ok that was it THANKS. Im confused but its working. are they aware of this bug? Out of interest i went into alsamixergui and couldnt toggle the "capture" bar. Everything else seemed to be echoed by all apps, gnome vol control, alsamixer and alsamixergui. I would have expected that when you toggle "line in rec" that it should also "ripple" down through everything .. mlp wrote: > This had me also > alsamixer > f5 (showall), > far far left "capture" (spacebar > toggle on/off) > > vector wrote: > >> well after some messing about i noticed that alsamixergui and gnomes >> volume control etc all seemed to "echo" each others changes. >> I didnt actually fiddle with alsamixer but noticed on a number of >> occasions that what i changed elsewhere was certainly reflected by >> aslamixer. So while i cant say 100% Im pretty sure its not that one >> of them works and the others dont. >> >> Christoph Eckert wrote: >> >>>> I checked the alsamixergui levels and >>>> settings and capture..all correct. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I guess it's a mixer setting. Did you try alsamixer, the only one >>> that matters? >>> >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> >>> ce >>> >>> >>> >> >