New Skype Beta out!

[frodon]

People like me who tweaked at the time their config to hear both ALSA and ESD sound to get skype working installed the libesd-alsa0 package and edited the /etc/asound.conf file, i don't know if it is what automatix and easyubuntu do when they install skype.
Just check if you have this file, if you have it make a backup elsewhere, delete it then reboot.

[wieman01]

Too bad... just tried the new version of Skype and it turned out that it's called a BETA version for a reason... My bluetooth headset would stop the service after 15 to 60 seconds so the other party wouldn't be able to hear me any longer.

Bummer!

Had been looking forward to the bug-fixes, but I just had to switch back to the previous version which works fine with the headset (OSS).

He

[Antonino Sabetta]

Open the terminal and type the following:
mv ~/.asoundrc ~/.asoundrc.old

"mv" means "rename" (or "move").
Please note that a restart of alsa may be needed. The easiest way to do it is rebooting the machine.

[Antonino Sabetta]

The removal of .asoundrc is a potential fix only for those that have fiddled with it in the past to make the old skype work. If you do not have it, it's likely that you problem is something else (or maybe the fiddling was done on the system-wide /etc/asoundrc file).

[d3dtn01]

I also have been having trouble with skype since upgrading to dapper. I just installed the new 1.3 beta. I had to delete the /etc/asound.conf file to successfully get rid of the "Problem with your sound device" error. However, I still have a problem. When I use echo123, it's not recording my voice. To see what was up with my mic, I tried to record a test with ubuntu's sound recorder. That didn't work. It doesn't appear to be capturing the input. I'm not very familiar with how the mic works. I'm hoping that I just need to change a setting. Here's some info from my alsa mixer settings:

It says at the top: HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)
Under playback tab I have 4 volume controls: master, pcm, capture mux and capture mux. All of these are unmuted.
Under capture tab I have 1 control: capture. This is unmuted.
Under options tab my input source is mic.

Do I have something wrong here? Or could it be a different problem?

[rem]

Originally Posted by d3dtn01 I also have been having trouble with skype since upgrading to dapper. I just installed the new 1.3 beta. I had to delete the /etc/asound.conf file to successfully get rid of the "Problem with your sound device" error. However, I still have a problem. When I use echo123, it's not recording my voice. To see what was up with my mic, I tried to record a test with ubuntu's sound recorder. That didn't work. It doesn't appear to be capturing the input. I'm not very familiar with how the mic works. I'm hoping that I just need to change a setting. Here's some info from my alsa mixer settings: It says at the top: HDA Intel (Alsa mixer) Under playback tab I have 4 volume controls: master, pcm, capture mux and capture mux. All of these are unmuted. Under capture tab I have 1 control: capture. This is unmuted. Under options tab my input source is mic. Do I have something wrong here? Or could it be a different problem?

i removed the etc/asound.conf file and completly broked my system ... is that really what you did to make it work?

[d3dtn01]

Originally Posted by rem i removed the etc/asound.conf file and completly broked my system ... is that really what you did to make it work?

Well, essentially yes. I typed this:

mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf_backup

then rebooted. That's didn't seem to cause me any problems.

[rem]

Originally Posted by d3dtn01 Well, essentially yes. I typed this: mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf_backup then rebooted. That's didn't seem to cause me any problems.

I see... don't know what the issue might me over here ... I manged to restore it but in failsafe only...

[matjaz_pirnovar]

Originally Posted by d3dtn01 Well, essentially yes. I typed this: mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf_backup then rebooted. That's didn't seem to cause me any problems.

Hi all,

Well, I did manage to get it work with typing above command - mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf_backup (well done d3dtn01)

Disabling /etc/asound.conf from previous skype adjustments seem to be the key. At least for the "Problem with the sound device" issues. Hope this command d3dtn01 posted will help others with this problem.

I am damn glad that now sound works, also when using Sound juicer (CD) simultaneously.

But I agree, there are other issues too, so let's keep working on them...

Smile,
M

[morgengenuss]

new skype beta worked out of the box for me. just downloaded the deb file and installed it.
i can only advise you to try to make it work, it really seems to be a big step forward (apart from video-calls it's really close to windows version now).