On 15 March 2008, Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net wrote: <snip>
Much closed source software has a "Gold" release.
Fire up a console and launch 'alsamixer'. Check your microphone settings there.
Card: Sound Fusion CS46xx │ │ Chip: Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3,Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3 │ │ View: [Playback] Capture All │ │ Item: Master │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ pre 3D │▒▒│ │ │ ├──┤ ├──┤ └──┘ └──┘ ┌──┐ ├──┤ ├──┤ │ │ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │OO│ │OO│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 100<>100 100<>100 0 0 100<>100 100<>100 │ │ < Master >Headphon 3D Contr 3D Contr 3D Contr PCM PCM Out Line │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Niki: I don't see anything for the microphone there!
Note: When alsamixer came up in the terminal window, the only view option seems to be for Playback, which is shown above. Should it be possible for me to get a view of Capture too? How?
In Skype, there's a small utility with a voice server, where you can check your sound configuration easily.
I use their test robot to test, but when I try it with Skype for Linux, when they are going to playback what I speak into the microphone, there's one beep and then almost immediately, a 2nd beep. When I do that while using Skype for windows, I can hear what I speak into the microphone.
I get the Digest version of the ML but I will check back, online, for further ideas today! Thank you for your very quick reply! Lanny
On Saturday 15 March 2008 13:42, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On 15 March 2008, Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net wrote:
<snip>
Much closed source software has a "Gold" release.
Fire up a console and launch 'alsamixer'. Check your microphone settings there.
Card: Sound Fusion CS46xx │ │ Chip: Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3,Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3 │ │ View: [Playback] Capture All │ │ Item: Master │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ pre 3D │▒▒│ │ │ ├──┤ ├──┤ └──┘ └──┘ ┌──┐ ├──┤ ├──┤ │ │ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │OO│ │OO│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 100<>100 100<>100 0 0 100<>100 100<>100 │ │ < Master >Headphon 3D Contr 3D Contr 3D Contr PCM PCM Out Line │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────┘
Niki: I don't see anything for the microphone there!
Note: When alsamixer came up in the terminal window, the only view option seems to be for Playback, which is shown above. Should it be possible for me to get a view of Capture too? How?
In Skype, there's a small utility with a voice server, where you can check your sound configuration easily.
I use their test robot to test, but when I try it with Skype for Linux, when they are going to playback what I speak into the microphone, there's one beep and then almost immediately, a 2nd beep. When I do that while using Skype for windows, I can hear what I speak into the microphone.
I get the Digest version of the ML but I will check back, online, for further ideas today! Thank you for your very quick reply! Lanny
Are you sure that there are no more channels to the right? (keyboard arrows to navigate, 'M' to toggle muting.)
Anne
On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 08:42 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Note: When alsamixer came up in the terminal window, the only view option seems to be for Playback, which is shown above. Should it be possible for me to get a view of Capture too? How?
man alsamixer, /view mode controls
Lanny Marcus a écrit :
Card: Sound Fusion CS46xx │ │ Chip: Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3,Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3 │ │ View: [Playback] Capture All │ │ Item: Master │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ > │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ pre 3D │▒▒│ │ │ ├──┤ ├──┤ └──┘ └──┘ ┌──┐ ├──┤ ├──┤ │ │ │OO│ │OO│ │MM│ │OO│ │OO│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 100<>100 100<>100 0 0 100<>100 100<>100 │ │ < Master >Headphon 3D Contr 3D Contr 3D Contr PCM PCM Out Line │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Niki: I don't see anything for the microphone there!
Even if you scroll to the right? Try the [CursorRight] key. Alsamixer shows only as many channels as it's capable of in one console screen. Try scrolling. Ah, yes. To unmute a channel, use the [,] key. This one deserves the Silliest Shortcut Of The Year Award :oD
One other thing. You mentioned several mixer apps, IIRC. I've seen some Linux installs of the kitchen sink type, where people installed just everything available on the DVD. Result: you get everything from GNOME, KDE, XFCE, plus any other available window manager. As a result, you also get several concurring sound systems: ALSA, OSS, Arts, and IIRC there's something called 'esound'. It's a bit like folks installing LPR and CUPS at the same time. When you have several pieces of software attempting to talk to the same device, there will inevitably be conflicts.
I've been a long-time Slackware user, and Slackware has one guiding principle: KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!
On my CentOS desktop, I have *one* desktop environment: XFCE. One sound system: ALSA. And one mixer app: alsamixer (I uninstalled xfce4-mixer).
So what you could do to make things easier: establish which sound system and sound mixer app you are using. And then get rid of the unused ones.
Cheers,
Niki
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