[ale] sound system

[Pete Hardie]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 21:43, drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> Still fighting sound (and video) in Skype.
>
> Found the following in the KDE "info center"
>
> ----------------------------
>
> Sound Driver: 3.8.1a-980706 ( ALSA v1.0.20 emulation mode)
> Kernel: Linux Sarge 2.6.30.10-105.2.23fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>
> Card config:
> Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 9000 at usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.1, high speed
> HDA NVidia at 0xfe028000 irq 23
>
> Audio devices:  NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> Synth devices:   NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> midi devices:    NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> Timers:
> 31: system timer
>
> Mixers:   NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> I can play my music without any trouble; both Amarok and Audacity work
> well.
>
> But why is the logitech USB camera/mic listed as the sound card?
>

If you have multiple sounds devices (soundcard, cam, etc), the order
of the devices makes a difference as to which
is chosen.  I'm not sure which file sets the order, but you can go
into the sound config and set the desired device


> I found alsa.conf in /usr/share/alsa but if there is a simple edit to turn
> on audio, synth, and midi devices that are turned off, I couldn't decypher
> it.
>
> I'm wondering if the system is reporting to Skype that the "Audio devices
> are not enabled in config," and if that might be a part of the problem.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
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