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 1LKGRW-0008Kz-Dx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:14:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1ADD5E06B8; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:14:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D2AE06B8 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so9132960ewy.10 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:14:16 -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=tKTIxhvkpB9hJgKkvwwy7vH/trdZONLzOtHUO3cvWxs=; b=emlL0wr1bu1x1jkZFTmmkNV9BIKERuUD0qXbtqNubxRuguKHl1fBnxxQOUkMMwkcXA 4L8QCIs9pK4IybxmDFdnmlDNhXeSt6JgeAdtZ4YHb0vzcTCwoz+1F6m2khQJPmEXcpzO fh6cdevoXXAoVeUQ7bGh75mQKEK4TAzERWB/c= 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=U8h+cqWKvrU14/ZUdhAFdudMeGK16Vna6LIeeXzE5k2n0oD89XEnE4iTME+vxguY3f xS1TROXCNwbZklMYl6246MdW+1YkyqFaWxlS9IxBXebCP0yu8R8jpmxVzW6umQxIgYNF RYZzW7/Jq/pgyRLFZIREx56GgfxyksueVSjOI= Received: by 10.210.60.3 with SMTP id i3mr884123eba.147.1231265656370; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:14:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.11.2 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:14:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10901061014k2308aecco805e28ffeb0297ed@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:14:16 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Microphone not working In-Reply-To: <1231187122.3315.11.camel@brotherus.rdu.redhat.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> <1231187122.3315.11.camel@brotherus.rdu.redhat.com> X-Archives-Salt: 65a84d4d-1e8e-4ca1-89c8-966b4e98b5fe X-Archives-Hash: 50c74e24b6e69e6748dcb6b6c4e7d17e >> 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? >> >> - Grant >> > > * Do you get an error? I don't get an error. > * Have you unmuted the mic and set it as the input device (in > alsamixer)? It actually doesn't appear in alsamixer although it used to when it was working. I have Master, PCM, Line In, Mic Boost, and Internal. It shows "View: [Playback]" at the top. > * My laptop has both an internal mic and an external mic port. > Have you selected the correct one for the input device? xfce's volume control does allow me to select between the input sources "Mic" and "Front Mic" but I've tried both. Is the mic input addressed as the same device hw(0,0) as the output? - Grant