Problems with mic in Kubuntu

Tue Oct 12 23:40:32 UTC 2010

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Helder Terra <helder.earth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yesterday I've installed a new webcam in my Kubuntu Lucid, and I was happy
> to see that it worked perfectly. Since it has an agregated mic, I've pluged
> it and verified that sound was coming through the speakers. But then I tried
> to use it in Skype, and realized that my contact couldn't hear what I was
> saying.

Are you using pulse audio (standard on 10.10)?  If so, then I
recomment installing pavucontrol and running it.  Check that you have
the correct "Input device" set.

Michael