Subject: Re: use mic-in on a Thinkpad T42
To: Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.de>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/14/2006 00:33:53
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:37:26 +0000 (UTC), mlelstv@serpens.de (Michael van
Elst) wrote:
> smb@cs.columbia.edu ("Steven M. Bellovin") writes:
>
> >Is anyone successfully using the external microphone jack on a Thinkpad
> >T42? My mic is working; I've tested it (and the software) on another
> >machine. I can record successfully using the built-in mic.
>
> I don't know about the T42, but with the T43 the external mic is just mic0.
> When you use the external microphone jack the built-in mic is disabled.
>
Right; that's what seems to happen here. However, the built-in mic works,
and the external one doesn't.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb