Posted: Sat 13 Oct 2012, 13:44
Ok, I have also booted from a live ubuntu Mint distro and got exactly the same behavior. No sound in the mic and same alsa mixer config. What can I do?
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amixer | gzip > amixer_out.gz
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Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [1.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 21 [68%] [-15.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 21 [68%] [-15.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 16 [52%] [-22.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 14 [45%] [-13.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 14 [45%] [-13.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 22 [71%] [-1.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 22 [71%] [-1.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Left: Capture [on]
Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 3
Mono: 3 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
I don't see anything unusual in your text output from amixer. There seem to be no controls related to the microphone input or capture that you didn't already see in alsamixer, and the controls seem to all be set appropriately. So no clues there.jojonouvo wrote:This is the result of amixer: . . .
Although its fairly common to use network drivers designed for Windows with Linux, I am not aware of anyone doing something similar with sound drivers. Of course, anything is possible, but I suspect that it would be a very long road.jojonouvo wrote:. . . can you use drivers that i guess are created for winXP?
I don't believe that JACK will talk to the hardware. As far as I know it only talks to OSS, or ALSA (or FFADO for FireWire hardware).jojonouvo wrote:Or what if I use a different version of alsa? Or something else (jack, oss)?
What version of Mint? This makes it clear that this is not just a Puppy problem, but doesn't give us a clue about what ALSA or kernel versions were used. If it was Mint 12, it used the same ALSA version as Slacko 5.3.3 and an older kernel, so there would be no surprise that it failed. But if it was Mint 13, it has the newer ALSA 1.0.25, and the newer 3.2 kernel.jojonouvo wrote:Ok, I have also booted from a live ubuntu Mint distro. . .
Oh good. I was thinking that it might be quicker to get up and running if you purchased a USB sound card, but I hate to suggest that someone should buy more hardware if they already have working hardware, just because a software issue gets in the way. But if you already have a USB sound input device then you shouldn't need to buy anything.jojonouvo wrote:Something to notice is that sound input is recognized using my guitar link usb interface . . .
I've never used JACK or Skype, so can't advise you on that. But I would think that you should be able to go straight to ALSA, without need of JACK.jojonouvo wrote:plugin a mic into the usb interface and routing the signal to skype through jack, oh but jack cannot see skype i think
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arecord -l
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card 1: default [USB Audio CODEC ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
You're welcome. In case your eyes aren't tired yet , here is some more - - -jojonouvo wrote:. . . thanks a lot for collecting all the information!
I can select the usb preamp in alsamixer but then I have a message saying that "this sound device does not have any capture control"! Another trick another challengeSubdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: default [USB Audio CODEC ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Oh dear. It seems like nothing is simple with ALSA.jojonouvo wrote:With jack on I can just connect input from usb to output from the card and hear the guitar. But without Jack it's silence again. . . . I can select the usb preamp in alsamixer but then I have a message saying that "this sound device does not have any capture control"!