[opensuse] pulseaudio-1.1-1.2 no sound when selecting input
Howdy all, It started this morning with skype. I was trying to skype home and used skype call testing service on my lenovo laptop (64 bit) and it would not record the sound from my internal mic. So I opened pavucontrol and looked for the sound indicator bar on the "input devices" tab, and the bar was not there. I went to the configuration tab, and it was set to "Analog Stereo Output". I switched it to "Analog Stereo Input" and the sound indicator bar on the input devices tab appeared and indicated sound whenever I talked into the mic. But when I went back to the "configuration" tab and switched it back to "Analog Stereo Output", the "Input Devices" tab shows that no input devices are available and the bar is not there. This renders skype unusable on my laptop, since in order to use skype, I have to have pavucontrol open, and switch the device in focus on the configuration tab to Analog Stereo Input when I want to talk, and then switch it to Analog Stereo Output when I want to listen to the other side. I have pulseaudio-1.1-1.2 on this laptop. lspci shows that my audio device is: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) On my desktop, I also have pulseaudio-1.1-1.2, but a different type of Audio device. Skype and the input-output thing do not have a problem on my desktop - only my laptop. Oh yes, one more thing to note. I rebooted the computer into openSUSE 11.4, which uses pulseaudio-0.9.22-6.11.1, and I was able to both speak and listen at the same time without having to adjust anything on pavucontrol. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 4GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sun, 20 May 2012 17:16:38 +0530, George Olson
Howdy all,
It started this morning with skype. I was trying to skype home and used skype call testing service on my lenovo laptop (64 bit) and it would not record the sound from my internal mic.
So I opened pavucontrol and looked for the sound indicator bar on the "input devices" tab, and the bar was not there. I went to the configuration tab, and it was set to "Analog Stereo Output". I switched it to "Analog Stereo Input" and the sound indicator bar on the input devices tab appeared and indicated sound whenever I talked into the mic. But when I went back to the "configuration" tab and switched it back to "Analog Stereo Output", the "Input Devices" tab shows that no input devices are available and the bar is not there.
this makes sense, since choosing either input or output will exclude the other mode, and for skype operation you need both. usually it's called "analog stereo duplex." if this isn't available for your laptop, perhaps the audio device doesn't support full duplex audio (simultaneous in- and output), or the sound device isn't properly configured in yast -> sound, so that the system 'thinks' it works only one way. i've often seen that "rcalsasound restart" helps, since it resets the audio settings. if that doesn't help, i suggest searching the forums, where a user named "oldcpu" has given extensive advice in just such situations. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/20/2012 10:49 PM, phanisvara das wrote:
other mode, and for skype operation you need both. usually it's called "analog stereo duplex." if this isn't available for your laptop, perhaps the audio device doesn't support full duplex audio (simultaneous in- and output), or the sound device isn't properly configured in yast -> sound, so that the system 'thinks' it works only one way.
i've often seen that "rcalsasound restart" helps, since it resets the audio settings.
That did it, thanks. I did rcalsasound restart, and then the analog stereo duplex option was available for pavucontrol again. I selected it and had to log out and back in again to KDE, and then skype worked again. Thanks! -- G.O. Box #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | nVidia C61 GeForce 7025 | 4GB RAM Box #2 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | Pentium 4 (2core) | 32 | Intel 82915G | 2GB RAM Lap #1: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.3 | Core2 Duo T8100 | 64 | Intel 965GM | 4GB RAM Lap #2: 12.1 | KDE 4.8.2 | Core Duo T2400 | 32 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120 | 2GB RAM learning openSUSE and loving it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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