[ltp] how to turn on mic

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:51, Chris wrote:
> hi list:
>
> i am running debian sarge with kernel 2.6.9 on my R50. i spend a long time
> trying to figure out how to turn my mic on. i used the same machine in FC2
> but it wasn't a issue, alsamixer keeps saying mic is off, even it is
> maximised to full bar. any ideas?

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Sincerely etc.,chris@liberty ~ $ smixer -h
smixer v1.0.1 (8/19/00) Copyright (C) 2000 David Johnson
  http://centerclick.org/programs/smixer/
  smixer@centerclick.org
usage: smixer -p          (print settings)
usage: smixer -s [file|-] (set settings from file or stdin)

chris@liberty ~ $ su -c 'smixer -p'
Password:
ID: Name       Act  Rec  Channels     Volume
--  --------   ---- ---- -------- ----------
 0: Vol        Yes  Yes  Stereo   20817  81%
 4: Pcm        Yes       Stereo   17476  68%
 5: Spkr       Yes       Mono         0   0%
 6: Line       Yes  Yes  Stereo       0   0%
 7: Mic        Yes  Yes  Stereo       0   0%
 8: CD         Yes  Yes  Stereo       0   0%
10: Pcm2       Yes       Stereo   12593  49%
12: IGain      Yes       Stereo       0   0%
14: Line1      Yes  Yes  Stereo       0   0%
20: PhoneIn    Yes  Yes  Mono         0   0%
21: PhoneOut   Yes  Yes* Mono     15420  60%
22: Video      Yes  Yes  Stereo       0   0%

In my exp. it's foolproof.
Just to get you going.

--
Christopher Sawtell