[colug-432] Skype and GUVCView Sound Problem

[Stephen P. Molnar]

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:05:44 -0700
Jon Miller <jonebird at gmail.com> wrote:

> I once had a similar issue as you described. Worked before a
> re-install and then didn't afterwards... my culprit was that my audio
> source was muted. I discovered this via using "alsamixer" from the
> command line, see the "MM" for a muted source and hitting 'm' to
> un-mute it. Just a guess, obviously.
> 
> -- Jon Miller
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Stephen P. Molnar
> <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
> > I am running 64 bit Debian Wheezy/Testing on one of my computers
> > and am having a problem that shortly will have me tearing out what
> > little hair I have on the to[p of my head.  Unfortunately, I have
> > had no luck Googling for the solution nor received any help from
> > other users groups.
> >
> > I have a Logitech webcam which was working perfectly with Skype and
> > Cheese prior to the failure of the hard drive on which the OS was
> > installed.
> >
> > I replace the failed HD with a new 1TB drive and reinstalled the OS.
> > In addition to Skype and cheese I also installed GUVCView.  All of
> > which work, except there is no sound!  (Of course, I can't run both
> > cheese and GUVCview simultaneously as they won't share the camera.
> >
> > Seeing as I am only a user, I have no idea as to why the microphone
> > on Skype worked before the disaster, nor do I have any inkling as
> > to what to do to solve the current problem(s).  All that I know
> > with any degree of certainty the microphone used to work.
> >
> > Any help will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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Jon

I certainly appreciate your guess, but muting isn't the problem.

     Steve

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Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.		Life is a fuzzy set
Foundation for Chemistry		Stochastic and multivariate
www.FoundationForChemistry.com
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1