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 > > > _______________________________________________ > ekiga-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list -- Murray Collingwood Focus Computing p +61 415 24 26 24 http://www.focus-computing.com.au
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