On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:28:47 +1100 Phil Scarratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan L Tyree wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:19:37 +1100 > > Luke Yelavich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:13:46PM EST, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > > > <SNIP> > > > >>>No, its a regular jack. And I have just tried another mike. In the > >>>mixer aumix the mike shows up as not present. Hmmmm. > >> > >>What soundcard is it? is it in a laptop or a desktop? How many > >>connection jacks do you have on the card? > > > > > > For some reason it now seems to work after a reboot. > > > > I'm still not getting anywhere much with Skype. Has anyone done a > > successful install? When I try to connect, I get an error that looks > > like: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ read error, res = -1 , handle = 18 > > > > On the other hand, the tech info on the Skype call shows UDP packets > > being received. No sound though. > > I've got skype working under ubuntu. Haven't been following the thread > > closely so pardon if this has already been covered. Skype is hardcoded > > to use /dev/dsp (or /dev/dsp1 or whatever depending ont he devices > present) so you need to run it with esddsp or the like depending > you're sound system. After that it was just a matter of configuring > alsa with the right levels.... I tried using artsdsp -m skype which I think is the gnome equivalent of esddsp. As soon as I try to connect a call, it gives an error similar to: read error, res = -1 , handle = 18 I can see some UDP packets go both out and in (this is connected to echo123), but no sound. > > Fil > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
