Run aumix or alsamixer and check that capture is enabled for the mic (or line, depending on which one you are using) input. Also, the input signal for that source must be up (not muted). Jan On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 17:21, Sebastian Tennant wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm running Debian 'Sid' and a working ALSA sound driver. My > soundcard is a Cirrus Logic CS4281. The GNOME 'CD Player' app > plays CDs no problem. 'Muine' plays mp3s no problem and all the GNOME > desktop sound effects work fine. However when I plug a line-level audio > signal into the soundcard's 'mic' mini-jack and try to record a wav audio > file I get nothing. (I can hear the sound fine through the > headphones/laptop speakers). I've tried 'wavtools' and 'ecasound' but > when I try to play back the resulting wav file using 'Alsaplayer' all I > get is silence. No doubt the thing I'm doing wrong is glaringly > obvious but be damned if I can figure out what it is! > > Any help much appreciated. > > sebyte
