mic stopped working

[Ric Moore]

On 02/05/2012 05:12 AM, G. wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> 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
>>
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>
> Ok, found the problem.  Under pavucontrol/PulseAudio Control,
> Configuration, Internal Audio, I changed it to Analog Stereo Input and
> lo and behold the mic device shows up!  I have never touched this so
> have no idea what happened.

You have a stereo mike?? Some nice machine you got there! Ha! The 
details are always in the pudding. Congrats! There isn't much you can't 
do with Linux, it's the getting from point A to point B that gets 
irksome at times. But, using pavucontrol sure beats googling and writing 
up an .asoundrc file from dubious howto's just to switch inputs/outputs, 
and THEN have it still fail.  :) Ric