Microphone does not work

[Emanoil Kotsev]

--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Georgi Kourtev <gkourtev at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Georgi Kourtev <gkourtev at gmail.com>
> Subject: Microphone does not work
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 12:56 PM
> Does anyone have any good idea how to make the mic working
> on a DELL 
> inspiron 1525 laptop? I've searched some forums but
> couldn't find 
> solution.  It does not work even with external mic. 
> Thanks.
> 

forgot to say about the external one. If you have good alsa config you should have Input source as an option to switch to in kmix - put it to "front mic" in my case this is the external

I found also following command very helpful for visually testing mics

arecord -f cd -vv /dev/null

regards