recording with Audacity (sound card issue)

[christian ruckdaschel]

did you arm the track?
>
>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 at aspire1804 jth]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
>sound           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
>[root at aspire1804 jth]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
>alsa            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
>[root at 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 at 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>>


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