Re: [Ekiga-list] No voice playback in Ekiga test with Intrepid

[Jim Barber <jim barber linux gmail com>]

Thanks for the reply.  I tried various things in the preferences,
nothing worked.  I had the same problem with Skype, I was  not getting
out.

I decided to  try the Ubuntu Netbook Remix-Jaunty Beta on the Mini.  In
researching a sound problem that it had, I learned about how to access
the alsamixer through the terminal.  I was able to fix the  sound
problem, the speaker was turned off.

I reinstalled Hardy Heron (from Dell Linux Desktops).

I was able to get both Skype and Ekiga working by going to the
alsamixer in the terminal.

Type into the terminal:     alsamixer -c0

The man pages give a good description of how to use it.

The mic boost control was turned off in my case.  I set the volume to 
the maximum green level without it going into the red.

That solved the problem.

The only issue that I have with it now is that the microphone still does 
not work on wifi, but that isn't important to me right now.  I will look 
into fixing that later unless somebody knows a quick fix.
I hope this will help somebody else in the future as it helped me.

Jim
aboard Esmeralda, Mexico