microphone not work with skype on fedora 36

2022-09-23 Thread Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
do not record sound at all from internal microphone by default and it have always worked before. It has 100 % worked reliably on Fedora 35. Unfortunately, Pulseaudio volume control app do not allow me to increase Thew mic volume by using cursor keys. When I position on The recording TAB, I

Re: pixel buds: either mono or no microphone, take your pick

2022-02-02 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2/2/22 04:51, Neal Becker wrote: I'm trying to use my pixel bud headphones with my laptop (lenovo X1 carbon gen 4).  I'm using kde and blueman-applet. Basically I can choose 2 profiles: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink) or Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) There are also variations on these with

Re: pixel buds: either mono or no microphone, take your pick

2022-02-02 Thread Neal Becker
In case I wasn't clear, what I want is to have a microphone input AND stereo sound. On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 7:51 AM Neal Becker wrote: > I'm trying to use my pixel bud headphones with my laptop (lenovo X1 carbon > gen 4). I'm using kde and blueman-applet. > > Basica

pixel buds: either mono or no microphone, take your pick

2022-02-02 Thread Neal Becker
I'm trying to use my pixel bud headphones with my laptop (lenovo X1 carbon gen 4). I'm using kde and blueman-applet. Basically I can choose 2 profiles: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink) or Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) There are also variations on these with different codec choices, but that does

No Microphone input on fedora 34 (pipewire)

2021-05-02 Thread Mike Martin via users
Since installing fedora 34 I have no input from microphone. The microphone appears in audiomixer (pavucontrol I assume) All modules seem to be loaded and playback is fine the only error message I can see is from dmesg -T traps: gnome-sound-rec[2335] trap int3 ip:7f9b4652df7f sp:7ffdf71ddc70

Re: Pipewire-pulseaudio does not detect microphone

2021-02-11 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 5:57 PM Ed Greshko wrote: > > >> You may want to ask on the "test" list as well as adding a comment to > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906086 > >> > > Slight correction: please don't comment on that bug. It would be > > better to file a new bug that blocks

Re: Pipewire-pulseaudio does not detect microphone

2021-02-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/02/2021 22:54, Ben Cotton wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 8:59 AM Ed Greshko wrote: You may want to ask on the "test" list as well as adding a comment to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906086 Slight correction: please don't comment on that bug. It would be better to file a

Re: Pipewire-pulseaudio does not detect microphone

2021-02-11 Thread Ben Cotton
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 8:59 AM Ed Greshko wrote: > > You may want to ask on the "test" list as well as adding a comment to > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906086 > Slight correction: please don't comment on that bug. It would be better to file a new bug that blocks 1906086. -- Be

Re: Pipewire-pulseaudio does not detect microphone

2021-02-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/02/2021 21:36, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I have installed pipewire-pulseaudio with: dnf --allowerasing install pipewire-pulseaudio And now, the microphone is not detected. Any ideas? Is pipewire already at an usable stage of development? My understanding is that the target release

Pipewire-pulseaudio does not detect microphone

2021-02-11 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I have installed pipewire-pulseaudio with: dnf --allowerasing install pipewire-pulseaudio And now, the microphone is not detected. Any ideas? Is pipewire already at an usable stage of development? Thanks in advance, Paul ___ users mailing

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Robert
didn't work.  That is your issue ... Robert On 1/11/21 2:40 AM, edward via users wrote: On 1/11/2021 1:31 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a Dell Optiplex 7060 There is only one jack sound plug. Dell says that I can use it as input or output. Head phone works perfectly. If I put a micro

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Tim via users
Samuel Sieb: >> Usually when there's only one plug, it's a 4-pin jack. In order to >> use a microphone, you either need to have a headset or a splitter >> cable. Patrick Dupre: > Actually, I tried by using this kind of cable. > 4 connectins on the input jack,

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Jonathan Allen
Patrick, Edward said: > probably a usb external sound adapter that works with linux > would be required? You can get some nice USB headsets that simply come with a USB plug on the end, ready to go. It works well here. Jonathan ___ users mailing list -

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread edward via users
On 1/11/2021 1:31 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a Dell Optiplex 7060 There is only one jack sound plug. Dell says that I can use it as input or output. Head phone works perfectly. If I put a microphone, it is not recognized I checked that the Audio input/output are enable.     I think they

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Patrick Dupre
> Subject: Re: microphone > > On 1/11/21 1:31 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > I have a Dell Optiplex 7060 > > There is only one jack sound plug. > > Dell says that I can use it as input or output. > > Head phone works perfectly. > > If I put a microphone, it i

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/11/21 1:31 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: I have a Dell Optiplex 7060 There is only one jack sound plug. Dell says that I can use it as input or output. Head phone works perfectly. If I put a microphone, it is not recognized I checked that the Audio input/output are enable. Usually when there&#

Re: microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Patrick Dupre
use it as input or output. > Head phone works perfectly. > If I put a microphone, it is not recognized > I checked that the Audio input/output are enable. > > Why? > > Do I need to install something else? > > Thanks > > =

microphone

2021-01-11 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I have a Dell Optiplex 7060 There is only one jack sound plug. Dell says that I can use it as input or output. Head phone works perfectly. If I put a microphone, it is not recognized I checked that the Audio input/output are enable. Why? Do I need to install something else? Thanks

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2020-06-19 at 19:23 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 22:19 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > > It sounded just fine. However, when I hooked up to Zoom to attend > > my weekly meeting, everybody complained about the static to the point > > that I was forced to leave because it's i

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-19 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 22:19 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > It sounded just fine. However, when I hooked up to Zoom to attend > my weekly meeting, everybody complained about the static to the point > that I was forced to leave because it's impossible for me to > participate. At this point, I'm sure that

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 10:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: I'm in the camp of "If the OP is happy, good enough". If you consider "not my equipment" happy, them I am. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@li

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 09:43 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 15:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. Consider this thread Solved and Closed! But you didn't tell us how good/bad it sounded. Enquiring minds want to know. It sounded

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-19 11:43, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 15:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: >> That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. >> Consider this thread Solved and Closed! > But you didn't tell us how good/bad it sounded. Enquiring minds want > to know. I'm in the

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 15:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. > Consider this thread Solved and Closed! But you didn't tell us how good/bad it sounded. Enquiring minds want to know. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.10.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP

Re: Microphone trouble [SOLVED] [CLOSED]

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
sysdefault, which is ALSA. I selected the same thing for the Recording Device and set it to Stereo, as the microphone is supposed to be an internal Stereo mic. That brought up the green bars, and Recording actually worked. Consider this thre

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 03:37 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Well, if your laptop has only a single microphone you will get only one green bar no matter the setting. So, if you see a fluctuating green bar can you now record/play-back? I didn't then, but things have changed, as you'll see in a reply t

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
with your instructions. To the right of the play control buttons, there are two rows.  On the second row, there are microphone and speaker icons.  To the left of the microphone is where you can pick which input to use.  Below the play control icons is a microphone and to the right of that is a me

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
ng it to Mono before starting to monitor doesn't > help. > Well, if your laptop has only a single microphone you will get only one green bar no matter the setting. So, if you see a fluctuating green bar can you now record/play-back? -- The key to ge

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
f the play control buttons, there are two rows.  On the second row, there are microphone and speaker icons.  To the left of the microphone is where you can pick which input to use.  Below the play control icons is a microphone and to the right of that is a meter which says "Click to Start Monit

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 02:46 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: Well, there should be drop down box with a mic icon next to, probably ALSA.  It seems it would then be set to mono.  Try changing to Stereo. It's set to Stereo. Changing it to Mono before starting to monitor doesn't help. ___

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 01:46:20AM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in > >pavcontrol.  What is shown in audacity doesn't > >appear to reflect the settings in audacity. > > > >I have pavcontrol se

