On Saturday 21 Apr 2012 20:00:00 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 21/04/12 21:13, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Ah, for a peaceful Saturday, but I guess not this one... I'm just > >> starting to investigate this but maybe someone's worked on this sort > >> of thing recently? > > > > Make sure the mic is selected as the "capture" source: > > > > * Run alsamixer in a terminal. > > * Press F6 and select your sound card. > > * Press F4 to get to the capture settings. > > * From the available inputs, select "Mic" (left/right arrow keys) and > > press space to select it as the capture source. Raise the capture volume > > to maximum (up arrow key.) > > * Esc. > > > > All of this can also be done in KMix if you're on KDE. > > Hi Nikos, > Right, all done both in KMix as well as alsamixer. No change yet. > Capture was already selected and volume up. I tried with Capture1 and > Capture2. No change. > > I tried dropping back to my earlier 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 kernel but that > also didn't work. However for some reason it also had a problem with > the nvidia driver and to get X I had to do a modules-rebuild -X > rebuild so I'm no longer sure what state that's in WRT also. Anyway, > 3.2.1 boots, KDE logs in but no microphone audio. That kernel was > built on 3/17 so I'm 200% certain the mix worked on that kernel 2 > weeks ago. > > What's strange about this (to me) is that when I'm in the Skype > Test Call app (darn I like that English girl in that. Where is she > from?) :-) I can tap on the mic and hear the thumps in my headphones > so I know the mix works. However I'm not sure if possibly the sound > card isn't mixing that directly into the audio output and maybe Alsa > is never hearing the mic. > > Stumped. Going to try the old delete asound.state thing next... > > Cheers, > Mark
I seem to recall activating/unmuting 'digital' capture in alsamix for my plug in mic to work. -- Regards, Mick
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