Hello Corrado. In my old laptop, every time I blew the (parallel) microphone, it could hear it. It doesn't happen with my 1201N and then I assumed that the mic wasn't working at all. For some reason, however, I tested it yesterday on Skype test call and --- surprisingly --- it worked. So this is it: the built-in microphone just works out of the box. Now, how do I know if I'm getting full power from my sound card? I listen to music with everything set to 100% when in my old Toshiba Satellite A135 100% was way too listen to. If things are just the way they are, what is the best way to amplify sound by software? I know that Ubuntu Lucid does that (I think it uses pulseaudio). Finally, if I install a kernel from AUR, will yaourt replace it when a newer version comes to [core] repository? Thank you for the help! 2010/7/10 bardo <ilbardo@xxxxxxxxx> > 2010/7/9 Rafael Beraldo <rafaelluisberaldo@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > > > I bought a Asus 1201N and installed Arch on it. Sound (a nVidia MCP79) > works > > but I think sound is too low. I've set everything in alsamixer to 100% > and > > even with a headphone it is still low. Although I can hear it well, I > think > > this netbook can amplificate sound a lot more. > > > > Also, the built-in microphone doesn't work. alsamixer doesn't show the > > controls of it, just of the pararel mic. > > Hi Rafael. MCP79 is a pretty common chipset, and support is mostly > good (I have it on a Macbook 5,1 and on a mini-itx board and it works > fine on both). However, some variations still aren't well supported, > but work is ongoing. > I suggest you to give a try to the kernel26-rc package on the aur: > 2.6.35-rc4 is a very stable release, and reading the shortlog I found > a commit that may be helpful at least for your second issue: > > commit b8f171e7e7ed5c9b77324bcc6bb580ddcc84da49 > Author: Alex Murray <murray.alex@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon Jun 14 12:08:43 2010 +0930 > > ALSA: hda - Fix line-in for mb5 model MacBook (Pro) 5,1 / 5,2 > > The line-in input is 0x7 not 0x2 for MacBook (Pro) 5,1 / 5,2 models > > > HTH, > Corrado > -- Rafael Beraldo http://cabaladada.org
