I found that the stero input mic on my netbook does not produce sound unless i dis-able the stereo and only use mono then it works. I needed to adjust the L and R so they had different volume settings before sound was available.
I no longer need to disable pa, i do not know why stereo does not work, it seems to treat each input equal and thus cancels the sound output. perhaps this is a bug.
I found that the stero input mic on my netbook does not produce sound unless i dis-able the stereo and only use mono then it works. I needed to adjust the L and R so they had different volume settings before sound was available.
I no longer need to disable pa, i do not know why stereo does not work, it seems to treat each input equal and thus cancels the sound output. perhaps this is a bug.