This article focuses on enabling the microphone on your system using the Ubuntu operating system on your Dell PC.
This article takes you through how to enable the built-in microphone on your Dell PC using the Ubuntu operating system.
Note: This guide is useful as some users have advised their microphone was not working with Ubuntu, when it was turned off. This has been seen on systems like the Dell Inspiron Mini.
Note: If the
Recording tab is not available, you can turn it on. Click
Edit, then
Preferences, and ensuring there is a check mark next to the option for
Capture.
Note: If the
Options tab is not available, you can turn it on. Click
Edit, then
Preferences, and ensuring there is a check mark next to the option for
Input Source.
Note: The pictures on this article may not represent the version that you have installed. However, the steps carry across several different versions of the Ubuntu LTS distributions.
Note:
Software support is supplied by Canonical through the following methods:
Technical Support is provided by Dell: