audio input with skype v. 1.4.0.74 on etch w/alsa?
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audio input with skype v. 1.4.0.74 on etch w/alsa?
Anyone have success with audio input in Skype on Debian etch with alsa? I've checked multiple solutions in Google, but still no joy.
I'm running alsa with OSS emulation and all mixer settings are correct. The mic works except in skype.
I believe this version of skype supports alsa, but if that's not correct, then I need to find a way to get "/dev/dsp" to show up as an input device in skype.
Linux version 2.6.18-4-686 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Wed May 9 23:03:12 UTC 2007
cat /proc/asound/cards=
Quote:
0 [CS46xx ]: CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx
Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xfeafe000/0xfe700000, irq 177
1 [U0x46d0x8b3 ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x8b3
USB Device 0x46d:0x8b3 at usb-0000:00:1f.4-1.1, full speed
lspci -v=
Quote:
0000:02:0b.0
Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Voyetra Technologies: Unknown device 3357
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 185
Memory at feafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fe700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
cat /proc/cpuinfo=
Quote:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 1
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1595.201
cache size : 256 KB
There have been major changes to alsa since the 2.6.18 kernel. You didn't state what version you have (cat /proc/asound/version), but I know that there are a lot of changes that went into 1.0.14. You can download the drivers directly from http://alsa-project.org.
manually installing new ALSA driver w/out Debian package
OK, for me this is the deep end of the pool so I need a little swimming instruction (and maybe a lifeguard!).
If I understand this correctly, I download the driver here *, and install it using the instructions here **. Did I get that right?
Presently I'm trying to work out exactly which driver to install and I may be back for guidance with that. At any rate, I'll be back to post the outcome.
Your last post has the correct path to the driver (ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver). Download it to a temporary or more permanent work area (usually /usr/src) and untar it with "tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.14.tar.bz2". This will create a subdirectory (alsa-driver-1.0.14/) with all of the alsa drivers below it. Type "cd alsa-driver-1.0.14" to enter this directory.
To compile for just your card, type "./configure --with-cards=cs46xx". This will configure the build environment to only build your driver (saves time & space). Next (assuming the ./configure command returned without error), type "make && sudo make install". This will build the driver, then prompt you for root access to install it into your system. After it has installed, you will need to rebuild alsa-lib and alsa-utils, install them, then rerun alsaconf to configure your sound card.
This is simple to fix. All you need to do is rebuild with additional cards. In the alsa-driver-1.0.14 directory, rerun "./configure --with-cards=cs46xx,usb-audio && make && sudo make install". This will build the usb-audio driver as well, and install them both.
If you want to just build all of the drivers and not worry about missing drivers in the future, just run "./configure && make && sudo make install". It only takes a few minutes to do a complete build.
Audio input with skype v. 1.4.0.74 on etch w/alsa!
It works! Thank you so much. All I had to do was adjust the "capture" setting in the mixer. Now I have a boom mic to chat with my friends overseas-- so much better than the webcam mic. Thanks again!
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