microphone not working

[tilak70]

Hi,

I have openSuSE 10.2 on a Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop (x86_64, core2 duo, 1gb, 100gb, 945GM). My desktop is kde.

The echo test for the microphone in skype fails. I can hear sounds but cant record 'em.
I tried recording on the krecord as well.

I have fiddled with the configurations in kmix to no effect.

Any sugestions would be a great help.

Tilak

[siggyxxx]

Hi,

I have openSuSE 10.2 on a Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop (x86_64, core2 duo, 1gb, 100gb, 945GM). My desktop is kde.

The echo test for the microphone in skype fails. I can hear sounds but cant record 'em.
I tried recording on the krecord as well.

I have fiddled with the configurations in kmix to no effect.

Any sugestions would be a great help.

Tilak

How can u hear sound but echo test fails?
make sure ur mic is on and the +20db boost too
moreover,make sure in Skype u use ALSA and then use QAMIX to sort out
the sound,its the most reliable program for ALSA drivers..sometimes in ur desktop sound looks 100% but in QAMIX u will find it really low...put the volume up there and then should be fine!
Happened to me too and fixed it like this in 10 and 10.2

[tilak70]

Hi Siggyxxx,

Thank you very much .....

Shame on me ... you were right .... I was actually doing everything right and then very carefully turning the recording "off" in KMix and then doing my experiments .....
I mistook the off position of the 'LED' as on .........

Any way ......

Thanks once again ......

Tilak