On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:02:59 +0100 "Joe Desbonnet" <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just cannot get Skype to pickup audio from the mic with FC6. I see > others have had the same problem, but I can't find any definitive > HOWTO on the matter. > > Let just say I've just installed FC6 fresh from dist, applied updates > and got the latest (version 1.3.0_53) Skype RPM for FC5 and installed > that. I know that my sound hardware and mic work (because it works > perfectly with Windows). > > So what do I do/check next? > > > As an aside: Is there *any* easy way to verify that the mic is working > and enabled with FC6? A simple audio recorder or sound level meter? I > would have expected this in system-config-soundcard and/or the volume > control applet. Predictably the Gnome help yields nothing on this. > > Thanks, > > Joe. A solution, which works here for Skype: 1)Install kmix: "yum install kmultimedia". 2)On the input tab of kmix, turn mic and capture on. Z.
