Anyone out there had to fight with their soundcard to get Audacity working 
properly?

I am trying to get Audacity to record audio through my microphone jack, but am 
getting hung up. I know that the jack is live and a signal is coming through, 
as I can hear whatever my microphone is capturing through my speakers. 
However, Audacity is not recognizing the input.

All of my other sound settings appear to work fine - I can listen to CD's, 
hear streaming audio, etc. I am only having issues with recording signals 
from the microphone jack. Actually it won't record any sound input (e.g. from 
CD, streaming audio, etc.).

When I boot into Windows, I can use Audacity without any hitches, so I know it 
isn't a hardware issue. I am likely just missing a setting somewhere, or need 
to find a better driver.

Thoughts? Comments? Anyone know that location of a thorough FAQ?

Thanks
-- 
Jason Hayes

Just FYI, I am using Mandriva 2006 on an Acer Aspire 1804 with the standard 
Intel sound chip and am usng ALSA.

Some basic system info included below

[root@aspire1804 jth]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
sound           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@aspire1804 jth]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
alsa            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@aspire1804 jth]# lspcidrake -v |fgrep AUDIO
snd-intel8x0    : Intel Corp.|82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio 
Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:8086 device:266e subv:1025 subd:005e)
[root@aspire1804 jth]# /sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
<<snipped>>
snd_seq_dummy           3524  0
snd_seq_oss            33024  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6880  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51504  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7884  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            50368  0
snd_mixer_oss          17952  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           30944  2
snd_ac97_codec         85180  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                83812  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              22596  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9384  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd                    48644  11 
snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               8256  2 snd
<<snipped>>