[continued from previous message]   
      
   > The same goes when you're trying to do a Zoom session, and select an input   
   > for the audio. Some microphones are line level and you plug them into   
   > LineIn. Some are low level and those plug into MicIn. And you have to   
   > check the recording selector, to make sure you have the correct channel   
   > being input to the HDAudio input side.   
   >   
   > You can see the poster here, he got a "Dummy Output" for Christmas,   
   > which is like a lump of coal in your stocking. At least there is a picture   
   > of the dlalog you want there.   
   >   
   >     https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=379262   
   >   
   > This is more normal on a modern computer, the "pollution" of digital   
   > items that aren't likely to be connected to anything that actually   
   > uses the output. And the person in this thread, is having trouble   
   > with the OS "remembering" the setting for the next time. Like my Fedora   
   > install, this one is using the red-LED TOSLink output for SPDIF audio,   
   > instead of the Analog Output (suited to analog computer speakers, which   
   > is all I've got for speakers).   
   >   
   > https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=427125   
   >   
   > The order of discovery of the items at boot time, can affect   
   > whether the selector can detect them in time to conclude   
   > "the default is available". The person in that thread, is using   
   > a USB audio, and that will be detected at a different time point   
   > than some of the other audios.   
      
   Thanks for chatting, Paul.   
      
   Here's the thread which *I* started on that forum:-   
      
   https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2567954#p2567954   
      
   I fear I need more hand-holding as I get older!    
      
   I'm currently wiping the hard drive again on the Dell laptop and will   
   look again tomorrow.   
      
   --   
   David   
   My Apple iMac doesn't pose such problems for me! ;-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)