Re: [Alsa-user] amixer does change settings "permamently"
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From: Clemens L. <cl...@la...> - 2004-11-22 17:50:32
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Raymond Cheng wrote: > I am having trouble getting my microphone to work (speakers work > just fine). I have reduced the problem to not being able to > "permamently" change settings, especially that of the microphone. > Whenever I use amixer to set something, it changes the data > temporarily, but then the settings reverts back. For example, > > I note the microphone is not capturing, ... > so I set it to capture, ... > > Everything looks fine. But then if I use amixer to set something > else (e.g., amixer set Line cap), the microphone settings reverts > back, ... > > Fyi, I have a SiS Si7012 soundcard AC'97 codecs cannot record from more then one source at the same time. > I'm also using the commands, > > arecord -f dat -d 20 -D hw:0,0 test.wav > > and > > aplay -f dat test.wav > > to test the microphone. When I enter the aplay command, all I get > is a humming sound. This seems to be a different problem. Is the capture volume set? Did you select the correct microphone input? Try running arecord with the -vv parameter, then try selecting different input sources. HTH Clemens |