On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 17:40 +1000, Mark Sargent wrote: > I have a soundcard that's being detected, and playback is producing > output but the mic is not working. Anyone can point me in the right > direction for this? I'm using FC5 and have installed Audacity to test > the mic, with no luck. Skype also can't find any input. Cheers. As mentioned, check you've got the volume control for it up, and unmuted. You may also want to go through the volume control preferences, and check that there isn't some option to choose between different microphone inputs. But the obvious question: Does the microphone, itself, actually work? -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.