On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 3:24 PM, stan <ghjeold_i_mwee@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > First run amixer | less to see the current setting. Then look in man > amixer > to set the value. Should be something like amixer sset "Capture device" > "front mic". > The examples in the man page are missing the double quotes but when I tried > that > it failed. Once that is done, check the setting again with amixer. > > It could be that the gnome setter is failing quietly. > Running amixer just after boot gives me: Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' Item0: 'Front Mic' That is, Front Mic is selected. Still, audacity is recording from the back mic. Then suppose i change it to line: $ amixer set "Input Source" Line Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 Capabilities: cenum Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' Item0: 'Line' $ Then I start audacity and it is still recording from the back mic. Gnome mixer shows the correct setting (Line) at the "input source" selector. -- Bruno Schneider http://www.dcc.ufla.br/~bruno/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
