in Karmic Koala 9.10: the gnome-volume-control now has a standard input gain feature to amplify the volume. Allthough the input volume is very low on a fresh install, the volume can be easily gained to an acceptable volume with gnome-volume-control.
Great work of the pulseaudio team! Offtopic, but related: I still have another problem on the dell xps m1530 (recording from input jack doesn't work), see bug #461732. -- internal mic capture very low volume when routed through pulseaudio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275998 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs