FC6 Skype Howto?

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On 4/17/07, Gianfranco Durin <gdurin at tele2.it> wrote:
> Joe Desbonnet wrote:
> > I just cannot get Skype to pickup audio from the mic with FC6. I see
> > others have had the same problem, but I can't find any definitive
> > HOWTO on the matter.
> >
> > Let just say I've just installed FC6 fresh from dist, applied updates
> > and got the latest (version 1.3.0_53) Skype RPM for FC5 and installed
> > that. I know that my sound hardware and mic work (because it works
> > perfectly with Windows).
> >
> > So what do I do/check next?
> >
> >
> > As an aside: Is there *any* easy way to verify that the mic is working
> > and enabled with FC6? A simple audio recorder or sound level meter? I
> > would have expected this in system-config-soundcard and/or the volume
> > control applet. Predictably the Gnome help yields nothing on this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe.
> >
>
> Hi Joe,
> I spent much time trying to figure out the problem, but even if I do not
> understand everything in detail, 'sometime' I am able to work with it.
> Skype does not work with ALSA system but with OSS.
> So open your volume control (in gnome, for instance) and switch to the
> OSS mixer (file -> change device -> OSS mixer). Be sure to have your
> microphone there, click to unmute if needed, and the skype 'should' work.
> There is another problem in general: if there is another program using
> the sound system very often skype does not work. A workaround can be to
> open first skype (even if this solution does now work 100%).

OK, thanks, it seems it works for me using OSS instead of ALSA (at
least with the embedded mic.)

>
> This is to say that the present version of skype is a nightmare. The
> skype's team is working on a new version (with video support), but it
> has been promised to be released soon so many times I do not believe
> them anymore.

Anybody can recommend a good program for VoIP but free or maybe "free
of charge" but with better support for Linux?

>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gianfranco
>
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