Re: No Mic in VIA VT1708S

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Mates,
>
> i've got a new PC (ASRock N68-S Board) with a VIA VT1708S
> Chip.
> My Headset is plugged in into the pc's backside. And i also tried the
> FrontMic.
> Sadly i can just hear, but the mic isn't useable.
> I've launched alsa-info.sh and i've placed it there: http://www.alsa-
> project.org/db/?f=ee9a92b31b4cecfff9c044e8026342fe6e35630e
>
> Has anyone
> experience with this Chip and has maybe a solution?
Hi Sascha,

I had similar problem but only with oS 11.1 and Kubuntu 10.4, with older kernel.
My VIA VT1708S worked OK on oS 11.3 without any special tweaking
(except "muting" Smart 5.1"). All systems are 32bit architecture.

I'm using front connectors for headphone and MIC.


Here is the reference to my alsa-info results:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=066df913ff4fd17059ad637ba530340e07f5def4

In 11.1 the solution was updating to alsa > 1.0.22 and using alsaconf
and alsamixer.

What I noticed is that on my system alsa driver is 1.0.23 and on yours 1.0.22.1.
I currently use the kernel 2.6.35, but I'm almost sure I've checked
alsa version after installation and it also was 1.0.23.

Regards,
-- 
Mark Goldstein