F21 - skype -- How best to install

[Robert Moskowitz]

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-red-hat-rhel-scientific-linux-sl/ 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.

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.