Troubles with mic + alsa
 

Hello All!

I just installed alsa and now I have a trouble with my microphone.
It doesn't works at all :(

Yes, I know about alsamixer and kmix.
I unmute the Mic and set the volume, but there is no effect.

You can see the screenshots (alsamixer and kmix) here:
photofile.ru/users/krivenok/1413268/30762628

There is no alsa-specific errors/warnings in logs/console.

My Linux info:

krivenok_home ~ # uname -a
Linux krivenok_home 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 #4 SMP Wed Jul 12 02:07:11 MSD 2006 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

My alsa info:

* media-libs/alsa-lib
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 2,067 kB
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Library
License: GPL-2 LGPL-2.1

* media-libs/alsa-oss
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 672 kB
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture OSS compatibility layer.
License: GPL-2

* media-plugins/alsa-jack
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 230 kB
Description: JACK pcm plugin. Allows native ALSA applications to connect to the jackd. Works transparantly for both capture and playback.
License: GPL-2 LGPL-2.1

* media-plugins/xmms-alsa
Latest version available: 1.2.10-r2
Latest version installed: 1.2.10-r2
Size of downloaded files: 8,762 kB
Description: Xmms Plugin: xmms-alsa
License: GPL-2

* media-sound/alsa-driver
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 6,864 kB
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture kernel modules
License: GPL-2 LGPL-2.1

* media-sound/alsa-firmware
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 4,590 kB
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture firmware
License: GPL-2

* media-sound/alsa-headers
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 6,864 kB
Description: Header files for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture kernel modules
License: GPL-2 LGPL-2.1

* media-sound/alsa-tools
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 4,235 kB
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture tools
License: GPL-2

* media-sound/alsa-utils
Latest version available: 1.0.11
Latest version installed: 1.0.11
Size of downloaded files: 2,900 kB
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Utils (alsactl, alsamixer, etc.)
License: GPL-2


This is a list of sound related kernel modules.

krivenok_home ~ # lsmod | grep snd
snd_pcm_oss 45088 0
snd_mixer_oss 20288 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4228 0
snd_seq_oss 38784 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7744 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57808 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_via82xx 30936 4
gameport 17736 4 analog,ns558,snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 97760 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2624 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 94148 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 26820 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 8896 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 27488 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 9484 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss
snd 63424 19 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_ codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

I record files via arecord (also I use Skype VOIP Client) and play files via aplay or mplayer.

Any ideas?

P.S.
Is there alsa-specific forum?
I can't find it :(

Try the mic in all the jacks on the back of the motherboard, or sound card.