On my Dell Inspiron 630m (pre-Feisty), I had to add the same line Lionel mentioned. On Feisty, it's autodetected. Can you try adding that line, and also check if it's autodetected in Feisty?
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Microphone input doesn't work on Dell XPS m1210 https://launchpad.net/bugs/89181 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs