| eantoranz |
04-01-2013 07:14 PM |
dell xps M1530 - kubuntu 12.10: can't get the mic to work
Hi!
Since I installed kubuntu 12.04 (then updated to 12.10) I've been unable to get the mic to record a single word to any application (say, for example, skype).
Now I have no problem checking step by step wher the problem is but sound is so confusing (alsa, pulse, gstreamer, whatever) that I don't know where/how to check for things. Could you give me a hand?
This is what I can tell you. From dmesg:
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[ 24.416346] input: HDA Intel Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 24.416482] input: HDA Intel Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
I'm wondering why it takes 24 long seconds to go through this but anyway, there it is.
Now if I go into alsamixer, I can see a lot of capture devices:
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Card: HDA Intel F1: Help │
│ Chip: SigmaTel STAC9228 F2: System information │
│ View: F3: Playback F4:[Capture] F5: All F6: Select sound card │
│ Item: S/PDIF [Off] Esc: Exit │
│ │
│ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
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│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ L└──┘R └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ Front Mic Front Mic Front Mic └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │
│ ------- CAPTURE ------- ------- │
│ 86<>86 0<>0 79<>79 0<>0 0<>0 0<>0 0<>0 │
│< S/PDIF > Capture Capture 1 Capture 2 Digital Input Source Input Source 1 Input Source 2 Mux Mux 1 Mux 2 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
So, it appears like the devices can be seen over there. Now, in skype I checked the sound configuration and it's all related to pulseaudio. So my next question would be: How can I make sure pulseaudio is actually working correctly with the mics?
Thanks in advance |
