Bug 1147285 - Internal mic boost reset to 0, microphone unusable
Summary: Internal mic boost reset to 0, microphone unusable
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pulseaudio
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lennart Poettering
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-09-28 21:47 UTC by James
Modified: 2017-08-08 11:48 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-08-08 11:48:37 UTC
Type: Bug
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alsa-info (30.66 KB, text/plain)
2014-09-28 21:47 UTC, James
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Description James 2014-09-28 21:47:45 UTC
Created attachment 942035 [details]
alsa-info

Description of problem:
This is a revision of Bug 982786. The internal microphone on my notebook requires the boost be set for it to be usable. It can be set using alsa-mixer, but PA routinely resets it to 0 (e.g. when starting, or if I change the input device away from internal mic to analogue input and back again).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pulseaudio-5.0-10.fc21.x86_64
alsa-lib-1.0.28-2.fc21.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always.

1. Open GNOME Sound Settings, go to Input tab.
2. Select the Internal Microphone as the input.
3. Run alsamixer -c0 to observe settings. Ensure that mic boost is set > 0 so that sounds register on the Sound Settings meter. 
4. Back in Sound Settings, select Analog Input as input, then the microphone again.

Actual results:
Mic boost has dropped to 0. No audio recorded from internal microphone.

Expected results:
Mic boost setting preserved, or kept to a sensible level.

Additional info:
The output of alsa-info is attached. Please note at the time it was taken, an USB audio output device was attached as well. The microphone I want to use is on the notebook's built-in Intel HDA device.

Comment 1 James 2014-11-20 10:21:01 UTC
Still present in pulseaudio-5.0-25.fc21.x86_64

Comment 2 Fedora End Of Life 2015-11-04 14:51:59 UTC
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Comment 3 James 2015-11-15 18:57:22 UTC
Still present with:

kernel-4.2.5-300.fc23.x86_64
alsa-lib-1.0.29-2.fc23.x86_64
pulseaudio-7.1-1.fc23.x86_64

Comment 4 James 2016-05-20 18:47:41 UTC
Still present with:

kernel-4.5.4-300.fc24.x86_64
pulseaudio-8.0-6.fc24.x86_64
alsa-lib-1.1.1-1.fc24.x86_64

Comment 5 Fedora End Of Life 2017-07-25 18:42:47 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 24 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 2 (two) weeks from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 24. It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time
this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a Fedora  'version'
of '24'.

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plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version'
to a later Fedora version.

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of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora
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lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 6 Fedora End Of Life 2017-08-08 11:48:37 UTC
Fedora 24 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2017-08-08. Fedora 24 is
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