sound in 16.10

[O. Sinclair]

On 10/25/16 07:59, Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN wrote:
> ALSA is a sound engine. Pulse Audio is a sound server, which is needed
> to separate the audio from different applications. Without it, all your
> sounds are merged into one, or you hear just one app at a time.
>
> Skype is known to cause audio problems. Mainly because is runs only in
> 32 bit mode.
>
> For me, a few reboots and Skype restarts fixed the issue every time.
>
>
> Pe 25 oct. 2016 07:36, "Errol Sapir" <errol at tzora.co.il
> <mailto:errol at tzora.co.il>> a scris:
>
>     Hi
>     I upgraded to 16.10 from 16.04. I now have sound problems. It
>     started when I installed Skype and the microphone didn't work (for
>     skype or anything). My sound system was operating pulse audio and I
>     could hear through the speaker output(with skype as well).
>     After googling solutions the main suggestion was to delete pulse
>     audio and install ALSA. I uninstalled pulse audio and tried
>     installing ALSA but obviously I did something wrong becuse nothing
>     happened. I now have no sound output or input at all.
>     Help please.
>     TIA
>     Errol
I don't know if this will help you but scout around for Skype Linux 
Alpha for Linux. It is, unlike the one in partner repo, under active 
development