Forgot the amixer and pacmd ls outputs. http://pastebin.com/K9W1g3UF http://pastebin.com/KU829J9x Robert. 2011/9/19 <orschiro at gmail.com>: > You guys were right. Obviously it is a problem of the current stable > release. I tried the beta 0.99 and my internal mic volume is now > greater than zero. > > However, now my mic channel is at zero which doesn't affect the > recording though. > > But I still not understand how pulseaudio and alsa work together. > > For example, how can I make channel volume adjustments which are > persistent and recognised by pulseaudio? > > Pavucontrol gives me not all the options. > > Robert. > > 2011/9/18 David Henningsson <david.henningsson at canonical.com>: >> On 09/17/2011 03:37 PM, Colin Guthrie wrote: >>> >>> 'Twas brillig, and orschiro at googlemail.com at 17/09/11 11:51 did gyre >>> and gimble: >>>> >>>> Unfortunately I did not receive your reply. >>>> >>>> Here is the output of >>>> amixer -c0 http://pastebin.com/zv8x7Cht >>>> and of pacmd ls http://pastebin.com/8spQJd1W >>>> >>>> As a GUI I use pavucontrol but there I cannot change the volume of the >>>> internal mic. With alsamixer on the other hand I can adapt it. >>> >>> ?From what I can tell, your amixer output is claiming to only have one >>> control capable of adjusting "capture volume" (cvolume) and that is the >>> "Digital" control. Both the "Internal Mic" and "Docking Mic" are showing >>> up as pvolume (playback volume) and thus PA is not using them for >>> adjusting the capture volume. >>> >>> David, have I interpreted this right? Is this just a problem at the alsa >>> level? >> >> "Capabilities: volume" >> >> ...means a volume control that affects both playback and recording. So that >> looks ok. >> >> Orschiro should have both an "Internal Mic" port and a "Docking Station Mic" >> port, and be able to select the "Internal Mic" one. From the pacmd ls it >> doesn't seem to be that way. This is probably a bug, but since no more >> releases of 0.9.23 are planned, I wouldn't spend time on it unless it is >> also a problem in 0.99.x. >> >> -- >> David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. >> http://launchpad.net/~diwic >> >