microphone not working after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

**deepblue80** · July 6th, 2008

hi
i just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 and my microphone is not working inskype. i tried to play around with sound preferences but nothing seems to work? i have a asus p5ne sli motherboard with onboard 5.1. i can listen to music but no luck with mic! any ideas?

**Aurora@FleetBuzz** · July 6th, 2008

Did you try to adjust the settings in alsamixer? Open a terminal and type "alsamixer".

**deepblue80** · July 6th, 2008

Originally Posted by Aurora@FleetBuzz

Did you try to adjust the settings in alsamixer? Open a terminal and type "alsamixer".

i am using Gnome alsa mixer and sound preferences in System/preferences but i am missing something. something as simple as this should not be complicated!

**Aurora@FleetBuzz** · July 6th, 2008

I had the same problem. What fixed it for me was to enable all the settings in alsamixer and max them out. If you are unsure how to do this, there is a "Help" feature in alsamixer, or we can show you.

**mukhan85** · July 6th, 2008

Hi, I am also having problems with microphone. I did increased all Items in "alsamixer" to maximum, but it didn't help...

**sayakb** · July 6th, 2008

In Gnome Volume control (double click on Volume Control), goto File->Change Device and choose Capture devices from there and unmute them/set volume to max and try again.