[ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?

[Tony Pursell]

Hi all

I'm hoping that when I upgrade from Karmic to Lucid I will get full
Video + Audio chat in Empathy with MSN Messenger clients.  Currently,
when my bother in Aberdeen (I am in S Wales) comes on-line I have to
type him a message and say I'll see him soon when I get re-booted into
Windows.

But the problem is that I cannot get my microphone to work.  Sometimes
it works, but it will never stay working for more than five minutes. I
once had a full AV Skype chat with him in 5 minute chunks, but every
time the mic stopped working I would have to completely close Skype and
do 'alsa reload'.  Now, not even alsa reload brings it to life.

I have tried lots of stuff to try and get it working. I am old friend of
alsamixer and pulseaudio sound preferences. I have installed the latest
version of alsa (1.0.22.1).  I have tried putting a model in
alsa-base.conf.

Sound output works OK and I can hear what I say into the mic coming out
of the speakers, but no programs hear it.

Can anyone help? Or suggest where I can get more help.

Tony
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