here is the very old post http://www.computing.net/answers/li... seems like ubuntu did nothing for last 5 years to solve the problem or it is the usual pain every linux beginner encounter for simply they do not know the easy "magic"? my very much windows friendly and working creative microphone is not working when I am using it in ubuntu. any solution? thanks a lot!

I'm using the Gnome DE (desktop environment) From the Applications menu I chose Sound & Video Sound recorder From there , and the menu bar at the top File Volume control Next we'll add a few things Edit Preferences select and checkmark Microphone Microphone capture Mic Boost ( +20dB ) Mic Select Now in the " Switches " tab select and checkmark the " mic boost " be sure there are no red x's at the bottom of the Volume controls,,, Should now be able to record from the Mic,,, MSI 845e mb 1 gb ram and a p4 2.4n running fedora 7 xp ,win 2000 advanced server and win 98 SE alot to learn and I know so little !!!!

P.S. Forgot also to mention, to also check the volume levels and make sure that they were also above 0 ,,, so that the recording could then be saved to a file and listened to later,,,, MSI 845e mb 1 gb ram and a p4 2.4n running fedora 7 xp ,win 2000 advanced server and win 98 SE alot to learn and I know so little !!!!

Edit Preferences select and checkmark Microphone <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< [I do not have microphone, instead I selected capture] Microphone capture Mic Boost ( +20dB ) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< [no mic boost thing] Mic Select Of course I failed. Thanks. Anything else?

When you open ,, " Sound Recorder " on the bar with , record from input , can you select " Microphone " ? What Desktop Environment are you Using? Do you have sound, is your sound card Working ? Do you have alsa utils installed and gnome-sound-recorder? MSI 845e mb 1 gb ram and a p4 2.4n running fedora 7 xp ,win 2000 advanced server and win 98 SE alot to learn and I know so little !!!!

When you open ,, " Sound Recorder " on the bar with , record from input , can you select " Microphone " ? <<<<< Nope! But there is this option "Caputre" I suppose that should be the one for my case. I tried with no use. What Desktop Environment are you Using? <<<< Gnome Do you have sound, is your sound card Working ? <<<<<<< Yup! Switching to Windows makes the mic working again! Do you have alsa utils installed and gnome-sound-recorder? <<<<<<<< I "think" yes. I have alsa thingy (applications > sound and video > alsa thingy) Thanks!

http://ph.ubuntuforums.com/showthre... a thread that may help MSI 845e mb 1 gb ram and a p4 2.4n running fedora 7 xp ,win 2000 advanced server and win 98 SE alot to learn and I know so little !!!!