Not a expert, but i did some "fight" with skype.
activating the speakers! This should not be. The mic should only be activated when something like Skype tells the system to connect the mic to
As far as i know, this i correct. Mic is activated all the time. This is default behavior in Mac OS and also in Windows. Thats why there are switch on microphone to swith it of.
When I first tried Skype, it worked perfectly--better than in Windows. Since then, I have not been able to use it, due to considerable break-up. I suspect that I have found the cause, but what is the cure, does anyone know?
I am not sure what you think by break-up, but i had problem that there was hw mic booster on my sound card, which was accidentally switched on. Other problem was that alsa did additional mixing and putting input from microphone and input from audio player together. I recommend you open something like galsamixer or kmix and try to set up your sound card.
--doug
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