Volume Control on Fedora 7

[Karl Larsen]

Rogue wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Paul Lemmons wrote:
>>> -------- Original Message  --------
>>> Subject: Volume Control on Fedora 7
>>> From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
>>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>> Date: 06/08/2007 01:23 PM
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gang: I have Skype on FC4 and yesterday I D/L Skype for F7 and 
>>>> it was a RPM that installed with no problem. But I can hear the 
>>>> other person but my audio is not getting to Skype so the other 
>>>> person can't hear me.
>>>>
>>>> I looked for Volume Control all over F7 and found nothing! I have 
>>>> exactly that on FC4 so what has happened?
>>>>
>>>> Karl Larsen
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try: alsamixer
>>>
>>> I have frequently found that one or more of the volume controls 
>>> displayed there will fix the type of problem you are experiencing.
>> Hi and I did find alsamixer and after reading man alsamixer I learned 
>> how to use it. But I turned on EVERYTHING and still the Microphne 
>> signal to the software Skype is dead. I can change the audio level I 
>> hear FROM skype. My mike is plugged into the sound card and it works 
>> fine in FC4. In F7 it's the same sound card!
>>
>> I have another problem. About half the time I bring up F7 it does not 
>> come clear up. The background comes up fine but the upper and lower 
>> bars do not form and the things on the DeskTop are not shown. But I 
>> received some updates with no problem. I get out of the darn thing 
>> with Ctrl Alt F2 login as root and type reboot.
>>
>> Karl Larsen 
> Hi Karl,
>
> I have this problem occasionally, the problems seem to be with the 
> wrong devices being selected for the mic. So I installed audacity. 
> Everytime I think i am running into this issue, I launch up audacity 
> and check that the input is set to mic, and then try and see if I am 
> successful in recording some sound. Once I have confirmed that, I then 
> launch Skype and it seems to autodetect the mic and works perfectly 
> fine from there on.
>
> I hope this option helps you out too.
>
> later,
> Rogue
>
Hi Rogue,

    I assume I can yum audacity so will try it and see if it helps. 
Alsamixer has Mike 1 and Mike 2 and I have no idea what a mike plugged 
into the soundcard is called! Also I turned up things and then tried 
Skype. Perhaps I should have killed Skype and then made changes and 
bring it back up.

Karl