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. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods