One thing that was handy for me to get audio working was xlite http://www.counterpath.com/x-lite.html . xlite setup records for 10 sec or so and then plays back, then repeats. It also showed some permissions problems on /dev/dsp or some such. It is a sip phone, but will help even if you don't need a sip phone.
-- Patrick Timlick On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Richard C. Steffens <rst...@comcast.net>wrote: > I'm not getting any sound from Line-in on my Ubuntu Hardy machine. It is > possible I haven't tried recording audio from an external source since > installing Hardy. I can't find the way to activate the Gnome mixer > applet. The help page says, "To add this applet to a Panel, right-click > on the Panel and choose Applets->Multimedia->Mixer" but Applets is not > available in the context menu I get. I do have "+Add to panel..." but it > doesn't have a mixer applet. > > Now that I've found: > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting#Getting%20Line%20Input%20to%20work%20(Microphone,%20etc)<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting#Getting%20Line%20Input%20to%20work%20%28Microphone,%20etc%29> > > I'm pretty sure I haven't recorded from an external source on Hardy, > since I haven't seen anything like this before. > > I have AlsaMixer running, and have enabled the Capture view. I assume > I'm trying to use the Line input on the sound card. The Capture view shows: > > > 0 0 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ > ------ ------ ------ ------ > 3D Contr 3D Contr Line Mic Video Phone IEC958 IEC958 P > Aux Capture Mix Mix Mono > > I can toggle Line (and others) with the space bar to produce this: > > L R > 0 0 CAPTUR > 3D Contr 3D Contr Line ... > > but I don't get a level control above it. Capture does have a level > control above it, but I don't get any sound. I have the headphone out of > a boom box plugged in to the line-in jack on the sound card. At least I > think it's the line-in -- the blue jack. (If the industry standardized, > and if the image I found with Google agrees with my box, then green = > headphone/speaker out, blue = analog line-in, and pink = mic in.) > > Any assistance will be appreciated. > > TIA. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > www.dicksteffens.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug