[linux-audio-user] Griffin iMic

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
Received on Tue Feb 28 04:15:21 2006