On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 17:20 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > Alsamixer has Mike 1 and Mike 2 and I have no idea what a mike plugged > into the soundcard is called! That's often for systems which have rear panel and front panel mike sockets that can be used independently. You might want to try one or the other (sockets and/or volume controls). Sometimes the mic input isn't sensitive enough, and the preference to boost the mic signal (in the volume controls) needs to be turned on. NB: That's general audio advice, I don't use skype. -- (This box runs FC7, my others still run FC4, FC5, & FC6 in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.