11.1 no microphone input with HD controller ICH10

[xrules]

I got a dell optiplex 760 and with some efforts I have my system running now. I am having sound with the HD controller but my microphone is not working. I am not sure what you would need but I am giving the contents of my etc/modprobe.d/sound file:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# u1Nb.KWDE54XGfM6:82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

thanks

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by xrules

I got a dell optiplex 760 and with some efforts I have my system running now. I am having sound with the HD controller but my microphone is not working. I am not sure what you would need but I am giving the contents of my etc/modprobe.d/sound file:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# u1Nb.KWDE54XGfM6:82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

Thanks. Thats a start.

Microphone problems can be difficult. I find the Linux implementations for using one's Mic is not as user friendly as some other OS .... still, ... in many cases it can be made to work.

What is your criteria for deciding your mic does not work? Typically, I use arecord as a basic test of my mic. To use arecord, try to record from a simple terminal command as such:

arecord -d 10 myrecording.wav

and then play back "myrecording.wav" with a nominal player. The "-d 10" specifies a 10 second recording.

I also know nothing about the dell optiplex 760, and I was hoping I did not have to research it. .... Is this your internal mic (if the dell optiplex 760 has such a beast) or is it an external mic? Is it an external USB mic? or one that plugs into a jack for the mic on the PC?

Can you provide more very detailed information on your dell optiplex 760 so a good recommendation can be given? Set up your mixer the way you think it should be set up for your mic to work. Then with openSUSE-11.1, you can do that, with your laptop connected to the internet, by opening a gnome-terminal or a kde konsole and typing "su" (no quotes - enter root password) and then and typing and executing twice :

/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh

the first time it will ask to update. Select YES for the update. The second time that will run a diagnostic script and post the output to a web site on the Internet. It will give you the URL of the web site. Please post that URL here. JUST the URL.

Also, please copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or a konsole and post here the output:

rpm -qa | grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a

Good luck with your efforts.

[xrules]

Originally Posted by oldcpu

What is your criteria for deciding your mic does not work? Typically, I use arecord as a basic test of my mic. To use arecord, try to record from a simple terminal command as such:

arecord -d 10 myrecording.wav

and then play back "myrecording.wav" with a nominal player. The "-d 10" specifies a 10 second recording.

Thanks a lot,
I used both arecord and kderecord to test my microphone and I cannot hear anything afterwords (I did check that my speakers are working with some other audio).

Originally Posted by oldcpu

I also know nothing about the dell optiplex 760, and I was hoping I did not have to research it. .... Is this your internal mic (if the dell optiplex 760 has such a beast) or is it an external mic? Is it an external USB mic? or one that plugs into a jack for the mic on the PC?

Dell optiplex is a workstation pc. it has microphone and headphone jacks at the back as well as front.. and I checked both..

Originally Posted by oldcpu

Can you provide more very detailed information on your dell optiplex 760 so a good recommendation can be given? Set up your mixer the way you think it should be set up for your mic to work. Then with openSUSE-11.1, you can do that, with your laptop connected to the internet, by opening a gnome-terminal or a kde konsole and typing "su" (no quotes - enter root password) and then and typing and executing twice :

/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh

the first time it will ask to update. Select YES for the update. The second time that will run a diagnostic script and post the output to a web site on the Internet. It will give you the URL of the web site. Please post that URL here. JUST the URL.

done...

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=5b...dfb5071c1aab55

Originally Posted by oldcpu

Also, please copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or a konsole and post here the output:

rpm -qa | grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a

Good luck with your efforts.

done and here is the output

rpm -qa | grep alsa
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
alsa-devel-1.0.18-8.9
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.43
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.17-1.37
alsa-1.0.18-8.9
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.13
tsalsa-20080914-0.pm.1
alsa-firmware-1.0.19-4.1
alsa-utils-1.0.19-5.1
alsa-tools-1.0.19-4.3

rpm -qa | grep pulse
libpulse0-0.9.12-9.5
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
libpulse-browse0-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.12-9.5
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.12-9.5
libxine1-pulse-1.1.15-23.3.3
pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.12-9.5
libpulsecore4-0.9.12-9.5
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.12-9.5

rpm -q libasound2
libasound2-1.0.18-8.9

uname -a
Linux vmve37 2.6.27.21-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What shall I try now?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by xrules

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=5b...dfb5071c1aab55

OK, and AD1984A is your PC's hardware audio codec. It is possible to force the model configuration for that upon booting (in case the alsa auto probe did not work) but first, before that, there are some things I do not understand about your configuration.

