On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, Michael Hennebry wrote: > 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. Also, I tried different settings for connector. All gave me static except for Line-in. That one gave me silence. -- 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