On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 16:33 -0300, Eduardo Grosclaude wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Andrew <andy.allen at virgin.net> wrote: > > > > > >> Also, do the test with a mixer open (aumix etc) and see if the bars > >> are moving. igain is especially important, it should not be 0 when you > >> talk. > > > > Thanks, but how do I open the mixer to see the bars? There doesn't seem > > to be any such function in the beta version of skype which I'm using > > (which by the way worked absolutely fine with CentOS 5.0). > > Launch a text console and try 'alsamixer'. > Thanks for that - one more thing regarding skype and dependency packages. I installed qt4 because I thought skype needed it - however, should I now remove qt4 and perhaps start again with the static version of skype (Niki Kovacs email 3 Dec) - if so, do I need to reinstall any other packages to 'restore' the system? Andy