On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 16:17 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I've installed Audacity to edit audio captured from my > mini-disk. The sound card I have is based on a C-Media CMI8738 chipset. > There's only one mic socket on the card so I thought this would be a > doddle to sample. When it didn't work I thought it was the card so I > swapped it for another similar card/chipset. > > There is absolutely no sound detectable coming from the mic. The drivers > I'm using are the standard ones which are provided with Fedora 7. > > A look at the Audacity wiki, and the ALSA wiki has provided no clue as > to what the problem or fix could be. Any suggestions? > > Andrew > > Andrew Wood, Oxford, England > > Check the basic volume control under system->preferences->personal->volume control. Check the mic. Some have a switch on the stem or on the cord. Make sure it is turned on... maybe too obvious, but I have occasionally had too many whacks with the dumb stick, so I tend to see my liabilities in others ;-) Make sure the mike is plugged in all the way. Some times those mini jacks will hit a snag and not go all the way in right. These hints are courtesy of the guy who can find every possible way to make it not work ;-) Regards, Les H