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 00:40 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > I've installed Audacity on my laptop and tried to make a recording. > I've got the internal mike set at the default setting, and when I > test it in the Settings of Zoom, it looks like it's working, but I > can't get any response from Audacity

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Mauricio Tavares
it play back > >> what I've just said. I've followed the tutorials, but absolutely nothing! > >> Am I supposed to save my test and then play it back? > > > > The interface is a little confusing and the toolbars can be moved around, > > so I'll ass

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-18 16:34, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 02:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> So, you see no green bars to the right of the mic icon? >> >> Note, that if you make changes to the "recording device" you will need to >> "start monitoring" again as changes >> cause the monitor to turn off. > > G

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 02:24 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: So, you see no green bars to the right of the mic icon? Note, that if you make changes to the "recording device" you will need to "start monitoring" again as changes cause the monitor to turn off. Got it in one. It's now 2:35 AM, I finally finished c

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-06-18 15:46, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in >> pavcontrol.  What is shown in audacity doesn't >> appear to reflect the settings in audacity. >> >> I have pavcontrol set to 40%~45% and it so

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in pavcontrol.  What is shown in audacity doesn't appear to reflect the settings in audacity. I have pavcontrol set to 40%~45% and it sounds fine.  Well, except for the fact that the lap

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Ed Greshko
sed >> to save my test and then play it back? > > The interface is a little confusing and the toolbars can be moved around, so > I'll assume the default layout that I have is the same as yours. > > To the right of the play control buttons, there are two rows.  On the seco

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
layout that I have is the same as yours. To the right of the play control buttons, there are two rows. On the second row, there are microphone and speaker icons. To the left of the microphone is where you can pick which input to use. Below the play control icons is a microphone and to the rig

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound clear? If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up excessively high, wiggle leads and connectors, see if you can find a fault with your mic that you can make come and go. Sorry for

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/12/2020 10:04 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: The buds (Cambridge Audio Melomania) do support A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, and HFP but the HFP option with pavucontrol-qt is marked 'unavailable'. Maybe it needs a driver of some kind. I have a headset, not earbuds, as the buds don't fit well, especiall

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2020-06-12 at 16:08 +0200, berend wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 at 12:51, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 22:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and > > > &g

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread berend
On Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 at 12:51, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 22:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and usually a headset microphone will have better sound than the built-in one. It may depend on the mod

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 22:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > A headset works way better. You avoid echo and feedback issues and > > usually a headset microphone will have better sound than the built-in one. It may depend on the model. I have some Bluetooth earbuds I've been trying to

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Łukasz Posadowski
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:25:05 -0600 Joe Zeff : > My laptop is running F 31 and Xfce, fully updated. I'm trying to use > Zoom to participate in meetings of a club I belong to but am having > trouble with the microphone. If I use a headset and mic, I can > usually hear OK, but nobo

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-12 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2020-06-12 at 00:50 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > This isn't a new laptop; it's at least ten years old. The cheap > Walmart headphones has a single cord that ends in a jack. That goes > into a Y connector that lets you plug into both the headphone and the > mic. It's not important, as I'm not

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/12/2020 12:30 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I'm not quite clear on what that means, but it sound like hardware problems or wrong connectors.  Most newer laptops have a single 4-conductor jack like a phone which combines the headphones and microphone.  Some headsets may have the correct s

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
t newer laptops have a single 4-conductor jack like a phone which combines the headphones and microphone. Some headsets may have the correct single jack, but most I've seen have two separate plugs, one for the headphone and one for the microphone. This requires a Y adapter that combines t

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2020 11:36 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: This is the internal laptop mic or the headset mic.  Either way, all the following suggestion about recording it locally for a test and checking the levels is also good. This is the internal one. The headset one only worked if one jack was plugged i

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
iggle leads and connectors, see if you can find a fault with your mic that you can make come and go. That right there may be the problem, cranking it up too high. I don't know about xfce, but in the Gnome sound control panel, there's an indicator showing the microphone level. If not, then a

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/11/2020 10:15 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 21:25 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: However, I'm told that there's so much static from my mic that the host mutes me before I can even say one, single word. Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound clear?

