[Techtalk] built-in microphones on laptops

[Patricia Fraser]

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Hi Carla,

> Does anyone out there in the Great Geek Beyond have a laptop with a
> built-in microphone? Does it work in Linux? Does alsamixer or lspci
> see it, or what do you use to control it?

Yes - both my Thinkpads have such, and they Just Work (TM). Alsamixer
sees them. (I have to turn them off, or the machines make odd
scritchinig noises when I move my hand across the wee hole.) One
running Debian, the other running PCLinuxOS (at the moment).

Cheers,

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Trish Fraser, GWQTF RP4GD
wo jun 25 07:54:48 BST 2008
GNU/Linux 1997-2007 #283226 counter.li.org
perseus up 1 hour(s), 16 min, 59 sec
kernel 2.6.22.15.tex3
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