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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:11:33 +0000 tom wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:07:56 +0000 > > tom wrote: > > > > > >> Grant Sewell wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> As with the vast majority of laptops, mine has a small microphone > >>> somewhere around the keyboard but also has a 3.5mm TRS microphone > >>> jack. > >>> > >>> Now, I can get audio input from the microphone jack but I can't > >>> seem to get any sound in from the near-the-keyboard microphone. > >>> I'm on Ubuntu 9.10 with the default PulseAudio setup. > >>> > >>> Had I been using OSS or ALSA, I could probably have got this > >>> sorted, but this new-fangled PulseAudio malarky has got me > >>> stumped. > >>> > >>> Any good pointers? > >>> > >>> Cheers. > >>> Grant. :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> If you have the speaker icon (top right) right click it, then > >> sound preferences and have a peek there. > >> ISTR that laptop mikes are switched off by default for security > >> reasons Tom te tom te tom > >> > > > > Sound Preferences, Hardware tab: > > Internal Audio, 1 Output / 1 Input, Analog Stereo Duplex > > Profile: Analog Stereo Duplex > > > > Sound Preferences, Input tab: > > Choose a device for sound input: > > + Internal Audio Analog Stereo > > Input level: 0 (unless I plug in a mic to the front jack, then it > > works) > Mines got a slider for changing the gain - does that not work? Only with a mic plugged into the 3.5mm jack. With no mic plugged in, it doesn't matter what the slider's set to, nothing is detected. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html