Microphone not working with linux

blassmegod · 03-10-2007, 06:31 AM

Hy, I have a canyon webcam with a microphone, the webcam is working 100% on windowze, but on linux only the video is working, tried with alsa, oss; sometimes when i give the command esd i can record a sound but is very week, the mic is not a usb, is a normal mic (tried with others microphones - still the same - the usb mic works, but i want this to work to), can somebody help me? my hardware

indig0kid · 03-10-2007, 11:41 AM

Try to install some graphical mixer for example kmix (kdemultimedia) And then experiment with swithces. And of course try to enable mic boost, maybe this will help

blassmegod · 03-11-2007, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by indig0kid

Try to install some graphical mixer for example kmix (kdemultimedia) And then experiment with swithces. And of course try to enable mic boost, maybe this will help

I have installed kmix, gnome alsamixer, alsamixer, aumix, etc., from kmix i recive a sound but is very week, eaven if i turn the mic's volume to max, and the sound is distorted, and another thing
: mic boost - this optioan i haven't found, i searched for it but didn't find it. i will try again later today... hope i will get it.

and if i try to "amixer set Mic cap" it gives me that the Mic is not found. My soundcard is sigmatel-9200

blassmegod · 03-25-2007, 02:08 PM

i have made it work, installed ubuntu and added this line "options snd-hda-intel model=ref" in the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file, then unmuted the mic from the mixer and raise the volume, and voila it work's now.

blassmegod · 07-31-2007, 07:28 AM

i didit for Fedora too, I have entered the same line "options snd-hda-intel model=ref" without the quotes in the file /etc/modprobe.conf and after i enabled the microphone from the volume-control did a restart to the PC and worked like a charm.

devanandk · 08-09-2007, 10:19 AM

I am using Suse Linux 10.2 and I have the same problem. I tried this solution but did not work. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Originally Posted by blassmegod

i didit for Fedora too, I have entered the same line "options snd-hda-intel model=ref" without the quotes in the file /etc/modprobe.conf and after i enabled the microphone from the volume-control did a restart to the PC and worked like a charm.

blassmegod · 08-16-2007, 08:37 AM

Try to google a little to find what you need to whrite instead of "ref" depending on your microphone and soundcard (more of the sound card i think, because "model=ref" worked for me for a STAC95xx cipset soundcard.