On Wednesday 03 October 2007 16:49, David Fox wrote: > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a headset > > and when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the headphones. > > having never tried arecord I tried it out - on lenny there seems to be > a problem in that it can't open the device. I haven't had a microphone > hooked up to this system (I have a SBLive card) in quite sometime - > since before the move in May, and this used to work. > > I was about to suggest audacity, but that didn't work either - still > tells me that it cant open the sound device. > > Of course, the thing has played sound with no problems - it's just > that I haven't had a need to use the microphone, but figured I might > as well give it a try. > > What do you get using rec? > > > tom arnall
check out: http://www.flaterco.com/kb/audio.html under 'RECORD'. worked for me. also make sure you've set up alsa. i have to do: sudo /usr/src/modules/alsa-driver/snddevices hope it works for you. =================================================================== ACTUALLY I ENABLED 'MIC', NOT 'AUX' IN THE ALSAMIXER CAPTURE SETUP. 'AUX' DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]