Skype with Kubuntu 7.10 on Dell Inpsiron 1300 Laptop

[Dotan Cohen]

On 02/03/2008, Jon Grant <jg at jguk.org> wrote:
> Hello
>
>  I'm running Kubuntu 7.10 and would like to get Skype working on my
>  Dell Inpsiron 1300 laptop. My mic input seems dead, it did work from
>  Windows before I wiped the drive. The headphones output works ok.
>
>  I had a look at this and tried a few things, but no success:
>  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype
>
>  anyone encountered this already and know a solution which works? I'm
>  thinking it is some OSS/ALSA problem.. perhaps there is an older
>  verison of Skype I can use which works?
>
>  Kind regards, Jon
>
>
>  # lsmod |grep oss
>  snd_pcm_oss            44672  0
>  snd_mixer_oss          17664  1 snd_pcm_oss
>  snd_pcm                80388  6 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
>  snd_seq_oss            33152  0
>  snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
>  snd_seq                53232  6
>  snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
>  snd_seq_device          9228  5
>  snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
>  snd                    54660  29
>  snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
>

Skype has an option somewhere deep in the menus that lets it control
your mic volume. Disable it, as for me it always set the mic volume to
0.

Dotan Cohen

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