mic stopped working

[G.]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/03/2012 11:47 AM, G. 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?
>
>
> First, open alsamixer in a terminal and check your settings. EVERYTHING
> related to sound depends ultimately on alsa. Then install pavucontrol, which
> ought to be installed at install time, but for some reason isn't. Use that
> to set up your sound sources/outputs. Configuring surround setups is a
> breeze. You should have sound input for your mike. Ric
>
>
> --

I opened alsamixer.  Capture had underlines so I went to that, hit
space bar and then hit the up arrow.  I checked for mic functionality,
still will not record with sound recorder and still no listing of
device under sound settings.

Looking to install pavcontrol, the only listing under software center
is Pulse Vol Control and Pulse Vol Meter (playback).  Same using
synaptic.

Not sure what else to do.

Mic was working fine until very recently.

garyk