Re: Set alsa capture on using amixer
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 03:45:41AM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I suddenly can't use my microphone for voice recording any more. I made
> it work before. Now with the same HW and SW, nothing get recorded. (I can
> hear the echo sound from the speaker when speaking to mic). Checking back
> my log, I noticed one difference:
>
> Previously it was:
>
> $ amixer set Capture '100%'
> Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
> Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
> 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]
>
> Now, I can't turn the capture on:
>
> $ amixer set Capture '100%' on
> Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
> Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
> Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
> Limits: Capture 0 - 15
> Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [off]
> Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [off]
> ^^^^^
>
> Any way to turn it on? I tried many, nothing worked.
>
> PS. Here is my Mic setting:
>
> $ amixer get Mic
> Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
> cswitch-exclusive
> 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]
>
> Does it look right?
>
> Thanks
Can't say from your amixer output.
A bit of trial and error is the main way I solve this
problem... Would suggest fiddling with alsamixer
instead of amixer.
Joel
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