On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 09:47 +0200, Tim Edwards wrote: > suvayu ali wrote: > > > > > AFAIK skype doesn't use pulseaudio so the lack of pulseaudio should > > not be a problem. But I maybe wrong. > > > It doesn't support pulseaudio, much to the annoyance of those of us who > use more up-to-date distros than RHEL/SL at home.
I just wish there was one clear winner among the distros for audio, instead of the plethora of audio architectures out there, but I digress ... According to the skype webpage's support section here: http://www.skype.com/help/guides/soundsetup_linux.html Quote: > OSS (Open Sound System): The oldest sound support available in Linux. > This type is natively supported by Skype. <snip> > ALSA is more modern than OSS. Currently, Skype does not natively > support ALSA, so you will need to install ALSA OSS emulation layer in > order to use ALSA devices in Skype. <snip> > ESD (Enlightened Sound Daemon): This is GNOME default. Run Skype > through esddsp pipe to enable sound. Do it like this (again, assuming > you are in the directory where skype executable resides): > esddsp ./skype > Be sure to run esd daemon using "esd -d /dev/dsp" because on some > distros (e.g. Gentoo) the esddsp wrapper checks for parameters present > to esd daemon and won't detect the daemon if there are no parameters. Anyone every tried to configure either the OSS emulation layer for alsa, or alternatively used the ESD method? I tried looking for an alsa emulation layer for OSS support, but a quick search in SL repositories returned no results for the keyword 'oss'. I'm running GNOME so I have esd installed, but I get this: > $ esd -d /dev/dsp > - using device /dev/dsp > ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM /dev/dsp Also, I tried > $ esddsp ./skype with no errors, but I still can't hear my recorded message when I use the test service. I'm not sure what to do now, but I thought this e-mail might jog someone's memory on how it could be done? Regards, Craig
