[tlinux-users 00330] Re: Satellite u405-s2915 on Ubuntu 9.04

[Anna Gabutero]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 07:45:43PM -0300, Alexandre Provencio wrote:
> 2009/6/27 Anna Gabutero <amdg at lavabit.com>
> 
> > On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 08:43:54PM -0300, Alexandre Provencio wrote:
> > > Hello all !
> > > Everything works fine, but the mic. The audio chip is Conexant cx20561,
> > and
> > > I've following this thread
> > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1150499
> > >
> > > Has anyone got any updates on this ?
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > Alexandre
> >
> > I've got a similar chip on a Satellite M305D.  Non-working mic was an
> > issue with ALSA drivers almost a year ago and it seems it still isn't
> > fixed.
> >
> > If you want a working mic, you'd best go with the OSS4 drivers.  It has
> > its own issues (like when you plug in earphones, the speakers won't get
> > muted automatically) but working mic is more important for me.  I've
> > also gotten better sound with this driver than what I had with ALSA, but
> > your mileage may vary.
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> > Anna
> >
> > Thank you Anna, I'm going give OSS a try. Did you have to remove PulseAudio
> also ?

I didn't have Pulseaudio in the first place (using Gentoo Linux).  Try
Ubuntu forums or Ubuntu wiki, they should be able to answer these sort
of questions better.

- Anna