[Bug 275998] Re: internal mic capture very low volume when routed through pulseaudio

[talent03]

So I am here to report my progress with this. I followed what Rocko
recommended and upgraded the kernel to 2.6.30.4. To do this I had to
upgrade nvidia binary driver to 180.60 as well because the current one
will not work with the jaunty kernel. Sound is definitely better because
I don't get crackling anymore and latency issues so far. I almost want
to apologize to the PulseAudio developer but when I upgraded the sound
was still low on the mic, but when boosting it through paman I
definitely had a better quality input. Since things work much better for
me, I will just post the steps to getting there for me. There is no
support for this, so be aware of that. Make sure to get rid of any
workarounds to get this working. I hope this helps.

First install the nvidia driver if needed... I have m1330, so I needed it.
Install in order from this mirror since the archive for ubuntu no longer has it: http://ubuntu-mirror.cs.colorado.edu/ubuntu/pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/
nvidia-180-kernel-source_180.60-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
nvidia-180-libvdpau_180.60-0ubuntu1_i386.deb 
nvidia-glx-180_180.60-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

Install the kernel in order from here that I give for packages: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30.4/
linux-headers-2.6.30-02063004_2.6.30-02063004_all.deb
linux-headers-2.6.30-02063004-generic_2.6.30-02063004_i386.deb (or amd64)
linux-image-2.6.30-02063004-generic_2.6.30-02063004_i386.deb (or amd64)

Once all this is installed you can restart and everything should be
functioning. You can adjust the mic sound through paman in the devices
tab and click on properties for the input source. Set skype to pulse.

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internal mic capture very low volume when routed through pulseaudio
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275998
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