The issue seems to be resolved after fixing a corrupt /etc/group file, which somehow ended up with multiple conflicting entries for several groups, including gdm and daemon groups. After fixing the file, the microphone has been working. Thanks for looking at this. On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Brandon Carpenter <elementary.enigma at gmail.com> wrote: > I forgot to mention that the microphone (and camera) works great on my > older ThinkPad T520. This make me think the issue may be related to > the newer chipset on the Dell laptop. Perhaps comparing settings > between the two systems could be helpful?