HOW the "H" do you get the Mic working in FC8

[Jim]

FC8/KDE
I have gone into Alsamixer selected MIC, enabled, Mic 1 is selected,  
what else must I do to get MIC working.
In Kmix all settings are enabled for MIC .
The Mic is the most Frustrating thing to get working in the sound system.
How do you run Pulse to check Mic Settings.
The MIC is also a problem FC10,  submitted  messages to  Fedora-test 
and  filed bug report, no body can  help.
Anyhow  back to FC 8 Mic problems.