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Old 07-24-2004, 10:48 AM   #1
Diesel2k
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Microphone problem C-Media 8738


Hello

I'm totally new in the linux world and just installed Mandrake 10.0. Everything works fine apart from the microphone. The sound output seems to work, but I'm unable to use skype because of this problem.
My soundcard is an onboard C-Media 8738. What can I do to solve this problem? (PnP is off in my bios)

Thanks
Diesel
 
Old 08-02-2004, 11:22 AM   #2
windowsfree
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I'm having the same problem

I am also using Mandrake 10.0, using Skype, and cccan't get the mic to work, I don't know if this is the answer but you may want to try checking out your settings in kmix, let me know if you figgure it out or if this helps ok?
 
Old 08-04-2004, 08:11 PM   #3
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CMI8738 Microphone

It's working for me, compare amixer's output, maybe it helps.

Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined cvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Capture 0 - 7
Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture 7 [100%] [on]
genis@genis:~> amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 21 [68%]
Front Right: Playback 21 [68%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Synth',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line-In As Bass',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line-In As Rear',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined cvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Capture 0 - 7
Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on] Capture 7 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic As Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 5V',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Copyright',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 In Monitor',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 In Phase Inverse',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 In Select',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 In Valid',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Loop',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Output',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 3
Mono: Playback 2 [67%]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Front Left: Playback 9 [60%] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 9 [60%] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Exchange DAC',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Four Channel Mode',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
 
Old 08-25-2004, 07:42 AM   #4
Foss
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Diesel2k: I had the same problem (using C-media 9739A though). The problem was solved when I started alsamixer and enabled "mic boost" (with "M") and disabled a few things that had with surround to do. (don't remember exactly what I did)
 
Old 09-21-2004, 07:28 AM   #5
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I fixed it also:
OPen KMix and select Mic as Center/LFE
When I selected that one and the light turned dark green I had the mic working
Suc6
 
Old 10-09-2004, 10:49 AM   #6
amulheirn
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Yeah - I managed to fix it too. Thanks for the suggestions.

Looking through my motherboard manual, it appears that the C-Media is a 6 channel audio device, but they re-use the connectors on the motherboard for different purposes. I.e. the microphone socket is also the sub-woofer or center speaker output, depending on how you have it configured.

Therefore disabling "Mic as center" turns this feature off and allows you to use it as a mic socket again. It appears to be enabled as center speaker out by default (I am using Mandrake 10.0)

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