I am trying to use the ATAPI mic on my HP TX1000 laptop. (The ones on either side of the built-in webcam) I know they work, because I unmute the control labeled ATAPI mic in volume control, and hear what I speak being played back through the speakers. However, I cannot use the mic to record with any apps like audacity because it does not appear under any capture tab, only playback. Is there anyway that I could make ATAPI Mic appear under a capture tab?
ATAPI Microphone under wrong tab in volume control.
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Silly me. The proper recording tab in volume control was disabled because of PulseAudio making my audio system more complicated than it needs to be. I enabled the proper tab and my ATAPI mic now works with recording programs.
Problem solved.
I had the same problem on the HP tx1420ca and your solution for the microphone was very helpful. Thanks!
On Karmic, you can't access important settings through Volume Control GUI. Instead you need to use alsamixer from a command line terminal:
% alsamixer -V all
Hope it helps...