Skype and Linux

[Karl Larsen]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 June 2007 19:44, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> Timothy Murphy wrote:
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>>> Isn't this a misunderstanding?
>>> The advice, as I understood it, was to add the lines to
>>> /etc/modprobe.conf . I wouldn't have thought it was necessary to go to
>>> great lengths
>>> to save the old version;
>>> you can always delete what you added if it doesn't do what you want.
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>>     No, the advice was to add the lines to a file called alsa. Water has
>> passed under the bridge and the last word from Skype is that they are
>> working on a new version that will correct this problem. So I plan to wait.
>>
>> Karl
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> Hi Karl.
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> The Skype folks were giving you file references for the Debian OS. In 
> Debian, /etc/modprobe.d has a bunch of files. Alsa-base is the one they were 
> referencing, but I normally put any changes I want to make in another file, 
> which as default is empty, and named "sound".
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> Back to Fedora: The file that is used for all this stuff in Fedora 
> is /etc/modprobe.conf.
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> You say that Skype was working ok until recently. Did you check that your mike 
> is still working ok, by trying another mike?
>
> Have you had a newer kernel installed recently with your updates? This may 
> have caused the problem. If so try with the earlier kernel when you boot up.
>
> Of course it's possible that Skype themselves have changed something, and is 
> why you're having problems. I 've never tried it, being on dialup.
>
> 2¢ worth of comments.
>
> Nigel.
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Hi Nigel, the advice that came first was to modify the file alsa but of 
course they didn't know where that is on FC6. Then today I got a email 
saying the version I have is bad and a new one is being worked on so 
stand by.

Karl