Volume Control on Fedora 7

[Rogue]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Paul Lemmons wrote:
>> -------- Original Message  --------
>> Subject: Volume Control on Fedora 7
>> From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Date: 06/08/2007 01:23 PM
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Gang: I have Skype on FC4 and yesterday I D/L Skype for F7 and it 
>>> was a RPM that installed with no problem. But I can hear the other 
>>> person but my audio is not getting to Skype so the other person 
>>> can't hear me.
>>>
>>> I looked for Volume Control all over F7 and found nothing! I have 
>>> exactly that on FC4 so what has happened?
>>>
>>> Karl Larsen
>>>
>>
>> Try: alsamixer
>>
>> I have frequently found that one or more of the volume controls 
>> displayed there will fix the type of problem you are experiencing.
> Hi and I did find alsamixer and after reading man alsamixer I learned 
> how to use it. But I turned on EVERYTHING and still the Microphne 
> signal to the software Skype is dead. I can change the audio level I 
> hear FROM skype. My mike is plugged into the sound card and it works 
> fine in FC4. In F7 it's the same sound card!
>
> I have another problem. About half the time I bring up F7 it does not 
> come clear up. The background comes up fine but the upper and lower 
> bars do not form and the things on the DeskTop are not shown. But I 
> received some updates with no problem. I get out of the darn thing 
> with Ctrl Alt F2 login as root and type reboot.
>
> Karl Larsen 
Hi Karl,

I have this problem occasionally, the problems seem to be with the wrong 
devices being selected for the mic. So I installed audacity. Everytime I 
think i am running into this issue, I launch up audacity and check that 
the input is set to mic, and then try and see if I am successful in 
recording some sound. Once I have confirmed that, I then launch Skype 
and it seems to autodetect the mic and works perfectly fine from there on.

I hope this option helps you out too.

later,
Rogue