Microphone not working

[gary]

On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 20:58 +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote:
> I am running fully updated Fedora Core 4 with latest kernel
> I installed Skype and during the echo test I realized that microphone 
> was not working, so I installed Audacity and when it start I get an 
> error during i/o initialization suggesting that I could have some 
> problems in hearing or recording.Host error
> 
> When I start recording I get an error of opening the input device 
> (please check the device options and sampling frequency)
> Furtermore in audacity in Preferences I cannot choose anything in audio 
> I/O playback or recording.
> My sound card is recognized as an Intel 82801EB/ER(ICH5/ICH5R) Ac'97 
> Audio Controller and slides are on...
> Playback with other application (also Skype) is fine (Mp3 are o.k., 
> streaming is o.k), I changed also the microphone.
> 
 On my system I always get an error initializing the audio i/o layer if
 I start (example) xmms prior to starting audacity. If I start audacity
 first - no error.  -gary