skype problem with sound

[Thufir]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:23:32 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]
> But one gotcha is how the microphone channel is handled in the various 
> mixers linux has available.
> 
> What is desired is to have the microphone's controlling buttons set to 
> enable the 'capture' function, but not to enable its output to the mixer.  
> If you output to the mixer only, then you can hear yourself, but no one 
> else can.  
[...]

I think this was the problem I ran into last time I tried skype, but I
never knew what it was!  thanks for the info :)


-Thufir