i have a mic that is embedded in my monitor and im not sure where i'd look to see how the kernal assigns it. I'd also like to know of a program i can use to record voice to use it, but i wouldn't know where to tell the program where the device is. herte is my dmesg if it helps:

[jeff@x1-6-00-10-b5-f4-57-ac jeff]$ dmesg
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Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Memory: 256468k/262144k available (1540k kernel code, 4952k reserved, 599k data, 144k init, 0k highmem)
Calibrating delay loop... 2629.63 BogoMIPS
Security Scaffold v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux: Initializing.
SELinux: Starting in permissive mode
There is already a security framework initialized, register_security failed.
Failure registering capabilities with the kernel
selinux_register_security: Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000
CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: After all inits, caps: 0183f1ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000020
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping 02
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
NET: Registered protocol family 16
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfa164, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger.
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 10 11 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 15)
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGPB._PRT]
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 3
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device 0000:00:14.2
ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device 0000:00:14.3
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: if you experience problems, try using option 'pci=noacpi' or even 'acpi=off'
apm: BIOS not found.
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
audit(1102162663.965:0): initialized
Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
SELinux: Registering netfilter hooks
Initializing Cryptographic API
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1)
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected AMD 761 chipset
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 204M
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0x90000000
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0a.0 (0000 -> 0001)
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device lo
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:14.1
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci0000:00:14.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x14c0-0x14c7, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x14c8-0x14cf, BIOS settings: hdcMA, hddMA
hda: WDC WD600AB-60BVA0, ATA DISK drive
Using cfq io scheduler
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hdc: SONY CD-RW CRX320E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: Compaq DVD-ROM DVD-116, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 117231408 sectors (60022 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 >
hdc: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW CD-MRW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
hdd: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache, UDMA(33)
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver hid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 16Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 32768)
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 188k freed
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 144k freed
SELinux: Disabled at runtime.
SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device 022db720(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device sit0
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2
ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device 0000:00:14.2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.2: irq 11, io base 00001480
uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device 0000:00:14.3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.3: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.3: irq 11, io base 000014a0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 2
hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-2:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-2.1: new low speed USB device using address 3
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Chicony Compaq Internet Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:14.2-2.1
EXT3 FS on hda3, internal journal
input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [Chicony Compaq Internet Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:14.2-2.1
device-mapper: 4.1.0-ioctl (2003-12-10) initialised: dm@uk.sistina.com
usb 1-2.2: new full speed USB device using address 4
cdrom: open failed.
Adding 786200k swap on /dev/hda6. Priority:-1 extents:1
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378
SCSI subsystem initialized
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.5-1.358
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:09.0 (0004 -> 0007)
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x1000, 00:10:b5:f4:57:ac, IRQ 11
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
divert: freeing divert_blk for eth0
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (2048 buckets, 16384 max) - 296 bytes per conntrack
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x1000, 00:10:b5:f4:57:ac, IRQ 11
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.4
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.1
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.2
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
drivers/usb/input/hid-input.c: event field not found
udf: registering filesystem
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/lowlevel.c:57:udf_get_last_session: XA disk: no, vol_desc_start=0
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:1552:udf_fill_super: Multi-session=0
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:540:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors)
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:567:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Primary Volume Descriptor foundUDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:576:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator found
UDF-fs: No VRS found
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 5
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: SanDisk Model: Cruzer Mini Rev: 0.1
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
USB Mass Storage device found at 5
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
SCSI device sda: 501759 512-byte hdwr sectors (257 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
FAT: Unrecognized mount option "unmask=000" or missing value
FAT: Unrecognized mount option "unmask=000" or missing value
FAT: Unrecognized mount option "unmask=000" or missing value
cdrom: hdc: mrw address space DMA selected
cdrom: hdc: mrw address space DMA selected
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
cdrom: open failed.
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 5
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/lowlevel.c:57:udf_get_last_session: XA disk: no, vol_desc_start=0
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:1552:udf_fill_super: Multi-session=0
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:540:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors)
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:567:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Primary Volume Descriptor foundUDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:576:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator found
UDF-fs: No VRS found
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/lowlevel.c:57:udf_get_last_session: XA disk: no, vol_desc_start=0
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:1552:udf_fill_super: Multi-session=0
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:540:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors)
UDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:567:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Primary Volume Descriptor foundUDF-fs DEBUG fs/udf/super.c:576:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Volume Descriptor Set Terminator found
UDF-fs: No VRS found
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 6
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 6
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 7
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 7
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 8
scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi3, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 8
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 8
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 9
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi4, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 9
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 9
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 10
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 10
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 10
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 11
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi6, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 11
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 11
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 12
scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: SanDisk Model: Cruzer Mini Rev: 0.1
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 501759 512-byte hdwr sectors (257 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi7, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 12
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 12
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 13
scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: FUJIFILM Model: USB-DRIVEUNIT Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 32000 512-byte hdwr sectors (16 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi8, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 13
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 13
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 14
scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Vendor: SanDisk Model: Cruzer Mini Rev: 0.1
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
SCSI device sda: 501759 512-byte hdwr sectors (257 MB)
sda: assuming Write Enabled
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi9, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
USB Mass Storage device found at 14
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 14
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