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B15HOP

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From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

no mic in alsa

ths is really peeving me off.. had the problem before but the solution no longer fixes it!

b15hop@EnterprizeC ~/ $ amixer set Mic 23 unmute
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Mono: Capture 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [off]
b15hop@EnterprizeC ~/ $

The unmute is meant to turn the mic on! but still can't do that. In alsamixer mic vol is upto 100% in both CAPTURE and PLAYBACK... what the hell!! I can hear myself talk through the mic but it won't record anything through it. So skype won't work...

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KimTjik

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 715

Re: no mic in alsa

What sound device do you use? Do you have more than one?

B15HOP

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

Re: no mic in alsa

b15hop@EnterprizeC ~/ $ lspci | grep audio
00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
b15hop@EnterprizeC ~/ $

That is my SB Audigy pci card.

The onboard sound is disabled in the bios. (via)

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KimTjik

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-08-22

Posts: 715

Re: no mic in alsa

I had problems once with this and the cause of it was that the wrong input source was selected. I don't know what desktop environment you use, or which mixers you've got installed, if any, besides the default alsa-mixer, but try to see whether you have an "input source" option somewhere.

What I dislike with ALSA and mixers is the mess of different variables. Some options I can't see in the default alsa-mixer, some I see in xfce one and still others in the gnome one. Probably it's me configuring something wrong, or because I use three two or three devices simultaneously.

B15HOP

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

Re: no mic in alsa

i'm using fvwm so sound settings are either alsamixer, amixer ... I have xfce but no volume controls.

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zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: no mic in alsa

I think I'm having the same issue: in alsamixer I can select mic1 and mic2, I can raise the volume and can control the 'mic boost' and if set up correctly, I can hear myself talking in the mic.

Recording from /dev/dsp/ does not work. I think I have to find the correct mic-device, but I don't know where to look?

Zl.

B15HOP

Member

From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

Re: no mic in alsa

Co-incidence as my sound card isn't working at all now. lol

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