F11: Skype and audio, again

[Brian Millett]

On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 05:05 -0700, Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Skype is driving me crazy under F11. Sometimes it works, other times not. At
> the moment, sort of. Audio playback works, but I can't the mic working.
> 
> I've tried about all the combinations of Options/sound devices
> 
> According to the Pulse volume control, the mic is working; the sound level
> jumps when I speak into it.
> 
> I've been looking at the earlier threads on Skype in this list. Someone
> needed alsa-plugins-pulseaudio to get it to work. Already installed.
> 
> My box has a bog-standard audio device: Intel 82801G
> 
> In general, I've am having difficulty getting *reliable* audio under F11.
> Suddenly audio stops with Flash. Or with Rhythmbox. My only recourse is to
> reboot X. Yes, I've tried pulseuadio --start.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 

Well, to get my mic working, I ran

alsamixer -c0

to adjust and set the mic & speakers, then to run skype I use

padsp skype

which disables pulseaudio just for skype.


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