problem with microphone and skype

[Paolo Galtieri]

On 04/15/11 14:38, François Patte wrote:
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> Bonjour,
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> I have some problem with skype and the microphone:
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> My laptop: Dell latitute E6400
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> Result of
> ]$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card0/codec*
> Codec: IDT 92HD71B7X
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> External microphone is working if I use audacity for instance but not if
> I try to configure skype with skype audio test.
>
> Does anyone have some clue to properly configure skype with this sound
> card? result of lspci:
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 03)
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> Thanks.
>
> - --
> François Patte
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> Université Paris Descartes
> 45, rue des Saints Pères
> F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
> Tél. +33 (0)1 4286 2145
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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I have a Dell Precision M65 laptop and I also had a problem with skype 
and the microphone.  On my system (F14 and Gnome) it turned out that 
when I ran the sound preferences app there were 2 microphone input 
devices.  When I switched the configuration to the second microphone 
everything worked.  In my case the second microphone is the built in. 
You may be encountering a similar problem.

Paolo