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Registered: 2008-03-05

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Microphone problem

The "MIC" volume in mixer is maximum, no mute.
My new mic (which can work under win) still doesn't work.
Kernel can't find my hardware? Seems no device like "microphone" showed in lshal.
Any hint? THANKS!

WyoPBS

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From: Cheyenne, WY

Registered: 2007-10-05

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Re: Microphone problem

What soundcard/chipset are you using?  What sound driver modules are you loading (or attempting to load)?

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Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY

aaaaarch

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Re: Microphone problem

Here's my sound card:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at fe020000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
    Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
    Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>

In /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=(e1000e ath5k snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore tp_smapi)

Modules about sound is successfully loaded, and i can hear sound in files.

WyoPBS

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From: Cheyenne, WY

Registered: 2007-10-05

Posts: 101

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Re: Microphone problem

Well, crud.  Unless it's something obvious like the mic volume is muted in alsamixer, I'm fresh out of ideas.  Sorry :-(

Have you tried different apps for recording, or even just running arecord raw from the DOS prompt... uh, console?  If it fails on one client but not another, that would suggest a configuration error within that one package.

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Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY