Skype Mic Not Working Karmic

[applejuicekiss]

same here. Aspire One D250. mic works for other things, but nothing but quiet static comes back from the skype echo test.

[GOrwell]

Hi, for the aspire one d150 (i have this one) i've found a workaround.

Open alsamixer and change the mic volume (CAPTURE). The left side to 0 and the right to 100.

Open alsamixer, push F6 to choose the Audio card. Push F5 (All). Move with arrow keys on CAPTURE.
Push Z to decrease the left column and E to raise the right one.
Now start skype and it should work. I think it should work also in the D250.

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Pascal

[Nonno Bassotto]

GOrwell you've made my day!!!!!!!!! It really works!!!

[NiteSoul]

Hi, for the aspire one d150 (i have this one) i've found a workaround.

Open alsamixer and change the mic volume (CAPTURE). The left side to 0 and the right to 100.

Open in a terminal or console alsamixer, push F6 to choose the Audio card. Push F5 (All). Move with arrow keys on CAPTURE.
Push Z to decrease the left column and E to raise the right one.
Now start skype and it should work. I think it should work also in the D250.

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Pascal

This procedure also work with AOD250!

Thank you very much!

[blackest_knight]

here is a bit of a work around for skype and linphone

/bin/sh -c "PULSE_SERVER=127.0.0.1 linphone-3"
/bin/sh -c "PULSE_SERVER=127.0.0.1 skype"

and probably most other applications as well
alsamixer should allow the correct input to be selected i-mic / e-mic
while it works essentially the application fails to connect to pulseaudio and falls back to good old alsa.

it's easy enough to create a desktop launcher for this or edit the menu entry.

Hopefully a real solution will be available sooner or later. at least this saves uninstalling pulse and should mean less of a disruption when a fix is issued.

[joes7]

Check your driver / hardware manager.

[Holden99ca]

Hi, for the aspire one d150 (i have this one) i've found a workaround.

Open alsamixer and change the mic volume (CAPTURE). The left side to 0 and the right to 100.

Open alsamixer, push F6 to choose the Audio card. Push F5 (All). Move with arrow keys on CAPTURE.
Push Z to decrease the left column and E to raise the right one.
Now start skype and it should work. I think it should work also in the D250.

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Pascal

Un-freaken-believable. Nice work!

[applejuicekiss]

thanks GOrwell,

not sure why that works, but it does on my d250. much appreciated.

[coskierken]

And/or, install "pavucontrol" through synaptic and adjust mic volumes until it works. Had the same problem with a new D250, also. Fixed now!

[cotcot]

I also had the problem with the internal microphone (of an ACER 1810TZ). The solution mentioned in this thread solved the problem.