Really weird mic problem in 10.04.1

[Valter Mura]

In data sabato 18 settembre 2010 09:00:07, O. Sinclair ha scritto:

> 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

Try to add the "mic select" and change it inside. I had to set "mic2" to get 
mine working.

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