[xubuntu-users] Microphone not working!

[Ric Moore]

On 06/15/2012 05:19 AM, TOM TOM wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:27 PM, John Lee <john.lee5455 at gmail.com
> <mailto:john.lee5455 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi I am pretty new to Xubuntu having only started using it in the
>     last day or so I have successfully set everything up but have a
>     problem with my microphone in skype, it keeps telling me i have
>     pulse audio server (local) running and to change my settings to open
>     the pulse audio volume control, no way of altering settings in that,
>     or my desktop manager audio settings which just opens the pulse
>     audio settings.
>     where am I going wrong and have I missed something in set up?
>     I am running an Acer Aspire one 10.1" netbook with an intel atom
>     processor, which was running windows 7 starter.
>     many thanks for any assistance
>     John Lee
> Hi! are you running the latest skype 4 (which came out yesterday)?
> If not, please uninstall the current one and try the new one from
> skype's site.
> It's supposed to have fixed many of it's bugs.

If you have pavucontrol installed (if not, install it) you can run skype 
with pavucontrol open and you should be able to configure your headset 
mike as the default input device. Pulse will remember that setting the 
next time you use skype. Ric



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