2010/7/10 Rafael Beraldo <rafaelluisberaldo@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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. So this doesn't seem to be a kernel problem... As far as I know Skype uses OSS (or, rather, ALSA's OSS emulation). You could try different drivers in your media player and understand if the problem lies here. > 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). Short answer: you can't. Pulse is just another layer, and it won't help you to overcome hardware-related problems. There probably is an internal amplifier in your soundcard which isn't properly detected. I'd go with giving the rc kernel a try. > Finally, if I install a kernel from AUR, will yaourt replace it when a newer > version comes to [core] repository? It is totally a different kernel, which you can run in parallel with the official one. Just compile it and add a grub configuration for it, then choose it when rebooting. If you are satisfied make it the default until 2.6.35 comes out, otherwise keep the old one. > Thank you for the help! No problem! Please do not top post when replying to mailing lists. Thanks. Corrado
