Re: [Ekiga-list] Sound sometimes disabled

[yannick <sevmek free fr>]

Le mercredi 14 avril 2010 à 10:40 +1000, Murray Collingwood a écrit :
> Hi all
> 
> I'm getting quite frustrated with this app.  
> 
> I try calling echo iptel org on three separate calls.
> The first two calls can work perfectly - the third call there will be
> a sound problem.
> 
> Either:
> a) The volume icon on the call screen will be disabled as though all
> sound is disabled
> or
> b) The icon will be active but the playback volume control will be at
> 0 and disabled
> 
> These three calls are all placed one after the other, nothing is
> changed between the calls.
> A fourth call will most likely work again.
> 
> While 2 out of 3 maybe okay for Meatloaf it's not good enough for me.
> 
> I have hunted through various list emails and it would seem there has
> always been trouble with Ekiga and sound on Linux.
> I tried disabling all of the sound controls and just configuring Ekiga
> but that didn't help either.  
> I tried various options with Ekiga and the Linux sound preferences,
> still no change.
> I even ran Ekiga in a debug mode to look at the logs, and while there
> is a heap of messages generated I can't really tell what I'm looking
> at.
> 
> You can view the log at http://focus-computing.com.au/ekiga.log
> 
> Does anybody have a solution for this?

I'm not 100% sure, but my guess is:

Upgrade to Ekiga 3.2.6 should fix this.

Why?
In the log you provided, the issue seems (after a quick look):
2010/04/14 10:07:21.826	  0:24.369	 Media Patch:0xb4f16b90
GMAudioInputManager_ptlib	Closing device Logitech USB Headset
(PTLIB/ALSA)
2010/04/14 10:07:21.826	  0:24.369	 Media Patch:0xb4f16b90	AudioInputCore	Falling back to SILENT (Ekiga/Ekiga)
2010/04/14 10:07:21.826	  0:24.369	 Media Patch:0xb4f16b90	GMAudioInputManager_null	Setting Device SILENT (Ekiga/Ekiga)
2010/04/14 10:07:21.826	  0:24.369	 Media Patch:0xb4f16b90	AudioInputCore	Opening device with 1-8000/16
2010/04/14 10:07:21.826	  0:24.369	 Media Patch:0xb4f16b90	GMAudioInputManager_null	Opening Device SILENT (Ekiga/Ekiga)

The sound device is set to "SILENT", which just means... what it means!

In Ekiga 3.2.6 there is this fix:
"Make sure the output device is set before a call"
http://ekiga.org/news/2009-09-22/ekiga-3.2.6-available

Please refer to this page for downloads:
http://ekiga.org/download-ekiga-binaries-or-source-code

Best regards,
Yannick