http://forums.fedoraforum.org – why my external microphone can not work while internal microphone work (but the sound very low T_T)? the info of my os & hardware info as follow: Code: [gsm@fedora ~]$ uname -a Linux fedora 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:25:57 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Code: [gsm@fedora ~]$ lspci|grep [Aa]udio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) Code: [gsm@fedora ~]$ lspci -v|grep snd Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel Code: [gsm@fedora ~]$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC880 Analog [ALC880 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Code: [gsm@fedora ~]$ alsaunmute Unknown hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC880" "HDA:10ec0880,08800000,00100800" "0x1584" "0x9077" Hardware is initialized using a guess method Code: [gsm@fedora ~]$ alsamixer ┌───────────────────────────── AlsaMixer v1.0.21 ──────────────────────────────┐ │ Card: HDA Intel F1: Help │ │ Chip: Realtek ALC880 F2: System information │ │ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card │ │ Item: Headphone [dB gain: -7.00, -7.00] Esc: Exit │ │ │ │ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ │ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ └──┘ ├──┤ ├──┤ │ │ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │ │ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │ │ 89 89<>89 89<>89 100<>100 89<>89 89<>89 │ │ Master <Headphone > Speaker PCM Mic Beep │ what can i do ? T_T (HowTos)