Re: Unable to microphone

On Sunday 05 June 2011 19:32:20 JD wrote: > On F14. > Pulseaudio daemion is running. > I can hear media playing. > But I am unable to use microphone. > i,e. no matter what app I use the mic > with, (as in skype, or gnome-sound-recorder > or aurecord), my mic does not pick up my voice. > I have a built-in and an external. Neither one > is picking my voice. > gnome-volume-control-applet shows me that > I can select mic1 or mic2 as input. > Neither one is working. > I wonder if this is a pulseaudio issue? I doubt it's a pulseaudio issue. What is the output of "arecord -l"? Are you sure that microphone is not muted or something? The only safe way to check that is to run alsamixer in the terminal, press F6 to choose the soundcard, select the actual hardware soundcard in the pop-up menu instead of the "default" (which represents the pulseaudio mixer), press F4 to see capture devices, and play around with the settings --- unmute everything, boost mic gain, etc. Then press ESC to exit alsamixer and try again with your favorite app. Open the app, begin recording, open pavucontrol, go to "recording" and "input devices" tabs, and boost the capture volume if needed. Also check there that everything is unmuted. If that doesn't do it, it's an ALSA problem with the driver for your card. Google is your friend. I don't see any other place where a mic could fail. Also, if you are unsure of the proper config of your recording app (they often can be misconfigured by default, skype being the typical example), use arecord --- that should always work if your driver is ok. Read the "man arecord" for examples on how to use it.