Lucid and Skype

[Michael Hirsch]

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Errol Sapir <errol at tzora.co.il> wrote:
> Ever since installing Lucid (about a month ago) I have been unable to
> use Skype. I installed Lucid first as an upgrade and the from the CD
> after formating the partition. The problem is both with the microphone
> (I cannot be heard - even during the test) AND with the webcam (doesn't
> turn on with Skype). I can hear people who contact me, i.e. the speakers
> work. In Karmic (and other previous versions of Kubuntu) I was able to
> use Skype without a problem. I have tried every tweak I can think of
> (and have read about) but I guess my knowledge is too limited to solve
> the problem.

Do you have pulseaudio running perchance?  There has been a long
thread recently about trying to get it working with KDE.

I just recently solved this problem by noticing that skype used PA.
KMix showed than my mic was turned on, but when I ran pavucontrol it
showed that PA had the mic muted.  Unmuting with pavucontrol made
Skype work for me.

Michael