On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The microphone on my laptop isn't working and I'm not sure how to >>> troubleshoot it. I've tried using it in twinkle and arecord but it >>> doesn't work in either. The headset works fine on a different system. >>> Can anyone help with this? >> Chipset of the audio card? Laptop model? > > It's one of those built-in intel-hda cards and the laptop is an Acer. > The mic actually used to work. We have the same problem then! I had a laptop Acer (now it's my girfriends') Aspire 5720G. After a kernel upgrade the mic stopped working. So far I had no luck.
My girlfriend just bought an external microphone (she's more pragmatic than me) and that worked. Sorry I'm not able to help. > > - Grant > >
