--- Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> > > > > > There are other issues e.g. audio card
> works
> > >
> > > fine but
> > >
> > > > > > I cannot get the microphone working. 
> Fiddled
> > >
> > > with
> > >
> > > > > > Kmix but no joy...
> > > > >
> > > > > It would be a great help if you could tell
> us
> > >
> > > _exactly_ what the audio
> > >
> > > > > card is?
> >
> > according to Belarc it&#347; a Realtek AC 97
> >
> > > > > please run the command    lspci -v   as root
> and
> > >
> > > post the parts of the
> > >
> > > > > output which refer to the sound card.
> >
> > 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA
> Technologies,
> > Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev
> 60)
> >         Subsystem: Unknown device 17f2:1404
> >         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22
> >         I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
> >         Capabilities: [c0] Power Management
> version 2
> Before we go tot he bother of packing up the machine
> for this evening you 
> care just to try:-
> 
> $ alsamixer
>  
>  In alsamixer, make sure that neither Master or PCM
> are muted. You can tell 
> if they're muted if they have the letters MM below
> the vertical bar. You 
> can mute/unmute by arrowing (left/right) over to
> either Master or PCM and 
> pressing: 'm' without quotes. You can increase or
> decrease the volume on 
> each by arrowing up or down, while each is
> highlighted.
> 
> -- 
> CS
> 
Thanks Christopher, but neither was muted and
increasing the volumes had no effect.   I have been
using sound recorder to test it.

Looks like I need to start unplugging cables ...

Tony  Hart


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