satelliteuser083 Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I cannot get any app to read from the mic-input on my laptop; I have not previously used the mic, so it could be faulty :unsure: . Is it possible to connect the mic DIRECTLY to the speakers (the latter DO work), to test it? Also, I've just read in a Skype-thread that it is necessary to open port 9443 IRC in the firewall; how do I do that? (and what does IRC mean?) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakoe Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 IRC = Internet Relay chat. I had a similar issue. It turned out that the mic was working, but my mixer wasn't setup well and alsamixer (which I used to check) confused me thoroughly. Both the MIC and the capture level should be on a non-zero value (set them at 75% or so for a test). I have also enabled Mic Boost (+20 dB). As to Skype and port 9443: I have not opened this port and skype works (I think: only tested outgoing; not test incoming). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) IRC = Internet Relay chat. I had a similar issue. It turned out that the mic was working, but my mixer wasn't setup well and alsamixer (which I used to check) confused me thoroughly. Both the MIC and the capture level should be on a non-zero value (set them at 75% or so for a test). I have also enabled Mic Boost (+20 dB). As to Skype and port 9443: I have not opened this port and skype works (I think: only tested outgoing; not test incoming). Thanks. I've checked in MCC/system/services: ALSA is stopped, 'on boot' box is selected, when I click 'Start', the message "Alsa driver isn't running" appears. Presumeably this is why I can't find mention of ALSA in any menu, although it IS installed (according to MCC/Software-Management, anyway :unsure: ). Any ideas on how to get ALSA running? Thanks again. Afterthought: I've tried modinfo snd and modinfo sound; the results are below [root@localhost ~]# modinfo snd filename: /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko.gz author: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards. license: GPL parmtype: major:int parm: major:Major # for sound driver. parmtype: cards_limit:int parm: cards_limit:Count of auto-loadable soundcards. parmtype: device_mode:int parm: device_mode:Device file permission mask for devfs. alias: char-major-116-* vermagic: 2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4 depends: soundcore [root@localhost ~]# modinfo sound filename: /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/kernel/sound/oss/sound.ko.gz parmtype: dmabuf:int parmtype: dmabug:int license: GPL description: OSS Sound subsystem author: Hannu Savolainen, et al. vermagic: 2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4 depends: soundcore This implies that both alsa AND oss are loaded, although alsa is not running. Is this suspicious/normal? Edited December 27, 2006 by satelliteuser083 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakoe Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 There will not be sound if alsa/sound are not running. Can you 9as root) try from the command-line a 'service alsa start' and 'service sound start' to see if this gives more extensive output on why it doesn't start. Also check /var/log/messages for any messages for alsa/sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) There will not be sound if alsa/sound are not running. Can you 9as root) try from the command-line a 'service alsa start' and 'service sound start' to see if this gives more extensive output on why it doesn't start. Also check /var/log/messages for any messages for alsa/sound. I ran the two suggested commands, below is the konsole output; it would appear that alsa cannot be started: [root@localhost ~]# service alsa start [root@localhost ~]# service sound start Loading sound module (i810_audio) [ OK ] Loading mixer settings [ OK ] [root@localhost ~]# I then checked in /var/log/messages for 'alsa' (which returned nothing) and 'sound', which returned the following: Dec 28 10:36:24 nott kernel: i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels. Dec 28 10:36:24 nott kernel: i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode. Dec 28 10:36:24 nott kernel: i810_audio: Resetting connection 0 Dec 28 10:36:24 nott kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: YMH0 (Unknown) Dec 28 10:36:24 nott kernel: i810_audio: only 48Khz playback available. Dec 28 10:36:24 nott kernel: i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2 Dec 28 10:36:24 nott sound: Loading sound module (i810_audio) succeeded Dec 28 10:36:25 nott kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.100 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=144 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=1 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=124 Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: vol set to 64, 64 Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: pcm set to 100, 100 Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: speaker set to 67, 67 Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: line set to 70, 70, P Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: mic set to 100, 0, R Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: cd set to 67, 67, P Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: igain set to 67, 67, P Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: line1 set to 67, 67, P Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: phin set to 67, 67, P Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: phout set to 67, 67 Dec 28 10:36:25 nott aumix: video set to 67, 67, P Dec 28 10:36:25 nott sound: Loading mixer settings succeeded I also noticed, after I had coincidentally reloaded /var/log/messages, the following; perhaps this is also significant? :unsure: Dec 28 11:15:31 nott kernel: i810_audio: drain_dac, dma timeout? Dec 28 11:21:06 nott kernel: i810_audio: drain_dac, dma timeout? Sorry to bombard you with all this data, but perhaps it is of some use. Thanks for your help. Later: Well, I'm not quite sure how I did it (apart, perhaps, from changing the sound-driver - see my post 'sndconfig RPM for LE2005') :unsure: , but the mic is now working. Erstaunlich. Many thanks for all help. Edited December 31, 2006 by satelliteuser083 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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