mic stopped working

[Ric Moore]

On 02/05/2012 01:12 AM, G. wrote:

> I opened terminal as you said and the message says I already have the
> latest version.  When I type pavucontrol on the program launcher the
> only option is pulse audio control which per Synaptic is pavucontrol.
> Under pulse audio control, input devices, All except Monitors, is says
> there are no input devices available.  Under Moniors it shows an
> option for controlling front left and front right more like a speaker
> control, but in any case that is not muted.  Under Hardware Inout
> Devices there are are no input devices available.
>
> ubuntu is not detecting my microphone.

Go back to alsamixer...
hit F6
see just what devices it sees. If  it shows more than one device, play 
with them. Something has that mike muted and if pulse doesn't see it at 
all, then you'll have to dig in the basement, so to speak, where alsa 
is. If you see "MM" hit the m key to toggle mute and unmute. It should 
turn into 00 with a greed background. Using the up or down arrows will 
increase/decrease the volume level. I take it the mike doesn't have an 
on/off switch?? Or, does your hardware need some sort of keypress to 
toggle it on? It should be straight forward, and I'm sorry that it 
doesn't appear to be.

Also, back to pavucontrol, under "configuration" if you just have two 
stereo speakers, the setting would be "analog stereo output and analog 
mono input" as you're telling pulse what your setup is and that you have 
a mike. Darn thing ought to work. Ric