I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
Hi Robert,
I was able to get Skype working on both of my Fedora 21 systems by following these steps:
The "rules" say to perform a full update first. Usually when I do this something breaks and so do so at your own risk.
yum -y update
Install Skype and the 32-bit pulseaudio files:
yum -y install lpf-skype
Here is the part that should fix your sound issues:
yum -y install pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
Then:
Open Applications->System Tools->lpf skype
Give root and then guest password
To run Skype: Open Applications->Internet->Skype
I hope this works for you! I have to say they did a good job when they created this application.
Jim Lewis
On 03/12/2015 01:42 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
lpf-skype requires lpf, so make sure you install that as well.
Once you've downloaded lpf-skype, then run it from a command line, preferably as root:
# lpf-skype
This will download sources and such and build an RPM based on what it gets, then install that RPM.
To get sound to work, you typically need alsa-plugins-pulseaudio and pulseaudio-libs installed (the 32-bit versions, as skype is a 32-bit application). I'd also suggest installing pavucontrol.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@alldigital.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
On 03/12/2015 05:16 PM, Jim Lewis wrote:
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
Hi Robert,
I was able to get Skype working on both of my Fedora 21 systems by following these steps:
The "rules" say to perform a full update first. Usually when I do this something breaks and so do so at your own risk.
yum -y update
Install Skype and the 32-bit pulseaudio files:
yum -y install lpf-skype
Here is the part that should fix your sound issues:
yum -y install pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
Then:
Open Applications->System Tools->lpf skype
Give root and then guest passwordTo run Skype: Open Applications->Internet->Skype
I hope this works for you! I have to say they did a good job when they created this application.
Install worked great. I can hear the test call, but not my recording. First time ever using the mic, so no telling what the problem there is. I am on a Lenovo x120e x86_64 with Xfce.
On 03/12/2015 05:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:16 PM, Jim Lewis wrote:
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
Hi Robert,
I was able to get Skype working on both of my Fedora 21 systems by following these steps:
The "rules" say to perform a full update first. Usually when I do this something breaks and so do so at your own risk.
yum -y update
Install Skype and the 32-bit pulseaudio files:
yum -y install lpf-skype
Here is the part that should fix your sound issues:
yum -y install pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
Then:
Open Applications->System Tools->lpf skype
Give root and then guest passwordTo run Skype: Open Applications->Internet->Skype
I hope this works for you! I have to say they did a good job when they created this application.
Install worked great. I can hear the test call, but not my recording. First time ever using the mic, so no telling what the problem there is. I am on a Lenovo x120e x86_64 with Xfce.
"sudo yum -y install pavucontrol", then run it:
Applications Menu->Multimedia->PulseAudio Volume Control
Click on the "Input Devices" tab and you can select your input device (and see a quasi-VU meter showing incoming levels). Just keep selecting different ports and tapping the mic until you see the meter jump. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@alldigital.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at - - from both sides. --A.M. Greeley - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
On 03/12/2015 09:12 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:16 PM, Jim Lewis wrote:
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
Hi Robert,
I was able to get Skype working on both of my Fedora 21 systems by following these steps:
The "rules" say to perform a full update first. Usually when I do this something breaks and so do so at your own risk.
yum -y update
Install Skype and the 32-bit pulseaudio files:
yum -y install lpf-skype
Here is the part that should fix your sound issues:
yum -y install pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
Then:
Open Applications->System Tools->lpf skype
Give root and then guest passwordTo run Skype: Open Applications->Internet->Skype
I hope this works for you! I have to say they did a good job when they created this application.
Install worked great. I can hear the test call, but not my recording. First time ever using the mic, so no telling what the problem there is. I am on a Lenovo x120e x86_64 with Xfce.
"sudo yum -y install pavucontrol", then run it:
Applications Menu->Multimedia->PulseAudio Volume ControlClick on the "Input Devices" tab and you can select your input device (and see a quasi-VU meter showing incoming levels). Just keep selecting different ports and tapping the mic until you see the meter jump.
I had this already installed, it seems. When I open it and go to the Input Devices, I do not have a quasi-VU meter. Perhaps this is a limitation of Xfce. And the Recording tab says no application is currently recording. But Skype is running.
On 03/12/2015 09:12 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:16 PM, Jim Lewis wrote:
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
Hi Robert,
I was able to get Skype working on both of my Fedora 21 systems by following these steps:
The "rules" say to perform a full update first. Usually when I do this something breaks and so do so at your own risk.
yum -y update
Install Skype and the 32-bit pulseaudio files:
yum -y install lpf-skype
Here is the part that should fix your sound issues:
yum -y install pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
Then:
Open Applications->System Tools->lpf skype
Give root and then guest passwordTo run Skype: Open Applications->Internet->Skype
I hope this works for you! I have to say they did a good job when they created this application.
Install worked great. I can hear the test call, but not my recording. First time ever using the mic, so no telling what the problem there is. I am on a Lenovo x120e x86_64 with Xfce.
"sudo yum -y install pavucontrol", then run it:
Applications Menu->Multimedia->PulseAudio Volume ControlClick on the "Input Devices" tab and you can select your input device (and see a quasi-VU meter showing incoming levels). Just keep selecting different ports and tapping the mic until you see the meter jump.
I have this nice little Asus eePC that is 32 bit. I use it for testing OSs and such. So I just brought it up to date, and used lpf-skype for the install process and all set. Called my contact for a test and good to go for monday.
Thanks for the help. Some other time I will figure out the mic on this Lenovo.
On 03/12/2015 06:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 03/12/2015 09:12 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:57 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 03/12/2015 05:16 PM, Jim Lewis wrote:
I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype. I need it working for a conference call monday morning.
Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system and it basically works? Some sound problems but work around them?
Or:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-re...
I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.
Hi Robert,
I was able to get Skype working on both of my Fedora 21 systems by following these steps:
The "rules" say to perform a full update first. Usually when I do this something breaks and so do so at your own risk.
yum -y update
Install Skype and the 32-bit pulseaudio files:
yum -y install lpf-skype
Here is the part that should fix your sound issues:
yum -y install pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
Then:
Open Applications->System Tools->lpf skype
Give root and then guest passwordTo run Skype: Open Applications->Internet->Skype
I hope this works for you! I have to say they did a good job when they created this application.
Install worked great. I can hear the test call, but not my recording. First time ever using the mic, so no telling what the problem there is. I am on a Lenovo x120e x86_64 with Xfce.
"sudo yum -y install pavucontrol", then run it:
Applications Menu->Multimedia->PulseAudio Volume ControlClick on the "Input Devices" tab and you can select your input device (and see a quasi-VU meter showing incoming levels). Just keep selecting different ports and tapping the mic until you see the meter jump.
I had this already installed, it seems. When I open it and go to the Input Devices, I do not have a quasi-VU meter. Perhaps this is a limitation of Xfce. And the Recording tab says no application is currently recording. But Skype is running.
I'm running F21 Xfce and I see the VU meter just fine. It's the long, thin bar just above "> Advanced". Input should show up with that bar filling with blue from the left, depending on the volume of the input. Try selecting other input devices (if you have any) and see what transpires.
As far as the recording tab, it won't show anything unless at least one application is actually USING the input (e.g. Skype during a call). Simply having Skype running will not show up.
As an example, bring up the volume control and click on the recording tab. Bring up "Sound Recorder". You won't see anything on the recording tab. Then click "Record" on the sound recorder and you should see that app (and a VU meter) appear on the volume control display. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@alldigital.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "And on the seventh day, He exited from append mode." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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