skype problem with sound

[François Patte]

Claude Jones a écrit :
> On Fri September 22 2006 11:43 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
>>On Friday 22 September 2006 23:37, Charles Curley wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 11:23:32PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Friday 22 September 2006 22:46, Claude Jones wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The 1.3beta version of skype for linux is working quite
>>>>well for me, on two machines here.  If you don't have that
>>>>version, go get it, or I'd assume any even newer version
>>>>they may have for linux now.
>>>
>>>I concur. Also the 1.3 beta has a test call option, which
>>>lets you test stuff like mixer settings before you pester a
>>>real person with testing.
>>
>>AFAIK, all earlier versions also had that.  But since it
>>didn't work after oss was deprecated, there was a long period
>>during which skype and linux were mutually exclusive.
> 
> 
> Installed the beta version - it's seems to have fixed the 
> disconnect at connect problem. However, trying various 
> combinations and permutations of your suggested mic settings 
> doesn't produce audible audio on the other end of the call. I 
> can connect, the other person sees that it's me, I can hear 
> them, but, they can't hear me...
> Started playing with alsamixer to see it that would help, but it 
> keeps locking up as soon as I select the mic to adjust. In KDE 
> sound control, I've got it set to full duplex. I've tried the 
> various capture options you suggested, Gene, but no cigar...

I had a similar problem that I just came to solve; maybe depends on the 
sound card.

When I played with alsamixer there were 3 "input devices" at the end 
that I was only able to change: mic-->cd-->front mic-->line

then pressing the "Tab" key I could change the level of these devices 
and now the input of my microphone is higher and I could succeed 
performing the Skype test.

You maybe can try...

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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
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