I am a jarhead just downloaded ubuntu this might seem like a silly question!
how do you go to that shell?
Hey, I have just installed Ubuntu and noticed that my sound wasn't working. I then came straight here and fount this post.
My sound was fixed within 5 minutes thanks to your help.
Great post.
Kirk.
Answer to this question is to click - Applications - Accessories then TerminalI am a jarhead just downloaded ubuntu this might seem like a silly question!
how do you go to that shell?
Kirk.
I have an Acer Extensa 4420 laptop. It has a tiny little pinhole with a mic icon beside it near the top of the screen. I also have a microphone port out the front. I tried different programs to record sound, but neither mic inputs are working. Anyone have any suggestions on what to try next before I go doing something scary like the following?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto
I suggest upgrading ALSA if your laptop is a recent one. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=820959
or maybe you just need to configure your alsa-base file: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...58&postcount=2
I got it working. Evidently I had to play in alsamixer at command line, hit the Tab key to switch to Capture Mode, and then use arrow keys. I have it adjusted like:
Front Mic Boost: 100
Mic Boost: 50
Capture: 0 <-- what's this?
Capture 1: 0 <-- why a second one?
Digital: 97 <-- what's this?
Input Source: Mic
Input Source 1: Mic <-- why a second one?
This permits the mic on the laptop itself to record me fairly well. It has a good bit of static in the background, but somehow in playing with it I diminished that static slightly to something somewhat reasonable by the settings I have above.
So it looks like I can use Ekiga Softphone now.
BTW, for the record, this is what my input sound is running through:
Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia and it's running a Realtek ALC268 chip on it (according to alsamixer).
I have a question. I need to do what's described in the "Configuring default soundcards..." section, but I have 2 sound cards with the exact same module name(both are snd_hda_intel.) So, how do I know which is which/set it as the default?
I tried to follow the guide but I still have a problem. I have xubuntu 8.04 installed on an Eee PC 4G and I can't hear any sound. I tried those instructions to seek where the problem comes from
botokely@trano:~$ aplay -l
**** Liste des PLAYBACK périphériques ****
carte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], périphérique 0 : ALC662 Analog [ALC662 Analog]
Sous-périphériques: 1/1
Sous-périphérique: #0: subdevice #0
botokely@trano:~$ alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: No such file or directory
Thanks for this, didn't really see this until now.
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