How to enable your microphone in openSUSE/SLED

# Double -click the speaker icon in the menu bar of your openSUSE/SLED Desktop

# volume control | edit | preferences

1. Check the following boxes

1. Master

2. PCM

3. CD

4. Microphone

5. Mic Boost

6. Mic Boost (may show up twice, check both)

7. Capture

8. Close

# volume control

1. Set the Master volume lever to a high value

2. Select the “Capture” Tab

3. Under the Microphone and the capture Levers, there are are two icons: a speaker and a microphone: Set click them to remove the red cross from them and to activate them

4. Set the Mic and Capture levers to a high level

5. Select File / Quit

Before (Disabled Mic):

After (Enabled Mic):

# Now, test the Microphone (from the terminal):

1. arecord -f cd test.wav (Ctrl-C to stop)

2. aplay test.wav

3. Can you hear your voice? If yes, fine. If no: Sorry.. another approach to fix your problem failed. Good luck.