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[Boris Epstein <borepstein@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 07:45:30PM -0400, Boris Epstein wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > wrote:
> > > I downloaded skype for suse 10+ and installed it on s11.
> > > I'm able to login to a skype account created on another
> > > computer, but I cannot activate a skype test call.
> > > I know that my headset works, but I am having trouble
> > > verifying that the mike works.
> > >
> > > How do I get the test call to work?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
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> > Have you verified that the mike works at all?
>
> No, but the headset I am using is a brand new Plantronics. This headset
> comes with a usb adaptor, but it seems not to work at all with Linux.
> The earphones work when plugged into the earphone jack of external
> speakers. I have verified by running the Fedora mixer program that
> the mike and mike boost are muted and I have not figured out how to
> unmute them. On Suse I am running without Gnome and KDE, so I have not yet
> figured out how to check and adjust the volume of the mike.  I am a
> complete newbie with a/v on Linux. I have been running mplayer on
> OpenBSD for about a year, but have not even attempted to use a mike
> until yesterday.
>
> Skype call test works now on both F9 and S11, but nothing I say is
> played back.
>
> > Boris.

David,

I am not sure what to say... Can you verify that that mike works on
any system? I mean, on the one hand I don't see any reason why it
shoould be defective, on the other hand, at this point I have yet to
see any indication that it works at all.

Boris.
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