mic stopped working

[Ric Moore]

On 02/03/2012 03:14 PM, G. wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Fernando Valencia<fvalenciaf at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> El 03/02/12 13:56, G. escribió:
>>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:47 PM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> My built in mic on my Samsung notebook is no longer working in Ubuntu
>>>> 11.10.  Under sound settings it is not listed as if there were no
>>>> hardware.
>>>>
>>>> I tried https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS which did not help.
>>>>
>>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> garyk
>>> The mic is working under my copy of 12.04.
>>>
>> Hi Garyk, i have a samsung R580 with build in microphone too, and it
>> doesn't appear in gnome sound settings but it works with qarecord ( i
>> didn't tried with others softwares like skype or teamspeak, but maybe it
>> will work to you).
>>
>> You can try to set the capture level with alsa-mixer in terminal (you
>> need to press F4 key to able the capture volume panel).
>>
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> Thanks!  What's code for alsa-mixer?

type alsamixer in a terminal window as your user. No need to sudo. Ric