Re: Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 21:25 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > However, I'm told that there's so much static from my mic that the > host mutes me before I can even say one, single word. Try recording yourself to a file (e.g. use Audacity). Does it sound clear? If not, check your mike gain isn't wound up e

Microphone trouble

2020-06-11 Thread Joe Zeff
My laptop is running F 31 and Xfce, fully updated. I'm trying to use Zoom to participate in meetings of a club I belong to but am having trouble with the microphone. If I use a headset and mic, I can usually hear OK, but nobody can understand what I'm saying. If I use the interna

Re: Microphone problem.

2020-04-01 Thread stan via users
On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:24:27 +0200 "Erik P. Olsen" wrote: > When I want to use the built-in microphone of my laptop it is > unavailable. I then manipulate pavucontrol to make it available which > is OK but when I reboot it becomes unavailable again. Is there a way > to make

Microphone problem.

2020-04-01 Thread Erik P. Olsen
When I want to use the built-in microphone of my laptop it is unavailable. I then manipulate pavucontrol to make it available which is OK but when I reboot it becomes unavailable again. Is there a way to make the settings I've done permanent? -- Erik P. Olsen - Copenhagen, Denmark Fedo

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-17 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:42 AM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > I can use Skype by using my headphones microphone and the computer > > speakers to listen to the audio. However, some people comment that my > > voice is not so clear on Skype. Is there some way of improving the >

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/16/20 4:58 PM, Paul Smith wrote: I can use Skype by using my headphones microphone and the computer speakers to listen to the audio. However, some people comment that my voice is not so clear on Skype. Is there some way of improving the audio quality on Skype without buying the recommended

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> That model doesn't have a microphone. The cable they show only has >> the usual 3 pole plug for stereo headphones. Paul Smith: > Thanks, Tim, but it does have a microphone: > > https://www.sony.com/electronics/headband-headphones/mdr-zx110-zx110a-zx110ap >

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:46 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > >> My headphone have only a jack. Here they are: > >> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Jt8jk3ufI > > > > Solved! I had to connect the cable of the headphones to the computer > > microph

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/16/20 2:51 PM, Paul Smith wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:46 PM Paul Smith wrote: My headphone have only a jack. Here they are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Jt8jk3ufI Solved! I had to connect the cable of the headphones to the computer microphone entry. Unfortunately, the

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:32 PM Tim via users wrote: > > > My headphone have only a jack. Here they are: > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Jt8jk3ufI > > That model doesn't have a microphone. The cable they show only has the > usual 3 pole plug for ster

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:46 PM Paul Smith wrote: > > > > > I have just bought headphone with an embedded microphone, but Skype is > > > not recognizing it. Any ideas? > > > > We need a lot more detail than that. USB, headphone jack, or bluetooth? > >

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2020-03-16 at 18:46 +, Paul Smith wrote: > My headphone have only a jack. Here they are: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Jt8jk3ufI That model doesn't have a microphone. The cable they show only has the usual 3 pole plug for stereo headphones. -- uname -rsv

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:29 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > I have just bought headphone with an embedded microphone, but Skype is > > not recognizing it. Any ideas? > > We need a lot more detail than that. USB, headphone jack, or bluetooth? > If headphone jack, does it h

Re: Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/16/20 11:19 AM, Paul Smith wrote: I have just bought headphone with an embedded microphone, but Skype is not recognizing it. Any ideas? We need a lot more detail than that. USB, headphone jack, or bluetooth? If headphone jack, does it have one or two jacks? If one, does it have 4

Microphone embedded on headphones not recognized

2020-03-16 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I have just bought headphone with an embedded microphone, but Skype is not recognizing it. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le

