It's not just input switching. Skype is usless if I can't
enable the mic
boost, and general volume output is too low on my T61 because the 'hidden'
PCM slider is set at an arbitrarily low value.
Report it, it will be fixed:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497966
Regards,
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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)