"H.K. Kingston-Smith" (HKK-S@yahoo.com) writes: > I have a SB Live 5.1 sound board in my Linux box, under a > 2.6.22.9 kernel. This board is identified in alsamixer as > > Card: SB Live 5.1 Dell OEM [SB0220] > Chip: SigmaTel STAC9708,11 > > It can reproduce sound without any problems, but I seem to be unable to > get it to record. Could somebody please post correct alsamixer settings > to get this board to record? The problem might be elsewhere, but some > tried and tested settings would allow me to reduce the problem a bit. > Have you used a mixer to select what you will actually record from? There should be a button on each input that lets you select that source as the "record". There's also a gain control connected to that "record" input. You can feed all kinds of things into the soundcard, but unless it's selected for 'record" all you are experiencing is that input going through the soundcard to the speakers, it's not really going into the computer. Michael