[SOLVED] {MYSELF}audio output is fine but mic doesnt work, Onboard soundcardHELP

[michaelferrie]

same problem as i had after the last upgrade
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3117064.0

i managed to figure it out last time so i'm going to document the process for other benefit and my own since Ive forgotten how i fixed it, any thoughts

[Cresho]

#alsamixer and fix audio
kde
kate ~/.pulse/client.conf

or
gnome
gedit ~/.pulse/client.conf


and add "autospawn = no" without quotes


save, restart pc and you can mess with the mic in the volume mixer in alsamixer. Should work.

[michaelferrie]

where were you at the last distro, ok ill try that and get back to you,

now my problem is the thing im looking for has vanished from apt-get

michael@michael-Dimension-4700:~$ sudo apt-get install padevchooser
[sudo] password for michael:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package padevchooser is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'padevchooser' has no installation candidate
michael@michael-Dimension-4700:~$

[michaelferrie]

Ok have tried this and still no levels coming from the mic

just to give you an idea its an old dell dimension 4700 pc and im just using the crappy pink mic input on the onboard sound card

im sure it was something to do with padevchooser that fixed it last time

also when i try and run pauvcontroll i get this error

michael@michael-Dimension-4700:~$ pavucontrol
** (pavucontrol:1933): DEBUG: Error reading config file /home/michael/.config/pavucontrol.ini: No such file or directory

(pavucontrol:1933): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed

(pavucontrol:1933): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed

[michaelferrie]

#alsamixer and fix audio
kde
kate ~/.pulse/client.conf

or
gnome
gedit ~/.pulse/client.conf


and add "autospawn = no" without quotes


save, restart pc and you can mess with the mic in the volume mixer in alsamixer. Should work.



ok all volumes up full in the alsa mixer

[Cresho]

what are you using to view the output? in the alsamixer, did you unmure the record channel? try this in the terminal and tell me if it unmutes the channels.
#amixer -q set "Mic" Capture 100%;
#amixer -q set "Mic" Playback 0%;


btw, set playback to 100 percent if you want to hear yourself, ex. ##amixer -q set "Mic" Playback 100%

be carefull and kee your hand on the volume

[michaelferrie]

what are you using to view the output? in the alsamixer, did you unmure the record channel? try this in the terminal and tell me if it unmutes the channels.
#amixer -q set "Mic" Capture 100%;
#amixer -q set "Mic" Playback 0%;


btw, set playback to 100 percent if you want to hear yourself, ex. ##amixer -q set "Mic" Playback 100%

be carefull and kee your hand on the volume



when you say to enter ---> #amixer -q set "Mic" Capture 100%; do you mean enter "sudo amixer -q set "Mic" Capture 100%;"
when i try this it says

[Cresho]

it shouldnt say anything. im basically forcing your pc to do the work for me and taking out your guesses. so does it work?

[michaelferrie]

I don't know what you mean, do you want me to type only

#amixer -q set "Mic" Capture 100%;
#amixer -q set "Mic" Playback 0%;

into the terminal, without sudo before it

[Xinixs]

Which app are you using that requires the mic?

[michaelferrie]

OK so I managed to fix this myself after many many hours, sadly i had to remove pulseaudio and use alsa. For anyone else having sound issues whereby their onboard mic isnt working you should be able to fix the problem by googling ____>

1) how to remove pulseaudio and go back to alsa
2) go to the terminal and type, alsamixer
3) use F6 to select your sound card
4) go along the list of channels and turn them all up and make sure they arent muted

this should get your mic and your sound working, i would rather use pulseaudio as i know it is meant to be much more advanced and better and all that but i can bnever seem to get it to work properly, hopefully in the future pulseaudio will get better and ill get better and working with it :)