On 2/28/06, Kenneth Dombrowski <kdombrowski(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi there,
I see there are a few people here who have a Griffin iMic, and are
using it successfully. I bought one a few months ago, and have tried
several distros & kernel versions, but have never been able to get it
to work
Current machine is running latest Ubuntu, with kernel 2.6.12-10-386,
alsa-utils version 1.0.9a-4ubuntu5. uhci_hcd recognizes the card &
snd_usb_audio is automatically loaded.
If I open the Gnome Sound Recorder, I can select the device "iMic USB
Audio System (Alsa Mixer)" under Run Mixer->File->Change Device, turn
up the volume, and hit "Record", but the resulting file is silent
I've also tried "arecord -Dplughw:0,1 -f cd -t wav test.wav" &
audacity using /dev/dsp1 as the recording device, again, the files are
silent
I have verified that there is sound going into the iMic, & just to be
sure, tried both jacks/switch positions on the iMic itself. I'm
beginning to think the thing is a dud, but am hoping someone can point
out something I am doing wrong
Oh, I have never been able to get sound from the builtin mic jack
either.. the audio controller is Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
(ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
Thanks!
Kenneth
have you got sound out of the imic? Have you got levels right? use
alsamixer to check. Is the audio module loaded? If so kill it, then
burn/maim it. OSS module, shouldn't be loaded. I've used it on a bunch
of different machines with many different kernels. I'm running
2.6.12-12.mm.2mdk here, though x86_64. The griffin does sound great
when you get it working. Well, compared to my SB live the thing sounds
wonderful. ;-)
Loki