On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 12:24:41PM +0200, Thomas Heinz wrote: > Hi Bruce > > You wrote: > > Do you also have the Capture device flagged for capture? I have > > discovered that it is possible, via alsamixer, to toggle the mic on for > > capture but the Capture device off. > > My alsamixer only offers "Mic Select". I tried both Mic1 and Mic2. You are looking at the playback controls, not the capture controls. Run "alsamixer -V capture" to see the capture controls. The Mic and Capture controls should both have "CAPTURE" written underneath (in red if your console supports colour). > > > If that isn't your problem, maybe > > you could post the output from "amixer scontents" or "amixer contents". > > # amixer scontents [snip] > Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch > cswitch-exclusive > Capture exclusive group: 0 > Playback channels: Mono > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 31 > Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] > Front Left: Capture [on] > Front Right: Capture [on] OK, so capture is toggled for your microphone... > Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 > Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Capture 0 - 15 > Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] > Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off] But not for your Capture control. You need to toggle that on and turn up the level. -- Bruce It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that his head smells. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
