Really weird mic problem in 10.04.1

[O. Sinclair]

On 18/09/2010 08:52, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 18/09/2010 16:26, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> On 17/09/2010 22:22, Michael Hirsch wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:05 AM, O. Sinclair<o.sinclair at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is Kubuntu 10.04 with KDE 4.4.5 on a Dell Vostro 3300 laptop
>>>>
>>>> For reasons of me messing up my system I had to make a clean install.
>>>> Prior to that I had the internal microphone as well as the external
>>>> mic-input working, used it in Skype now and then.
>>>>
>>>> Following the reinstall with x number of upgrades and all that internal
>>>> mic is no longer working, neither is the mic-input using an external mic.
>>>>
>>> Do you have pulseaudio installed and running?  Check your process list
>>> and see.  Sometimes it sneaks in.
>>>
>> Nope, only "good old" alsa. Everything else works as expected - only the
>> microphones are dead
>>
>
>
> I'm coming in late in this thread....
>
> You have installed and ran alsamixergui and checked to see that the mic
> settings are operative?
>
> BC
>
Yes, the internal mic is there and set to a decent volume