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

[Tony Pursell]

Hi Jamie

On 8 Feb 2010 at 17:45, Jamie Bennett wrote:
> 
> On 7 Feb 2010, at 15:16, Tony Pursell wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Download a live-cd image and try it.
> 
> > But the problem is that I cannot get my microphone to work.  
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Can anyone help? Or suggest where I can get more help.
> 
> What kind of hardware are you using? make/model?
> 
> > Tony

Thanks for replying.  I tried the Karmic Live CD and found that the 
microphone works with it!  So it must be a configuration issue and not 
a hardware issue. 

Here is what the alsa-info.sh script says about my hardware

!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu 
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      HP Pavilion 061
Product Name:      RA918AA-ABU t3510.uk


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    2.6.31-19-generic
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      i686
Processor:         unknown
SMP Enabled:       Yes

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe9f8000 irq 16


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High 
Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

The chip is a Realtek ALC833, for which the the driver is HDA-Intel.

I have full listing from alsa-info.sh for both the live CD and my 
installed system, plus a diff between them, but I don't know enough 
about this stuff to know where to begin to find a significant difference.

Tony