Lucid and Skype

Errol Sapir errol at tzora.co.il
Thu Jul 8 15:50:13 UTC 2010


On 07/08/2010 05:32 PM, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 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
>
>    
ֵNo Michael. My sound setup says I'm running nvidia ck804 and that 
nothing is muted.
Errol





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