Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mic works, but doesn't work...

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 21/04/12 21:13, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>    Ah, for a peaceful Saturday, but I guess not this one...  I'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 press
> 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,
   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.

   I tried dropping back to my earlier 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 kernel but that
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.

   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.

   Stumped. Going to try the old delete asound.state thing next...

Cheers,
Mark