Mic not working in skype, ekiga on Ubuntu 10.10

[amirks]

I have an Acer Aspire One netbook and have tried to enable my microphone without any luck. Surprisingly the Sound Recorder works perfectly but skype and ekiga are not able to transfer my voice.
I have tried playing around with gnome ALSA mixer and PulseAudio Volume Control but nothin changes. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Amir

[ubulis]

Hello!
Same issue...
¿Any ideas?

[dianagk]

Same with me. I was on 10.04 and had the same problem. Upgraded today, but the problem is still there.

[steve-o1983]

Same with me. I was on 10.04 and had the same problem. Upgraded today, but the problem is still there.

I had the same problem, especially with Skype. After searching some forums, someone recommended installing Pulse Audio (you can find it in the Software Center "PulseAudio Volume Control"). Once installed, go to the Input Devices tab and put the front left on "Max" and the front right on "Silence". That should solve the problem. You will also have to go into Skype options - Sound Devices and make sure that the box is unchecked for "Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels." That will throw it off every time.

[dianagk]

I had the same problem, especially with Skype. After searching some forums, someone recommended installing Pulse Audio (you can find it in the Software Center "PulseAudio Volume Control"). Once installed, go to the Input Devices tab and put the front left on "Max" and the front right on "Silence". That should solve the problem. You will also have to go into Skype options - Sound Devices and make sure that the box is unchecked for "Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels." That will throw it off every time.

Well, I did that, but all that I hear on my Skype test call is some noise. Not my voice, just some noise. I guess the mic is working, but how can I make it useful?

[lidex]

Check the first part of this blog post:
http://www.blog.arun-prabha.com/2008...tup-in-ubuntu/

[smithintaiwan]

Same problem. I tried both of the above fixes. I'm on an Acer Aspire One 250. The webcam actually works fine, but the mic doesn't seem to at all.
Peace

[garvinrick4]

Here is what was fix for mic.

[smithintaiwan]

Thanks Garvinrick,
But for some reason I couldn't get the connector to change on mine. That field just didn't exist.
However, I just found a page that helped me get my mic going. The directions are:
In terminal:

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

pavucontrol


Then:

* Click the "input devices" tab. Click the lock icon to unlock channels. Set the front right channel to silence.

Once in pavucontrol I just silenced the right channel mic and it worked immediately. I tested in Skype and all seems fine. This seems to be the same as Steve's answer above. Cheers Steve.

Skype does seem a bit choppy in both directions though -at least it is not as clear as it is in Windows- but I think that's a different issue.
Hope this helps.

[kennedyvelez]

same here on my desktop, mic is down... help!