I had the same problem on another laptop, tried the kmix solution, and it worked for me. I just apt-get'ed kmix, then enabled microphone capture in there.
robzor, maybe before wiping ubuntu you should try sudo apt-get kubuntu-desktop have a play around there, see if you can get it working. Since installing the kubuntu desktop, I've found that in gnome although microphone recording stays on mute in the gnome volume manager, when I use an application like Skype, microphone capture automatically unmutes itself and adjusts the sound levels according to how loud I'm talking. -- Microphone Capture ALWAYS muted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299642 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
