RE: SuSE 9.3: I just discovered something I don't understand: I have a microphone connected to the machine, and a couple of speakers. But the mic is activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to the outgoing message. Skype is vox-operated--when you talk into the mic, the incoming audio is cut off, and the mic becomes predominant. When you stop talking the incoming audio rules. Otherwise, there is feedback, which I noticed the last couple of times I tried to use Skype.
When I first tried Skype, it worked perfectly--better than in Windows. Since then, I have not been able to use it, due to considerable break-up. I suspect that I have found the cause, but what is the cure, does anyone know? (I rebooted Linux, without a complete shutdown, in case there was some hung program doing this to me, but when the system came up again, the same peculiarity ocurred.) I have no other OS on this machine, so I can't compare the performance. It could be hardware related, i suppose, but I have no way of telling. The sound stuff is on the MOBO. The goofy performance does not show up during reboot, so I doubt that the MOBO is the problem. I seem to have more weird problems than anything I see on the list. I seem to recall that in the early days, someone suggested a chicken foot? Maybe that was a different Linux list. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
