Ekiga, 9.04 (Jaunty), HDA Intel (ALSA mixer)

[Dave]

At 11:13 PM 11/7/2009, you wrote:
>At 10:17 PM 11/7/2009, you wrote:
> >I am trying to get Ekiga working on an Intel motherboard (Ubuntu
> >9.04, Jaunty). I can not get the microphone input to work
> >consistently. It looks like Ekiga is looking for input on HDA Intel
> >(ALSA mixer) capture which defaults to having the mic muted. I can
> >un-mute the mic and get it to work but I cant get the audio settings
> >to stay put so it works consistently. When I reboot it reverts to not
> >working (mic is muted). Is there any way I can get the audio settings
> >to stay put (mic un-muted) after rebooting? Any help will be appreciated.
> >
> >Dave M
> >
>If I run alsamixer from the command line, tab to capture and switch
>the first "Input Source" from "Mic" to "Front Mic" and then back to
>"Mic", Ekiga starts working. This seems pretty repeatable.
>
>Is there a way I can try this from a script and see if that will work
>around the problem? Is there a way to issue commands to alsamixer
>from the command line? Maybe I can write a script that will toggle
>the Mic input before starting Ekiga. I know this is a crude
>work-around but I really need to get Ekiga working on boot-up without
>user intervention.

Added the following to /etc/rc.local

#
sleep 10
amixer sset "Input Source" "Front Mic"
#
sleep 10
amixer sset PCM 100%,100%
amixer sset Master 70%,70%
amixer sset Mic 0%,0% unmute playback
amixer sset CD 0%,0% unmute playback
amixer sset Line 0%,0% unmute playback
amixer sset "PC Speaker" 20%,20% unmute playback
#
amixer sset "Input Source" "Mic"
amixer sset "Mic Boost" 100%,100% unmute capture
amixer sset Mic,1 70%,70% unmute capture
amixer sset Capture 70%,70% unmute capture
#

That seems to have fixed the microphone problem. But now I can not 
get Ekiga to ring through the speakers (through pulseaudio). When 
there is an incoming call it rings in the headset. So, if you are not 
wearing the headset, you have no idea that there is a call coming in. 
And the pop-up dialog pops up behind (not in front of) whatever is on 
the desktop. Not very useful. So, as always, suggestions are welcome.

Dave M