I have installed Skype 4.0.0.8 on my new workstation running CentOS-6.3 (kvm) and the Gnome DTM. This host has an Intel DG43GT motherboard with on-board audio. The sound works when tested in the sound preferences in the desk top. Skype runs and the integrated usb video and microphone both work (I infer this from the mic test in Skype options showing movement on the intensity bar as I can hear nothing). I have gone through all of the choices in the audio setting and none of them work. Are there any other packages or settings I should have installed or set to get audio working in skype? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
On 19.10.2012 16:15, James B. Byrne wrote:> I have installed Skype 4.0.0.8 on my new workstation running > CentOS-6.3 (kvm) and the Gnome DTM. This host has an Intel DG43GT > motherboard with on-board audio. The sound works when tested in the > sound preferences in the desk top. > > Skype runs and the integrated usb video and microphone both work (I > infer this from the mic test in Skype options showing movement on the > intensity bar as I can hear nothing). > > I have gone through all of the choices in the audio setting and none > of them work. Are there any other packages or settings I should have > installed or set to get audio working in skype?James, It should just work. The only problem I had was switching from the laptop's microphone to the one that came with my headphones since it's more performant. I did this by selecting it in the sound preferences (gnome-volume-control). Also, make sure you have installed the 32 bit pulseaudio libs, if you're on 64bit; or you can "yum install" this repo which will pull in the required deps: http://repo.fedoramd.org/mirrors/russianfedora/nonfree/el/updates/6/x86_64/skype-4.0.0.8-1.el6.R.i586.rpm -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro
James B. Byrne wrote:> Skype runs and the integrated usb video and microphone both work (I > infer this from the mic test in Skype options showing movement on the > intensity bar as I can hear nothing).Have you looked at the Wiki page on Skype at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype ? Have you tried running alsamixer in a terminal and checking that all the options and volumes are correct? For me, by default, the volume on the USB headset was zero. Yves Bellefeuille
On Fri, October 19, 2012 11:32, Nux! wrote:> James, > > It should just work. The only problem I had was switching from the > laptop's microphone to the one that came with my headphones since it's > more performant. I did this by selecting it in the sound preferences > (gnome-volume-control). > Also, make sure you have installed the 32 bit pulseaudio libs, if > you're on 64bit; or you can "yum install" this repo which will pull in > the required deps: > http://repo.fedoramd.org/mirrors/russianfedora/nonfree/el/updates/6/x86_64/skype-4.0.0.8-1.el6.R.i586.rpmYour package works fine. Thank you very much. I checked the dependencies against what was installed as x86_64 versions and cold find nothing missing. Do you happen to know, or strongly suspect, why the 32 bit version works and the 64 bit version does not? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
Hello James, On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:15:11 -0400 "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote:> I have installed Skype 4.0.0.8 on my new workstation running > CentOS-6.3 (kvm) and the Gnome DTM. This host has an Intel DG43GT > motherboard with on-board audio. The sound works when tested in the > sound preferences in the desk top. > > Skype runs and the integrated usb video and microphone both work (I > infer this from the mic test in Skype options showing movement on the > intensity bar as I can hear nothing). > > I have gone through all of the choices in the audio setting and none > of them work. Are there any other packages or settings I should have > installed or set to get audio working in skype?Did you install a 32-bit version of Skype on a 64-bit system? (there's no 64-bit Skype, yet or ever) If so, you'll have to install all the 32-bit stuff that Skype needs to get sound (pulseaudio and more). I remember I had to do this first when I installed an old Skype 2.x (then updating to 4.x was still OK). I've found the information online, it was related to Fedora maybe, can't remember exactly. Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20121019/27cebb51/attachment-0004.sig>