Re: No microphone audio -

2019-06-21 Thread Seth Kenlon
n Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 1:27 PM stan via users wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:06:59 -0400 > Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > I rarely have computer audio problems, it usually just works. But > > today I need to record voice and it does not do anything, pulse audio > > shows

Re: No microphone audio -

2019-06-20 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:06:59 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > I rarely have computer audio problems, it usually just works. But > today I need to record voice and it does not do anything, pulse audio > shows rear microphone plugged in and the level is turned up. aplay > produces a test so

Re: No microphone audio -

2019-06-20 Thread Dave Stevens
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:06:59 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > both are old, one is ancient, but I have used them in the past. > > Any ideas welcome,  Bob do they work in a different computer? or if you boot from a stick with some other distro? d ___ users

No microphone audio -

2019-06-20 Thread Bob Goodwin
I rarely have computer audio problems, it usually just works. But today I need to record voice and it does not do anything, pulse audio shows rear microphone plugged in and the level is turned up. aplay produces a test sound from the speaker and sound works as expected, just no mic audio

Microphone no longer works.

2012-10-13 Thread JD
FC16, latest updates, kernel 3.4.11-1.fc16.i686 Microphone has not worked for a long time. arecord is unable to get anything from the mic, neither aurecord, nor any internet phone app. Any clues? The audio chipset is Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] C-Media AC'97 Sound Controller (r

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-16 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Stan, On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 15:41, stan wrote: > That suggests that the problem with reading the stored configuration > is an alsa problem.  I don't see that problem running F17 with all > updates (my sound status always restores).  And there aren't legions of > people on the list asking abo

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-16 Thread stan
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:55:58 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Stan, > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:29, stan wrote: > > In that dropdown on pavucontrol for me, the last entry is off.  If I > > select that, pulse stops controlling the device and it reverts to > > alsa. > > No joy. I see the same beh

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-16 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Stan, On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:29, stan wrote: > In that dropdown on pavucontrol for me, the last entry is off.  If I > select that, pulse stops controlling the device and it reverts to alsa. No joy. I see the same behaviour. :-/ -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. --

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-15 Thread stan
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:13:23 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Stan, > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 22:22, stan wrote: > > One quick check you could do is to turn off pulseaudio for the > > device in pavucontrol, reboot, and see if the settings are loaded > > properly into alsa by looking at alsamixer.

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Stan, On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 22:22, stan wrote: > One quick check you could do is to turn off pulseaudio for the device in > pavucontrol, reboot, and see if the settings are loaded properly into > alsa by looking at alsamixer.  If they are, that confirms it is a > pulseaudio problem, if they

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-15 Thread stan
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:51:16 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > I finally figured out what is going wrong. The "Internal Mic" is > turned off, as you observed, when I turn it on and raise the volume, > recording works. But this does not survive a reboot. So I thought > maybe its the state file that is cau

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Stan, On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 20:05, stan wrote: > >> F15 Live USB: >> F16: > > I saved the files and ran a diff.  There are *major* differences for > your device from F15 to F17!  And in the environment. > > The settings difference

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-15 Thread stan
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:34:48 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > Apologies for the delayed follow-up. I got side-tracked with a > deadline. Not an issue. > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 20:59, stan wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:30:37 +0200 > > suvayu ali wrote: > I have alsa-utils installed and I found

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Stan, Apologies for the delayed follow-up. I got side-tracked with a deadline. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 20:59, stan wrote: > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:30:37 +0200 > suvayu ali wrote: > >> It seems to me some bad settings are being cached somewhere; which >> would also explain why booting to an o

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-14 Thread stan
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:30:37 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > > Also try booting to an older kernel (from before the problem), if > > you have one. > > > > I had tried this with no success. If it was a driver issue booting to > a kernel from before the problem started should have worked, but it > didn

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-14 Thread suvayu ali
Hey Stan, I found something interesting, comments are below. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 17:06, stan wrote: > > This is a long shot, but it might be that alsa has sorted your sound > devices in a different order on boot.  It sounds like it thinks your > acpi might be a sound device. > > Try > aplay

