sound recording on dell laptop

["John O Laoi" <brianolaoi@gmail.com>]

On 10/18/07, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:

Did you try to turn up "Capture Mux" and/or to switch "Input Source"
from "Mic" to "Line"? Running "alsamixer" will give you direct access to
these controls. (Use the cursors keys to move and change volume, TAB to
switch between playback and capture channels, "M" to toggle mute, and
SPACE to switch capture on and off.)

That did it.
Thanks Florian. alsamixer is magic.
Sound recording is now working perfectly, both using acrecord, as you suggested, and using the "sound recorder" under the "sound&video" section of the "Applications" menu.
Thank you.
John