I Can't Use the Microphone on The Debian Etch

bophster · 02-26-2008, 09:43 PM

Please help me. I'm having a hard time trying to get my microphone to work under the Debian Etch OS. Currently, I'm using the HDA Intel card with Sigmatel chips no. STAC9221 A2. I already uninstalled and reinstalled the Alsa driver and the Alsa Oss. I also installed the Kmix and run alsamix but nothing seemed to work. This is driving me crazy. I suspect it's the hardware. If so, should I buy a new sound card? Would it fix the problem? Thank you in advance.

Larry Webb · 02-27-2008, 08:16 AM

What type and model computer (Desktop or laptop)?

mrrangerman · 02-27-2008, 01:28 PM

Have you checked to see if the mic is un-muted in alsamixer?

In a terminal type alsamixer use your arrow keys to navigate to mic, press the m key to unmute if it is muted, esc. to exit.

GSX · 02-27-2008, 02:47 PM

Hi...

I have some additional questions to your prob..

-Do your normal sound work on your machine?
-Do you try to get a normal microphone or microphone via headset to work?

Greetz
gsx

bophster · 02-28-2008, 12:18 AM

Thank you for all of your help. To answer your questions, I've run alsamixer and unmuted the microphone. I tried this on both the alsamixer and kmix. The sound works fine. I'm able to watch and listen to youtube and mp3 files. I could hear the other person on the other end of Skype but he couldn't hear me. As far as what kind of computer is concerned, I built it myself using ECS motherboard and Intel Celeron 430 processor. Any suggestions? Should I get an extra sound card?

bophster · 02-28-2008, 12:19 AM

Oh, I also tried two kinds of microphone that you mentioned.

Larry Webb · 02-28-2008, 07:30 AM

In kmix you also have to turn on the capture and if you have the graphical make sure the slide is all the way to the bottom. (You will find this under the "input tab". I doubt if a sound card will solve your problems, I had to work for a couple of days my first shot at it.

GSX · 03-01-2008, 07:53 PM

In case you try to use an usb headset, you have two sound devices...to configure the second device configure it using the command

Code:

alsamixer -c 1

bophster · 03-04-2008, 10:05 PM

Hi all,
The problem is still there. I can't get my microphone to work. Any more suggestions? I really like my Debian Etch. Should I switch to Ubuntu? Would it solve this problem?