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I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my new HP elitebook 850 G6 after erasing windows. I could not get audio input part working though.. Fn F8 key is orange all the time and this is how settings looks like.

sound

I installed pavucontrol, but that didn't change anything. What I have noticed is that I cannot check "set as fallback" permanently.

pavucontrol

Also tried editing /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf by adding

options snd-hda-intel model=auto

Sound control still does not recognize any microphone

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  • Maybe check my answer on this post https://askubuntu.com/questions/508221/sound-input-device-microphone-not-working/873053#873053. Some controls only show up in pavucontrol when you already started a program which needs mic input. – oscar1919 Feb 02 '20 at 11:46
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    didn't help..problem is that input devices tab still show "Microphone (unplugged)" even though i could choose a input from Recording tab – senseiwu Feb 02 '20 at 12:16
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    @senseiwu - I have a similar issue w/ hp elitebook 840 - very frustrating - added a 50pt bounty - post a response if you figured it out to collect – meyerson Mar 28 '20 at 04:08
  • @meyerson only workaround was to use a bluetooth headset such as plantronic or JBL. No solution to make built in microphone work yet – senseiwu Mar 28 '20 at 17:18
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    @senseiwu - yes that what I did as well - which led me into another sad Ubuntu ditch - the sound and mic quality of HFP (hands free protocol?, as opposed to A2DP) is dismal, thats why I use arch on my other laptop - the internal mic works, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1838151 for more context – meyerson Mar 28 '20 at 23:39
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    IIRC the Fn Key switch is independent from the OS - have you tried booting in the BIOS and pressing the Fn+Key switch ? Its also worth checking out all the BIOS options, since HPs Elitebooks series is for enterprise use, there are a ton of options you would not normally see in a BIOS. I just checked the BIOS manual for HP and there seems to be an option to enable/disable it there (page 40) – Robert Riedl Apr 01 '20 at 06:10
  • @meyerson you should check out my comment, the underlying issue is probably not Ubuntu related and hopefully easily fixed – Robert Riedl Apr 01 '20 at 13:59
  • @RobertRiedl - will give this a try later in the day - thanks, worth looking into – meyerson Apr 01 '20 at 14:02
  • @meyerson had a chance to check out the bios ? any change ? – Robert Riedl Apr 02 '20 at 13:12
  • Check out this thread: Microphone not working in Ubuntu 18.04 on new HP Spectre X360 Convertible 15 laptop. There are plenty of solutions. Maybe one of them will help you resolve your problem. Have a close look at answers #3 and #30 – gamble27 Apr 03 '20 at 16:31
  • whats worth mentioning is that f8 key (mic) is permanently yellow – senseiwu May 07 '20 at 10:20
  • @RobertRiedl yes i did. I think by now I am pretty much familiar with all the BIOS setting of HP ;-) as sadly, wifi adopter also stopped working (after an update I believe). Sadly, no solutions worked there either. Symptoms are similar - hardware button disabled and F10 is orange all the time - so no level of tweaking in Ubuntu is gonna help – senseiwu Jun 18 '20 at 06:06
  • @senseiwu this si weird, especially if other things - like your wifi - also stopped working.. maybe there is an underlying hardware issue.. – Robert Riedl Jun 20 '20 at 15:00
  • may be sound silly but i lived that issue with my laptop just now and ths micropohone unplugged issue solved with unplug external speaker from 3.5 mm jack :) however i couldnt find a way to work with speaker an my laptop's internal mic. – inspiron Jan 13 '21 at 16:42
  • I also have same problem. I fixed it by following below link. https://gist.github.com/Therises/d2e91c81af1574f9069635d520fdc7ec – vineet Nov 07 '21 at 13:29

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