OK, will do and let to know what happen ;D
In spite of Microsoft messages, Skype appears fine
Yep, work here too
Good luck 
After I used another flash drive it works like a charm. Thank you for all your help. Now I can fully enjoy Peppermint on my AA1 ;D.
You’re most welcome
Hi mark
I have taken the plunge from peppermint 2, straight to 5 on my aa1.
I think its gone ok, following your instructions but i’m stuck on this bit re skype mic levels
Hit the right arrow key … so Capture is light in red (at the bottom).
Hit the Q key till the left volume is at 75% … the Z key will lower if you go too far.
Hit the C key till the right volume is at 0% … the E key will raise it, but you want it on zero
The right arrow key(bottom right of keyboard?) appears not to change from mic boost to capture. I’m guessing i’m trying the wrong right arrow key maybe.
Your thoughts, as ever are greatly appreciated.
cheers
john
Run:
alsamixer
then hit F4 to switch to Capture
then use thee right arrow key to select “Capture” … it’s selected when it shows in red.
Now make your adjustments.
Hi mark
Its the right arrow key i’m struggling with. The keys to bottom right of the aa1 keyboard ? it does nothing when pressed if that is the one.
cheers
interestingly the left hand arrow works if that helps?
john
OK, I think there’s something wrong with your keyboard then … let’s do this a different way
go to
menu > Sound & Video > PulseAudio Volume Control
Select the “Input Devices” tab
Click the little padlock icon top right so it’s NOT selected.
set the “Left” Slider to about 80%
set the “Right” slider to about 15%
run:
alsamxer
Hit F4
and check the “Capture” settings are roughly (doesn’t need to be exact)
Left - 75
Right - 0
hi mark
tried that and the settings are as you hoped.
just logged into skype and tried the test call and the mic still appears not to pick anything up
cheers
john
An unrelated issue;
firefox apears in the menu and lets me punch in a site but it wont search, on a brighter note i did manage to set my hp printer up using cups, but even the basics seem to be escaping me in peppermint 5.
sorry for the many questions so early.
cheers
john
What do you mean it won’t search ?
Where are you entering the search term ?
not the address bar but the main box in the middle.
also when i tried the mixer levels in the terminal this has appeared;
No command ‘alsamxer’ found, did you mean:
Command ‘alsamixer’ from package ‘alsa-utils’ (main)
alsamxer: command not found
this has only just happened.
ignore that last one, it was a typo, however the mic still wont work.
john
OK, go back to
menu > Sound & Video > PulseAudio Volume Control > Input devices (tab)
(if necessary) Click the padlock icon so it IS selected.
Move the “Left” slider to 100% … the right slider should also jump to 100% as they’re locked together.
Close PulseAudio Volume Control
in a terminal run:
alsamixer
Hit F4
Noow instead of using the right arrow key, use the “N” (next) and “P” (previous) keys to select “Capture” in red.
Then make your adjustments.
yep did as you said, tested skype and still no mic.
is it possible the mic no longer works?
john
Works for me
If you go to
menu > Sound & Video > PulseAudio Volume Control > Input devices (tab)
underneath the “Front Right” slider there is a clear bar … this is actually a VU meter … is there a moving black line in it when you make a noise ?
You did set skype NOT to control the mic volume automatically ?
[EDIT]
What happens if you run:
rm -rf ~/.config/pulse
then reboot and test Skype
hi mark
tried all the above, alas it refuses to work. i ran that command and nothing happened. 
the cam appears not to work also? unrelated maybe?
underneath the “Front Right” slider there is a clear bar … this is actually a VU meter … is there a moving black line in it when you make a noise ?
just looked and can see no moving black line mark
john
If you go to
menu > Sound & Video > PulseAudio Volume Control > Input devices (tab)
underneath the “Front Right” slider there is a clear bar … this is actually a VU meter … is there a moving black line in it when you make a noise ?