Microphone Problem

[Waleed Hamra]

i'm having a very weird problem.
i have never thought of using my microphone before, but this week, i
decided to give it a try.
after some fiddling with alsamixer, i managed to see what controls i
need to control its volume, and what levels are acceptable between high
enough volume, and not too high to cause nasty feedback loops. so
basically, now when i speak into the microphone, i hear my sound coming
from the speakers. i thought all is fine... but alas... no
NONE of the programs i tried managed to detect the faintest of sounds.
i tried skype, i tried audacity, i tried arecorder, even ran virtualbox
and checked Windows' sound recorder, nothing, they all hear nothing,
yet... i am hearing myself during all the tests, on the speakers... this
is really really confusing.
anyone has any ideas?
-- 
Waleed K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems

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