On 2/28/06, Kenneth Dombrowski <kdombrowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > I see there are a few people here who have a Griffin iMic, and are > using it successfully. I bought one a few months ago, and have tried > several distros & kernel versions, but have never been able to get it > to work > > Current machine is running latest Ubuntu, with kernel 2.6.12-10-386, > alsa-utils version 1.0.9a-4ubuntu5. uhci_hcd recognizes the card & > snd_usb_audio is automatically loaded. > > If I open the Gnome Sound Recorder, I can select the device "iMic USB > Audio System (Alsa Mixer)" under Run Mixer->File->Change Device, turn > up the volume, and hit "Record", but the resulting file is silent > > I've also tried "arecord -Dplughw:0,1 -f cd -t wav test.wav" & > audacity using /dev/dsp1 as the recording device, again, the files are > silent > > I have verified that there is sound going into the iMic, & just to be > sure, tried both jacks/switch positions on the iMic itself. I'm > beginning to think the thing is a dud, but am hoping someone can point > out something I am doing wrong > > Oh, I have never been able to get sound from the builtin mic jack > either.. the audio controller is Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW > (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03) > > > Thanks! > Kenneth > have you got sound out of the imic? Have you got levels right? use alsamixer to check. Is the audio module loaded? If so kill it, then burn/maim it. OSS module, shouldn't be loaded. I've used it on a bunch of different machines with many different kernels. I'm running 2.6.12-12.mm.2mdk here, though x86_64. The griffin does sound great when you get it working. Well, compared to my SB live the thing sounds wonderful. ;-) Loki
