On Thu, 4 Jun 2015, Frank Cox wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 00:54:24 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote:
Actually, I mistook black for green. Green was occupied by my external speakers. Putting the headset's green plug in the green spot lets VLC and aplay make sounds in my headset. I still have the same issue with recording.
Have you checked your input volume settings?
The sound preferences widget on gnome says "Input volume" 100%. There is also a row of 15 rectangles labeled "Input level". None of them are highighted.