Skype cannot hear voice

[Nils Kassube]

Rajat wrote:
> I installed ubuntu 7.10 couple of days back and also installed skype.
> However though I can hear the voice of my friends they cannot hear me.
> Also in the "echo" test call service, skype cannot hear my voice.
>
> I referred back to an earlier query on this topic and installed
> AlsaMixerGUI. Strangely ExtMic seems to be disabled as I cannot make
> any changes there.

I seem to remember that the capture input should be switched to the 
microphone channel and the capture level should be at maximum. I don't 
use skype myself, so I'm not sure if this makes sense. Furthermore, sound 
cards have different names for channels, controls etc. which makes it 
difficult to help without knowing the type of your sound card. Anyway, 
here is one more option to get some information about your sound card 
settings. Please open a terminal and enter this command:

amixer contents

Then post the output here, so maybe someone has an idea what is wrong.


Nils