[Ekiga-list] Sound problems

[Damien Sandras]

Le dimanche 17 septembre 2006 à 08:41 +0200, yannick a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Le dimanche 17 septembre 2006 à 15:28 +1000, Linda Marsh a écrit :
> > Can you tell me how to reverse what I have done with this arecord
> > command? 
> 
> Quote from 
> $ man arecord
> "arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA sound‐
> card driver"
> 
> This as nothing to do with Ekiga, those programs (aplay and arecord) are
> part of ALSA (the system wich provide drivers for sound-cards shipped
> with the linux kernel). See http://www.alsa-project.org/
> 
> I guess Damien ask you to test this command to see if your ALSA
> installation can support ekiga's requirement from ALSA. Seems your
> driver fails to complete the job, meaning your ALSA installation (or
> worst, your sound-card...) can't work with ekiga. 
> 
> What is your ALSA version ?
> Try this in a shell :
> $ cat /proc/asound/version
> 
> What is your distro ?
> 
> What is your sound card ?
> 

To summarize what Yannick said, most probably your sound hardware setup
is messed up. Suggestion: change your distribution and install one that
comes with tested software.
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