On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:40:49 +0200, Felix Natter writes: > I'd like to use my microphone, but when I use gnome-sound-recorder, and > - select "Record from input: Front Mic" it doesn't record anything. > - select "Record from input: Line In" and attach a headset to the 3.5mm > mic input (Laptop) it doesn't record anything. > > Audio play works fine in all applications. > > I am running Debian Lenny. How can I debug this?
The steps I would recommend are as follows. 1) Make sure with alsamixer that mics are not muted. 2) Start arecord with vumeter enabled, that is, arecord -V /tmp/foo.wav and see if vumeter changes. 3) On failure, go to (1). Best. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hb9o5bky....@alamut.ozu.edu.tr