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[dawn_of_ai]

Out of curiousity, if you did update alsa, what is the output of:

output for rpm -qa '*alsa*'
alsa-tools-1.0.18-1.13
alsa-driver-kmp-pae-1.0.21.20091105_2.6.27.37_0.1-2.1
alsa-docs-1.0.18-8.12.1
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.12
alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.37
alsa-firmware-1.0.17-1.42
alsa-1.0.18-8.12.1
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.12

Unfortunately I can not help with Skype problems as I never use that software

This is a tiny bit off topic, but: is there any other reliable audio/video call client out there you would recommend?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by dawn_of_ai

output for rpm -qa '*alsa*'
alsa-tools-1.0.18-1.13
alsa-driver-kmp-pae-1.0.21.20091105_2.6.27.37_0.1-2.1
alsa-docs-1.0.18-8.12.1
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.12
alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.37
alsa-firmware-1.0.17-1.42
alsa-1.0.18-8.12.1
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.12

Ok, thanks. I noted only alsa-driver-kmp-pae installed. You could also update the other alsa apps to the latest version. For some reason the zypper command failed.

So you could go here:
Index of /repositories/multimedia:/libs/openSUSE_11.1/i586

and download:

• alsa-tools-1.0.21-6.3.i586.rpm,
• alsa-docs-1.0.21-49.1.i586.rpm,
• alsa-plugins-1.0.21-19.4.i586.rpm,
• alsa-utils-1.0.21-15.3.i586.rpm,
• alsa-oss-1.0.17-27.3.i586.rpm,
• alsa-1.0.21-49.1.i586.rpm
• alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.21-19.4.i586.rpm
• libasound2-1.0.21-49.1.i586.rpm

and then go here and download to same directory from:
Index of /repositories/multimedia:/libs/openSUSE_11.1/noarch

• alsa-firmware-1.0.20-5.1.noarch.rpm

and then open a terminal, navigate to the directory where those rpms are stored, and install them from the terminal with root permissions with the command:

rpm -Uvh alsa-tools-1.0.21-6.3.i586.rpm alsa-docs-1.0.21-49.1.i586.rpm alsa-plugins-1.0.21-19.4.i586.rpm alsa-utils-1.0.21-15.3.i586.rpm alsa-oss-1.0.17-27.3.i586.rpm alsa-1.0.21-49.1.i586.rpm alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.21-19.4.i586.rpm libasound2-1.0.21-49.1.i586.rpm alsa-firmware-1.0.20-5.1.noarch.rpm

followed by:

SuSEconfig
ldconfig

and then reboot.

Originally Posted by dawn_of_ai

This is a tiny bit off topic, but: is there any other reliable audio/video call client out there you would recommend?

No there is no software in that functional area that I recommend.

[dawn_of_ai]

I updated the specified alsa packages to 1.0.21. Now the gnome sound recorder works, and there seems to be a bit less crackling in playback. This is rpm -qa *alsa* ( ):

alsa-docs-1.0.21-49.1
alsa-driver-kmp-pae-1.0.21.20091105_2.6.27.37_0.1-2.1
alsa-oss-1.0.17-27.3
alsa-utils-1.0.21-15.3
alsa-tools-1.0.21-6.3
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.21-19.4
alsa-1.0.21-49.1
alsa-plugins-1.0.21-19.4
alsa-firmware-1.0.20-5.1

the only issues that remain are with PulseAudio, but i can wait for 11.2 release for that.
Thank you again for your help.

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by dawn_of_ai

I updated the specified alsa packages to 1.0.21. Now the gnome sound recorder works, and there seems to be a bit less crackling in playback. This is rpm -qa *alsa* ( ):

Thanks. Glad to read it worked.

I am thinking something has changed in the zypper command , as many users are finding the alsa applications are not installing from the repositories with the "zypper install <alsa-app1> <alsa-app2> " when there are also versions on OSS and Update and on one's PC, even though those repos priority is less. I can not figure out why.

Originally Posted by dawn_of_ai

the only issues that remain are with PulseAudio, but i can wait for 11.2 release for that.
Thank you again for your help.

Hopefully your finally issues will eventually be sorted.

Good luck.

[dawn_of_ai]

Upgraded to 11.2 (installed packages only) and forced update on ALSA packages. The sound card appeared in yast sound config tool, and adjusted the volumes. I set the Intel card as primary device and confirmed the sound config tool.

Playback works much better: no more PulseAudio cpu overloading errors (Skype client doesnt crash anymore).

To get the mic working again:
run "alsamixer" command in terminal, select HDA Intel with F6, press F5 to display all controls and adjust and unmute the mic, then set left Capture column to 0, right capture to full: the mic should work.

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by dawn_of_ai

Upgraded to 11.2 (installed packages only) ....
Playback works much better: no more PulseAudio cpu overloading errors (Skype client doesnt crash anymore).

Glad to read this is working much better in 11.2. Thankyou for sharing your solution.