From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKevV-0004iN-4X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:22:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB91DE0634; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f12.google.com (mail-bw0-f12.google.com [209.85.218.12]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3440E0634 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so16335697bwz.10 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:22:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=kgTYUiWufHu5TBmx+kWSJ8MPvf69t74Oc8ufbvJUDxo=; b=ahiMPZS0nXnC/iGj4eV2BEFg4UFfEn+Nvbh7seD2hQTfybf59OB4Y4hsH+gFupVljv sRn66vFIf0xdyrLYrXcPMN8AjzTtXpthFvjETJ8PN5KM6qCtR86RZThXW0dWjHV5rC2e b/nT8aj2tnwRE3l1aIBQ3aZvku0rVaGXGUs2k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=OPtUFkfJ+RRcxqfSaumJBgEm/VU4Yj/ihGbboeQxYwkmv8j15RkqmzuRL9uHjz+TIh 95nzg0HbTutaXt2LkTuZ++WiVKJycfVgFMo1t186Ipuz3H+pUE4hCK0gSaWRTKiuGK1I ph9ISEDI80SRtM275X2xri4/yjwY5PjmLvDFg= Received: by 10.103.244.4 with SMTP id w4mr4596517mur.11.1231359544902; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:19:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.91.5 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:19:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47a330c50901071219k62b640e3sa12697dc555d4298@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:19:04 +0100 From: damian To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Microphone not working In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10901071028v1eef7b35nb568bda5fbab5f04@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10901051217m56ef32bel82abddb96784ed5e@mail.gmail.com> <47a330c50901070047i7fc20139kd8a63f1ae29d909b@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10901071028v1eef7b35nb568bda5fbab5f04@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 7fea4170-2e8e-4314-8845-7e81ffd73941 X-Archives-Hash: 3d661f384ba2fcb816f72a9fb04a76b9 On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Grant wrote: >>> The microphone on my laptop isn't working and I'm not sure how to >>> troubleshoot it. I've tried using it in twinkle and arecord but it >>> doesn't work in either. The headset works fine on a different system. >>> Can anyone help with this? >> Chipset of the audio card? Laptop model? > > It's one of those built-in intel-hda cards and the laptop is an Acer. > The mic actually used to work. We have the same problem then! I had a laptop Acer (now it's my girfriends') Aspire 5720G. After a kernel upgrade the mic stopped working. So far I had no luck. My girlfriend just bought an external microphone (she's more pragmatic than me) and that worked. Sorry I'm not able to help. > > - Grant > >