Is it muted under sound preferences, recording tab? Also try running alsamixer from terminal, press F4 to switch to recording devices and make sure your mic is unmuted (space key). Joshua <div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 29, 2012 3:05 PM, "John Deakin" <<a href="mailto:john@humanaspects.co.uk">john@humanaspects.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> With Xubuntu 12.04 I had the sound recording for Skype set up and working. Now I find with 12.10 it no longer works and I cannot find how to get to the settings. Switching back to the Ubuntu interface the sound works perfectly. Does anyone know how to fix this? -- regards, John 01367 820542 -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>