From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SLgGZ-0001uz-It for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:46:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C264E0A61; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:46:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0230E0795 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:45:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iagk10 with SMTP id k10so19535507iag.40 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:45:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VnoTPoZuZK86T+hDAPwUNyJsHX201HN0QKgJiBOvw8w=; b=ei1jWpivjCSPjPY0kf+zJiZYk7OIFFZbrPu5gze7U7ureHM3CzgmDQcbDYGrJ8ZXM4 i8ELndn1ZXmtfDDa53s1ydoQ7YtVEkIbRQ2hHi5G44dPAXhs9WgbmkQ4eWCTb8HY8vNu yTECEzUMhDnXD4TSEQ7WTm0MokkV0yYNi2M+4XvJVxpXStqWl/xXAaFC+ceUqNg/C9f8 Ts6hauV7YiUZMzjisuUh7I6a619cvM5Tk5A2WclGHfogZRl3Pv+u5/aiy7Mtz+ZeEHoL ZY1V0ZzTcQOua0YKwurKXiYfkHSjZUk/E7pUvWz/9XNqcXAsaAn7cpCB5ck6RUbOs72T eowA== 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 Received: by 10.50.216.232 with SMTP id ot8mr2804002igc.22.1335037502263; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.82.5 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:45:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:45:02 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mic works, but doesn't work... From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f89f4dc6-bfeb-42ec-a9be-9f560fe67a70 X-Archives-Hash: 27fd9387eea70ad826d8aa3c84e910d7 On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wr= ote: >> On 21/04/12 21:13, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Ah, for a peaceful Saturday, but I guess not this one... = =C2=A0I'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 pr= ess >> 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, > =C2=A0 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. > > =C2=A0 I tried dropping back to my earlier 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 kernel but tha= t > 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. > > =C2=A0 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. > > =C2=A0 Stumped. Going to try the old delete asound.state thing next... > > Cheers, > Mark A little more info: 1) If I run a YouTube video while I'm doing this then: a) PCM controls YouTube volume b) Master does nothing 2) While YouTube is running, if I turn off PCM so I have no volume, then I can tap on the mic and hear it. To me this means the mic audio I'm hearing isn't in Alsa at all but rather it's some sort of hardware mixer in the sound chip. 3) Muting the Front mic input in Alsa stops the mic audio I am hearing. 4) Modifying Front Mic Boost works as expected: 4 steps of major mic gain. 0 is totally off. (Like mute on Front mic) 5) In my Capture settings I have front & back mic volume and boost as well as a 'Digital' input and places to set the Input sources which are set to Front Mic, Rear Mic & Mix. Changes here haven't effected anything so far. All 4 sliders are full up. (Capture, Capture1, Capture2 & Digital)