[ltp] Re: no sound from mic fc9

[Dan Sawyer]

Thanks - still stuck here.

Any success playing dvd?

Wolf-Jobst Siedler wrote:
> Dan Sawyer wrote:
>> This is a mic (sound) config issue, it all worked on fc7. (fc8 was a 
>> bust, but 9 is almost working)
>> Sound from the mic is heard from the speakers.
>> arecord does not record sound.
>> skype does not pickup mic sound.
>
> I ran into the same issue on my wife's Acer Aspire 5051 when 
> installing Fedora 9.
> First thing I did was to disable pulseaudio. There is a thread on the 
> Ubuntu forums on this, but I don't have the link with me (travelling 
> now).
>
> Then I started Skype from a terminal window. IIRC, there came error 
> message(s) about sound-in failure(s) as soon as I called the Skype 
> test user.
>
> Following another posting from the Ubuntu forums, I removed the Skype 
> RPM and installed a Skype build statically linked with OSS (available 
> on the Skype download page). One reboot later, Skype test calls worked.
>
> However, I need to point out that I haven't yet tested it beyond that 
> due to lack of time.
>
> If there is a better solution, I would love to hear about it.
>
> Regards,
> Wolf