microphone issue in Xubuntu 12.04

[Colin Law]

On 7 July 2014 12:40, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
> My internal mic stopped working.  Using gstreamer-properties, I could get it
> working again using Alsa, although the sound is scratchy and the mic does
> not work in skype.

Are you sure it is not broken (the mic I mean)?

Also check when logged in as another user (possibly Guest) whether it works.

Colin