?

That did it. Thank you so much!

Josh

[yaye]

That did it. Thank you so much!

Josh

You're welcome.