[SLUG] Re: microphone / skype / ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
2009/5/19 Daniel Bush > > > 2009/5/19 Steven Heimann > >> Skype also failed for me with Jaunty but I simply went to Skype main >> menu - options - sound devices and selected pulse. After that it seems >> to work. >> >> lspci lists sound card as Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 >> Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) > > > Mine is: > Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) > > My skype settings were all pulse to begin with before I started hitting the > permutations. > I'm paying the price for getting a slightly fancier controller I fear. > Playback with pulseaudio was definitely better than without. > Well, I took a deep breath and thought I'd give debian lenny 5.0.1 a try rather than downgrading to previous ubuntu. I've managed to get skype sound capture working again for my card (above). For the sake of anyone who is in my situation with the intel 82801H HD audio controller: There was no sound initially after running the netinstall. I ran 'alsaconf' as root, and it recognized my card and apparently did some.twiddling for me. I then ran the gnome sound tests and almost had my head blown off; it was very very LOUD - so be careful boys and girls - let me sacrifice my hearing so that you may keep yours. Skype/microphone still wasn't working; so in alsamixer (press F4 for capture controls) I set 'Input Source' to 'Front Mic' for my first input source control; also quite possibly one or more of the muxes and general capture settings had to be turned up. I let skype adjust my audio settings (that tick box near the bottom). I was using the latest static skype 2.0.0.72. Now it seems to be back to normal when I do a test call. There's no pulseaudio on this system - I don't necessarily think or really know if it had anything to do with the problems - just a datapoint for you. I did most of this in ubuntu 9.04 except for the alsaconf bit. -- Daniel Bush http://blog.web17.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: microphone / skype / ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
Skype also failed for me with Jaunty but I simply went to Skype main menu - options - sound devices and selected pulse. After that it seems to work. lspci lists sound card as Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) Regards Steven On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 08:09 +0800, jam wrote: > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 07:28:23 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > > What a mess this is! > > Found this skype forum: > > http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=334081 > > I'd like to follow the advice of one of the posters at the end but my sound > > settings aren't the same. > > > > Seriously thinking about downgrading all the long, sad way back to 8.04 - > > well, it crossed my mind. > > I'm screwed if it's skype's fault and they don't update; I'm potentially > > less screwed if it is ubuntu. > > > > Nuking pulseaudio didn't do anything. > > > > Installing all of that junk above didn't do anything. > > > > Game over. > > The mythtv folk are bitching that you can't nuke pulseaudio in 9.04 it is > entrenched. > James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: microphone / skype / ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 07:28:23 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > What a mess this is! > Found this skype forum: > http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=334081 > I'd like to follow the advice of one of the posters at the end but my sound > settings aren't the same. > > Seriously thinking about downgrading all the long, sad way back to 8.04 - > well, it crossed my mind. > I'm screwed if it's skype's fault and they don't update; I'm potentially > less screwed if it is ubuntu. > > Nuking pulseaudio didn't do anything. > > Installing all of that junk above didn't do anything. > > Game over. The mythtv folk are bitching that you can't nuke pulseaudio in 9.04 it is entrenched. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: microphone / skype / ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
2009/5/18 Richard Ibbotson > > > It's driving me nuts; i've spent the last couple of hours > > > twiddling knobs like crazy and making repeated calls to the test > > > service. > > What I do after checking the sound levels with a gui based application > is install another sound level controller. Let's see.. > > sudo apt-cache search sound ... > > alsa-firmware-loaders > lib32asound2-plugins > alsaplayer-alsa > alsamixergui > alsa-tools-gui > ubuntu-restricted-extras > > Yes, I know it doesn't sound all that sensible but I found that after > installing Jaunty Jackoffalot some things were missing. I had to play > around with apt-cache search for a while to find what I had missed. > Don't know what this is about :) Other than that it's a hardware > issue. > What a mess this is! Found this skype forum: http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=334081 I'd like to follow the advice of one of the posters at the end but my sound settings aren't the same. Seriously thinking about downgrading all the long, sad way back to 8.04 - well, it crossed my mind. I'm screwed if it's skype's fault and they don't update; I'm potentially less screwed if it is ubuntu. Nuking pulseaudio didn't do anything. Installing all of that junk above didn't do anything. Game over. -- Daniel Bush http://blog.web17.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: microphone / skype / ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
> > It's driving me nuts; i've spent the last couple of hours > > twiddling knobs like crazy and making repeated calls to the test > > service. What I do after checking the sound levels with a gui based application is install another sound level controller. Let's see.. sudo apt-cache search sound ... alsa-firmware-loaders lib32asound2-plugins alsaplayer-alsa alsamixergui alsa-tools-gui ubuntu-restricted-extras Yes, I know it doesn't sound all that sensible but I found that after installing Jaunty Jackoffalot some things were missing. I had to play around with apt-cache search for a while to find what I had missed. Don't know what this is about :) Other than that it's a hardware issue. Regards Richard www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
