The level does change. Just tried to record some sound with Audacity and the audio is captured.
However a strange thing happens, if I connect a headset mic the indicator sound shows the mic volume control.
Try running alsamixer. There may be a setting there you need to fix.
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Once again I thank you very much for your help.
I ran alsamixer and got a strange display which I do not remember seeing before, it was empty:
Only after I pressed F6 and changed the audio card I was able to get meters:
I do not know why it is identifying (I think) two sound cards, all I have is the sound device build inside the laptop.
After I chose the 'second sound card' I still do not have the mic volume control in the indicator sound applet.
Do you have suggestions on what I should try changing?
Use the left and right arrow keys to move to the Mic then the up arrow to set it on.
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The other device is your sound via HDMI output on the graphics card. Sorry I can’t help any further, but can clear that up for you. The HDMI doesn’t have input audio, so I wonder if this might be related.
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@MikeyBee thank you very much once again. I played around a bit with the bars using the up arrow and looking at the indicator sound but no luck.
Once again I tested to check if it was working and immediately as I connect an headset mic the mic volume control is displayed in the applet and it vanishes as soon as I unplug the headset.
This is my alsamixer printscreen:
@Martin_Booyzen thank you very much for the info.
What panel scheme are you using. In Mate Tweak, switch to another. See if the slider is there there. Then switch back.
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I'm using a modified Mutiny. I switched to several other panel layouts but unfortunately in none the slider appeared. I.e.:
Do you mean you are running the unity panel theme?
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I may have given you the wrong instructions on alsamixer. After using the right arrow key to highlight Mic, try pressing the plus key to activate the microphone.
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It does the same effect as the up and down arrows, “+” and “-” just lower or raise the volume on the bars.
Sorry. That’s all I can think to do. Someone else in the community will have to help you now. If I think of anything else, I’ll post it. Good luck.
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One other thing I would try is to put in the other microphone and reboot. Then remove it.
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Thank you very much @MikeyBee for everything. I’ll keep on trying to solve this because it is something really useful to be able to control the volume of the mic at the distance of a click.
Maybe this is a bug, if no one will be able to figure this out I’ll file a bug report.
Try this:
apt list |grep -i pavucontrol
This will see if you have the pulseaudio volume control package.
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This is the output:
[code]$ apt list |grep -i pavucontrol
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
pavucontrol/bionic 3.0-4 amd64
pavucontrol-qt/bionic 0.3.0-3 amd64
pavucontrol-qt-l10n/bionic,bionic 0.12.0-4ubuntu1 all
[/code]
Where can I report this issue as a bug? Thought about mate-indicator-applet but then I saw this post, but here does not seem to be very appropriated, it does not seem to be MATE related.