Re: no microphone in skype

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 12/06/2014 05:04 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com> wrote:
> > While I have no specific suggestions for you, I can confirm that Skype
> > works with my debian wheezy ver. 7.7 and xfce desktop on my laptop:
> > > ralph@spike2 ~$ dpkg -l skype \*pulseaudio\* | grep ^ii
> > > ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio:amd64        0.10.31-3+nmu1                     amd64        GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
> > > ii  pulseaudio                            2.0-6.1                            amd64        PulseAudio sound server
> > > ii  pulseaudio-module-x11                 2.0-6.1                            amd64        X11 module for PulseAudio sound server
> > > ii  pulseaudio-utils                      2.0-6.1                            amd64        Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server
> > > ii  skype                                 4.3.0.37-1                         i386         Wherever you are, wherever they are
>
> Thanks, Ralph. This is helpful. It gives me a data point to tracedown
> why skype is not working.
>
> Couple of questions:
> 1) What type of microphone are you using? Are you using a USB
> connection? In my case, I am using Logitech web camera that is
> connected via USB. The web camera provides both audio and video
> functionalities.
>
> 2) When you run pavucontrol -> Input Devices , how many input devices
> do you see? What are they?
>
> 3) In the Configuration tab, how many devices are listed for you? What are they?
>
> 4) Is there a conflict between alsa and skype 4.3.0.37-1? Do you have
> any alsa packages installed on your machine?
>
> > In skype options, sound devices, Allow skype to adjust mixer levels is
> > checked.
>
> I have this checked. But that does not seem to be sufficient.
>
> > Perhaps some ideas from here may help you:
> > https://wiki.debian.org/skype
>
> I checked that wiki before posting my question. It did not have
> anything that could help my current situation.
I'm suspecting alsa. Something must be muted. Sure your microphone isn't 
physically muted via the manual switch on a USB cable if you have one?? 
Heh, had that happen more than once and lost a patch of hair over it. :) Ric



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