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I have not used debian, but in Ubuntu, it was using the newer sound server and some software did not like working with it unless you changed a lot of stuff. The next update to the sound server is supposed to be a lot better.
Microphone doesn't work in Linux, but works in Windows with Skype?
I have installed Skype for Windows, and the microphone works in Windows XP, but when I installed Skype for Linux, yesterday, I found out everything's fine, except the microphone doesn't work. In Linux, I can't hear sounds from the soundcard if I plug it directly into the soundcard jack, but it works in Windows XP? Rather, I can only hear sounds by plugging the earphones into the jack in front to hear anything. This is the same type of microphone suggested by Skype for both Windows & Linux by Plantronics? How can I fix this? Thanks.
PS I have Fedora Core 9 by the way. I have Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 5.1.
Last edited by trien27; 02-24-2009 at 09:17 PM.
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I have installed Skype for Windows, and the microphone works in Windows XP, but when I installed Skype for Linux, yesterday, I found out everything's fine, except the microphone doesn't work. In Linux, I can't hear sounds from the soundcard if I plug it directly into the soundcard jack, but it works in Windows XP? Rather, I can only hear sounds by plugging the earphones into the jack in front to hear anything. This is the same type of microphone suggested by Skype for both Windows & Linux by Plantronics? How can I fix this? Thanks.
PS I have Fedora Core 9 by the way. I have Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 5.1.
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