microphone issue Jaunty netbook remix

[Peter N. Spotts]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:51:29 -0400
Gary Kirkpatrick <pegngary at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am having trouble recording (and with skype voice out).  The mic
> setting under Volume Control is muted regardless how often I uncheck
> it.  Under Pulse Audio Vol Control Output Devices it won't permit the
> output selection to be unmuted.  When I play back in sounder recorder
> I hear a hiss but no voice playback.   This is a Dell 10' notebook.
>snip<

Check to see if you have Digital Mic 1 selected as the digital
input source under the Options tab. I ran into a problem similar to
yours, and this fixed it. I'm using a Dell Studio...

With best regards,

Pete


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