MikeyD wrote:
> Josh Haywood wrote:
>
>
>>m.s.w wrote:
>>
>>>Josh Haywood wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello People
>>>>
>>>>Any one got any ideas on changes that need to be made to setup the
>>>>microphone on an Intel AC97 on board sound card. I have audio working
>>>>and i have tried un-muting the microphone but i cant get this
>>>>microphone to work.
>>>>
>>>>Any info would be apreciated I have experience with linux servers but
>>>>I only recently took the plunge into gentoo for my desktop os. I would
>>>>like to get the microphone working because I have conferences on voip
>>>>quite often and if i can stop my self from booting back into windows i
>>>>will be happy
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Josh - QcOcentral
>>>>
>>>
>>>You haven't mentioned what sound system you use.
>>>Assuming you are using ALSA, you need to run amixer to see what exactly
>>>you have unmuted and what is muted.
>>>What you see will tell you what you have to do.
>>>On my box I had to:
>>>
>>>#amixer sset Capture Capture cap
>>>#amixer sset Mic Capture cap
>>>#amixer sset Mic Playback mute
>>>
>>>The last line is for stop hearing in speakers what you say to
>>>microphone, so it's up to you if you want to switch it of or not.
>>>
>>>In addition, AFAIK you may see something like this:
>>>
>>> > Simple mixer control 'Mic As Center/LFE',0
>>> > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
>>> > Playback channels: Mono
>>> > Mono: Playback [on]
>>>
>>>so you need to do:
>>>#amixer sset "Mic As Center/LFE" Playback mute
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>m.s.w
>>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>I tried that and there was no result
>>here is the amixer output if this is any help
>>
>>################################################ #
>># amixer
>
> [snip]
>
>>Simple mixer control 'Center/LFE Jack as Input',0
>> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
>> Playback channels: Mono
>> Mono: Playback [on]
>>Simple mixer control 'Center/LFE Jack as Mic',0
>> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
>> Playback channels: Mono
>> Mono: Playback [on]
>
>
> That looks like you've set it to use the general line in as mic. If so try
> connecting the mic there
>
>
>>Simple mixer control 'Line',0
>> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
>> Capture exclusive group: 0
>> Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>> Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>> Limits: Playback 0 - 31
>> Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off]
>> Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off]
>
>
> Possibly turn on playback and capture here and turn it up, as you might have
> the mic connected here.
>
>
>>Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
>> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
>>cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
>> Capture exclusive group: 0
>> Playback channels: Mono
>> Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>> Limits: Playback 0 - 31
>> Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [off]
>> Front Left: Capture [on]
>> Front Right: Capture [on]
>
>
> Looks OK, turn playback on though for the moment.
>
>
>>Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
>> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
>> Playback channels: Mono
>> Mono: Playback [on]
>>Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
>> Capabilities:
>> Mono:
>
>
> Make sure this is set right
> [snip]
>
>>Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
>> Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
>> Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>> Limits: Capture 0 - 15
>> Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on]
>> Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on]
>
>
> Maybe turn this up?
> Hope some of that helps
>
Never mind

Thanks so much for your help its all working now