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Xisiqomelir

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Registered: 2009-03-30

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] Can't get microphone to work

Hi everyone, I'm trying to get my microphone to work so I can use Skype (which installed very easily btw). Headphone and speaker sound works fine. I know it's not a hardware issue because the mic works fine in Ubuntu 10.04 and Debian. My sound hardware is the onboard chip from my mobo: http://tinyurl.com/2d79c4d - a Realtek ALC888

I've unmuted both 'mic' and 'front mic' in alsamixer, but neither of them work when I try to record via arecord or Skype or vocaroo.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Various things I saw people post wrt to their own sound issues:

/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

aplay -l

aplay -l                                 (07-06 18:45)
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ls -l /dev/snd

ls -l /dev/snd                           (07-06 18:45)
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      60 Jul  6 18:09 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 9 Jul  6 18:09 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 Jul  6 18:09 hwC0D2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Jul  6 18:41 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Jul  6 18:45 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Jul  6 18:09 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Jul  6 18:09 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Jul  6 18:09 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Jul  6 18:09 timer

lsmod|grep '^snd' | column -t

lsmod|grep '^snd' | column -t            (07-06 18:47)
snd_hda_codec_realtek  267635  1
snd_hda_intel          21810   3
snd_hda_codec          76595   2   snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              6126    1   snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                71589   3   snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19660   2   snd_pcm
snd                    57225   10  snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         7201    2   snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

Last edited by Xisiqomelir (2010-07-12 03:50:32)

z3r0

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get microphone to work

from cli -> "alsamixer"
then press f4
make shure you input device is mic ( or front mic, depends on whuììich you want to use )
press "space bar". You should have a red "L" & "R" with the word "CAPTURE" appear.
And you're done!

archman-cro

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 943

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get microphone to work

Yes, under Capture, there should be a red CAPTURE word just above it, with red L and R letters.

Xisiqomelir

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Registered: 2009-03-30

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get microphone to work

Thanks for the replies guys. Here's my alsamixer:

I have capture on, and now I can get feedback on my speakers if I turn the mic on, but I still can't hear anything when I use arecord and play back the file.

archman-cro

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 943

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't get microphone to work

No, mate, your Capture is OFF. Go to Capture (84<>84) and press "Space" there. You'll get something like this: http://i49.tinypic.com/fazwqt.png

Cheers.

Xisiqomelir

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Registered: 2009-03-30

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] Can't get microphone to work

No, mate, your Capture is OFF. Go to Capture (84<>84) and press "Space" there. You'll get something like this: http://i49.tinypic.com/fazwqt.png

Cheers.

Oh man, thanks for that. It's all fine now!

Will edit OP.