On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 10:45 -0600, Alex White wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:02:21 +0100 > Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> took out a #2 pencil and > scribbled: > > > Rob Townley a écrit : > > >> > > > > > > Don't use skype, but r u sure your firewall is not blocking > > > outgoing sound? > > > > Funny, I never gave that a thought. Any idea which port I would > > have to open? > > > > Niki > > Have you made sure that your mic is set to capture sound via > alsamixer? > > Run alsamixer in a terminal and hit tab to get to capture devices. >From a gnome desktop you can also right-click the speaker to open the mixer panel. > Then have a gander at what is selected. You need to make sure your > mic is selected as the capture device. Otherwise, it may have > defaulted to something other than your mic. On my system it chooses > the first CD-ROM for the capture device for some reason. > > Also, make sure that you have mic boost on as well. You can mute > the mic in the Playback section as well so you don't hear your own > voice as well. When you run the skype test call you should bear > better results. > > HTH > > Alex White > -- Bill