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-14 Thread stan
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:47:49 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > I looked in /var/log/messages. I see no suspicious messages. But I do > see the following: > > pulseaudio[1455]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working > profile. pulseaudio[1455]: module.c: Failed to load module > "module-alsa-card"

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-14 Thread stan
gt; >> > >> Install pavucontrol and check how pulse is viewing the microphone. > >> Perhaps it inadvertently got turned off? > >> > > > > Everything seems to be in order. Just for the sake of completeness > > I'm posting screenshots from both

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-14 Thread suvayu ali
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 14:47, suvayu ali wrote: >> I don't think this is an alsa issue.  If alsamixer sees the mic, then >> alsa is handling it properly, if the driver and hardware are OK. >> >> Install pavucontrol and check how pulse is viewing the microphone. &g

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-14 Thread suvayu ali
OK. > > Install pavucontrol and check how pulse is viewing the microphone. > Perhaps it inadvertently got turned off? > Everything seems to be in order. Just for the sake of completeness I'm posting screenshots from both alsamixer and pavucontrol. Alsamixer was started like

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-13 Thread stan
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:34:39 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > For the last 2 weeks the microphone on my ThinkPad has stopped > working. At first I thought the volume levels must have gone down, but > I see using alsamixer they are all normal. > > I'm using F16. My understandi

Re: ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-13 Thread stan
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:34:39 +0200 suvayu ali wrote: > For the last 2 weeks the microphone on my ThinkPad has stopped > working. At first I thought the volume levels must have gone down, but > I see using alsamixer they are all normal.arecord -d 10 -f cd -t wav > -D copy foobar.

ThinkPad microphone not working

2012-04-12 Thread suvayu ali
Hi, For the last 2 weeks the microphone on my ThinkPad has stopped working. At first I thought the volume levels must have gone down, but I see using alsamixer they are all normal. I'm using F16. My understanding of alsa is rather limited, Anyone has any ideas how I can troubleshoot

Microphone Int's configuration is lost after a reboot

2012-03-10 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, In the mixer configuration panel, I have set the Mic Int level to the maximum possible. This works fine during the same session, but, when I reboot the laptop, I get the “Mic Int” set to the minimum level. Is this a bug or simply a feature? I am using F16 x64 and XFCE. Thanks in advance

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Roger
Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All, I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this? Thanks in advance, Paul I still have Fedora 13

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Darlene Wallach
Paul, On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this? > > Thanks in

Re: Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:54 PM, wrote: >>Thanks to all respondents! I have meanwhile changed something on the >>audio settings and got Skype working fine. However, I changed >>something afterwards, and now the microphone does not work anymore >>with Skype. Is there

Re: Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread fernando
Hi there, >Thanks to all respondents! I have meanwhile changed something on the >audio settings and got Skype working fine. However, I changed >something afterwards, and now the microphone does not work anymore >with Skype. Is there some program to test the microphone? One of my m

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Rick Stevens
On 03/02/2012 10:12 AM, Paul Smith wrote: On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Steve Searle wrote: I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this? Check your

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Steve Searle wrote: >> I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except >> the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she >> cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this? > > Check your main soun

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Steve Searle
Around 01:26pm on Friday, March 02, 2012 (UK time), Paul Smith scrawled: > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this? Check your main sound

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Joachim Backes
On 03/02/2012 03:08 PM, Elliott Chapin wrote: > On 03/02/2012 08:26 AM, Paul Smith wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except >> the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she >> cannot hear.

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Elliott Chapin
On 03/02/2012 08:26 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this? > > Thanks in advance, >

Re: Microphone does not work with Skype

2012-03-02 Thread Frank Elsner
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:26:54 + Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, Dear Pail and all the others, > I have just installed Skype on F16 x64, which is working fine except > the microphone -- I can view and hear the other call party, but she > cannot hear. Is there some way to repair this

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