Originally Posted by xrules

alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
alsa-devel-1.0.18-8.9
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.43
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.17-1.37
alsa-1.0.18-8.9
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.13
tsalsa-20080914-0.pm.1
alsa-firmware-1.0.19-4.1
alsa-utils-1.0.19-5.1
alsa-tools-1.0.19-4.3
...
libasound2-1.0.18-8.9

openSUSE-11.1 comes with a mix of 1.0.17 and 1.0.18 rpms. Yet you have some 1.0.19 rpms. Where did you get those from? They could be your problem .... and it could also be something else.

Originally Posted by xrules

What shall I try now?

Your mixer setup puzzles me. You were trying to record? Right ?

Recall I asked you to setup your mixer the way you expected it should be setup, BEFORE you ran the diagnostic script. So I assume you did what I asked. But when I check your mixer, it is setup to ensure the mic does not work (at least that is how I read it). Please look at the settings as noted by the script:

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]

Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfebdc000 irq 16'
Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984A'
Components : 'HDA:11d4194a'
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Front Left: Playback 21 [68%] [-15.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 21 [68%] [-15.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Front Left: Playback 12 [39%] [-16.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 12 [39%] [-16.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Front Left: 0 [0%]
Front Right: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Line Boost',0
Front Left: 0 [0%]
Front Right: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Front Left: 0 [0%]
Front Right: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-58.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-58.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-58.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-58.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Front Mic' 'Mic' 'Line' 'CD' 'Mix'
Item0: 'Front Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
Capabilities: cenum
Items: 'Front Mic' 'Mic' 'Line' 'CD' 'Mix'
Item0: 'Front Mic'

Your PC's master/PCM volume are both low. If your trying to pick up a weak mic signal. I assume you tried higher settings? Because those won't pick up much.

I note you have your PC's Selected 'FRONT MIC', yet you have 'FRONT MIC' off and at 0% capture. 0% capture means NO capture. (ie no mic functionality) OFF means your mic is OFF. Your PC has 0% boost set. 0% means boost will be difficult to get your mic to function. You have 0% capture elsewhere. That pretty much guarantee's your PC's mic will not work.

So while you may have other problems on your PC, the bad mixer settings effectively mask the ability to find the other problems.

Please, can you take a GOOD LOOK at your mixer settings?

[xrules]

Hello,,
Thanks a lot.. playing with the mixer helped me with the microphone.. thanks a lot

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by xrules

.. playing with the mixer helped me with the microphone..

Super! Glad to read it helped.

[nagibn]

Help, please!! I don't know why, but I can't record anything with my mic. Everything seems to be OK, I use mixer, mute/unmute microphone, I can hear echo from microphone, but nothing is recorded. AMD 790FX/SB600 board, 11.1 64-bit. What should I do?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by nagibn

Help, please!! I don't know why, but I can't record anything with my mic. Everything seems to be OK, I use mixer, mute/unmute microphone, I can hear echo from microphone, but nothing is recorded. AMD 790FX/SB600 board, 11.1 64-bit. What should I do?

You could provide more information? What desktop? (KDE4 ? KDE3 ? Gnome? XFce? ) What mixer ? Kmix? Alsamixer? Internal integrated mic? External mic? USB mic?

When testing your mic, follow the guidance here:
Microphone - openSUSE
in particular use this command for testing:

arecord -vv -fdat foo.wav

Also provide some more information on PC, by running script with PC connected to the internet:

/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh

Run it as root the first time, and say yes to updating. Then run it again a second time as a regular user, and say yes to sharing/uploading the information to the web. When the script is complete it will give you a URL with the diagnostic information. Please post the URL here. Just the URL.

Also provide the output of running:

rpm -qa '*alsa*'
rpm -qa '*pulse*'
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound

[nagibn]

Desktop is KDE 4.1.3, mixer kmix (also tried qamix), labtec headset connected to the rear audio connectors.
------------------
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
alsa-1.0.18-8.12.1
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.43
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.17-1.37
alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.13
--------------------
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
libpulse-browse0-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.14-2.2.1
libxine1-pulse-1.1.15-23.3.3
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.14-2.2.1
vlc-aout-pulse-1.0.1-1.3
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-lang-0.9.14-2.2.1
libpulse0-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.14-2.2.1
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.14-2.2.1
-----------------
libasound2-1.0.18-8.12.1
-----------------------
Linux linux-3w9c 2.6.27.29-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-08-15 17:53:59 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# 5Dex.8qRx2YE_Lv8:SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
--------------------

Thank you for help!!!

[nagibn]

Alsa info is here:

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=dd...de634451d892a2