combo microphone does not work on Natty.

Posted by Senthil Kumaran on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Senthil Kumaran
Published on 2011-06-29T06:14:25Z Indexed on 2011/06/29 8:31 UTC
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I have a Internal Audio Hardware card and my Laptop (Lenevo IdeaPad) presents a single slot as a combo Microphone and headphone jack. On Windows, I attach my ipod headphone to jack and speak directly to my computer. I assume there is a microphone which is listening to my voice and I can communicate two-way. On Ubuntu, the microphone always seem to be listening to random noise. So any input by speaking to the computer is not possible. What could be the reason and how do I troubleshoot this?

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