Hi guys,

let me start off by saying this is one heck of a site. best linux site by far for help and support. ive read many posts and many people have had success, i hope i can get some too

i have a msi kt3 motherboard with built-in soundcard. i am running RH9 installed on saturday, so far so good

my question is: how do i get the mic to work?

i installed teamspeak (a software for live chat). the sound works fine in RH but when i open teamspeak i get a popping sound through the speakers and my mike doesnt work

i have browsed through all the programs in RH but i do not see one that has an option to configure a mike

(im sorry if i sound like im talking windows but thats all i have used and i really want to learn linux. i have taken a class in linux in my college and that class sparked my interest in learning more )

So........can anyone point me in the right direction? according to the audio devices icon....i have a VT8233ac97 audio controller and it tells me the module is via82cxxx_audio. do i have to get the right driver? or is it already installed?

thanx in advance

dear sir,i'm studying mca & working on network telephone.im facing the same problem as yours.mine is VIA chipset with built i sound card.i hear sharp tone wen i play back the recorded fileusing sound recorder of RH 7.2 gnome.otherwise it does play sound.if u get reply please write to me at alevi@indiatimes.com

is there any other info i could provide to help you guys help me? please let me know

wow, i guess you guys must be stumped . ive tried looking in the /dev folder but i dont know what im looking for. what should i be looking for

if you're using KDE, you can try messing around with the settings in a program called kmix.

i searched for a program called kmix but there is none there are kmid and kmidi but they dont do anything in configuring the sound card

where you just looking in the menu? in the menu it's listed as: sound and video > volume control.

you can also try pressing <alt>+<F2> then typing in 'kmix' (without the quotes)

thanx knightable, i found it by using alt+f2 and typing kmix. it wasnt listed as a program in the menu. the microphone is shown with a red light. is it supposed to be on? how do i shut the light off. when i right click over it "set record source" is checked and i cant uncheck it. does it need to be checked?

might be, I think the red light indicates it's recording

try going to sound and video > sound recorder and seeing if you can record a sound (must warn you, a bit buggy)

ok......i went to sound recorder and tried to record...nothing. it wont record or playback. the record button works and says its recording when i press it but when i playback nothing happens. the elapsed time doesnt even move when recording or playback. wow

hmm.. don't know. I haven't had a problem with my mic so far. :/

what kind of mic are you using?

arts is running so you cant use /dev/dsp


either kill artsd or run teamspeak with artsdsp /opt/TeamSpeak/TeamSpeak (or whatever dir)

also if you can't find artsdsp try /opt/kde/bin/artsdsp

teamspeak won't work if arts is running unless you use artsdsp to load teamspeak. and then no mic! :P