Hi Yannick

Thank you, that sounds exactly like the problem.
Unfortunately I'm on a Debian Lenny machine and so my current version is
3.2.5, however I'm happy to wait for a while for the upgrade.  I'll continue
using up my Skype credit in the mean time.

Cheers
mc

On 14 April 2010 18:34, yannick <[email protected]> wrote:

> Le mercredi 14 avril 2010 à 10:40 +1000, Murray Collingwood a écrit :
> > Hi all
> >
> > I'm getting quite frustrated with this app.
> >
> > I try calling [email protected] on three separate calls.
> > The first two calls can work perfectly - the third call there will be
> > a sound problem.
> >
> > Either:
> > a) The volume icon on the call screen will be disabled as though all
> > sound is disabled
> > or
> > b) The icon will be active but the playback volume control will be at
> > 0 and disabled
> >
> > These three calls are all placed one after the other, nothing is
> > changed between the calls.
> > A fourth call will most likely work again.
> >
> > While 2 out of 3 maybe okay for Meatloaf it's not good enough for me.
> >
> > I have hunted through various list emails and it would seem there has
> > always been trouble with Ekiga and sound on Linux.
> > I tried disabling all of the sound controls and just configuring Ekiga
> > but that didn't help either.
> > I tried various options with Ekiga and the Linux sound preferences,
> > still no change.
> > I even ran Ekiga in a debug mode to look at the logs, and while there
> > is a heap of messages generated I can't really tell what I'm looking
> > at.
> >
> > You can view the log at http://focus-computing.com.au/ekiga.log
> >
> > Does anybody have a solution for this?
>
> I'm not 100% sure, but my guess is:
>
> Upgrade to Ekiga 3.2.6 should fix this.
>
> Why?
> In the log you provided, the issue seems (after a quick look):
> 2010/04/14 10:07:21.826   0:24.369       Media Patch:0xb4f16b90
> GMAudioInputManager_ptlib       Closing device Logitech USB Headset
> (PTLIB/ALSA)
> 2010/04/14 10:07:21.826   0:24.369       Media Patch:0xb4f16b90
> AudioInputCore  Falling back to SILENT (Ekiga/Ekiga)
> 2010/04/14 10:07:21.826   0:24.369       Media Patch:0xb4f16b90
> GMAudioInputManager_null        Setting Device SILENT (Ekiga/Ekiga)
> 2010/04/14 10:07:21.826   0:24.369       Media Patch:0xb4f16b90
> AudioInputCore  Opening device with 1-8000/16
> 2010/04/14 10:07:21.826   0:24.369       Media Patch:0xb4f16b90
> GMAudioInputManager_null        Opening Device SILENT (Ekiga/Ekiga)
>
> The sound device is set to "SILENT", which just means... what it means!
>
> In Ekiga 3.2.6 there is this fix:
> "Make sure the output device is set before a call"
> http://ekiga.org/news/2009-09-22/ekiga-3.2.6-available
>
> Please refer to this page for downloads:
> http://ekiga.org/download-ekiga-binaries-or-source-code
>
> Best regards,
> Yannick
>
>
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Murray Collingwood
Focus Computing
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http://www.focus-computing.com.au
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