I have just bought some new multimedia headphones but cant get mic to work on opensuse 11.4 on laptop.
any help pls.
Try installing Pulse Audio Volume Control and adjust setting from there you may have to try several different settings. you can install through a terminal zypper install pavucontrol or Through Yast just search for pavucontrol.
but if i install pulseaudio i cant use Skype properly…no?
Actually I use Skype and that is how I got my mic working.
Pulse Audio is already installed by default this just allows you more configuration of the Pulse Sound Server. Also you might want to uncheck Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels if you still have trouble.
I have had trouble with pulse audio and skype in the past and have been told to use alsa, but if you can tell me what settings i have to put in i would be very grateful.
Well have you uninstalled Pulse Audio? If not then install Pulse Audio Volume Control and open a terminal and type pavucontrol to start it. Start Skype and go to make a test call. Look for the input tab In Pulse Audio Volume Control and try changing the port till you find one that works. I’ll post a picture of mine.
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Oh and my Skype config does have Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels checked but I have heard other people say if you have troubles uncheck it.
i got connection: failed connection:refused
After what command?
Sounds like the sound daemon might not be running. If you uninstalled Pulse Audio I would reinstall it and reboot.
after ‘pavucontrol’
Well it sounds like the Pulse Audio Server is not running. Try running pulseaudio and see what it says.
ok pulseaudio working , pulseaudio control working, but there is no sound at all now from test sound on skype
pavucontrol:9544): DEBUG: Ignoring sink-input due to it being designated as an event and thus handled by the Event widget
getting background noise, but not from environment
What phonon, pulse and alsa apps you have installed ? What is output of:
rpm -qa ‘alsa’
rpm -qa ‘pulse’
rpm -qa ‘phonon’
rpm -q libasound2
pulse: alsa-plugins-pulse-32bit-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-0.9.22-6.11.1.x86_64
libpulse0-32bit-0.9.22-6.11.1.x86_64
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.22-6.11.1.x86_64
cmus-plugin-pulse-2.4.2-1.5.x86_64
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-32bit-0.9.22-9.2.x86_64
libpulse-browse0-0.9.22-6.11.1.x86_64
libpulse0-0.9.22-6.11.1.x86_64
alsa:
alsa-plugins-32bit-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-samplerate-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-1.0.24.1-4.9.1.x86_64
alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-749.1.x86_64
alsa-utils-1.0.24.2-3.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-jack-32bit-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-firmware-1.0.24.1-3.1.noarch
alsa-devel-1.0.24.1-4.9.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulse-32bit-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-oss-1.0.17-32.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-maemo-32bit-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-tools-gui-1.0.24.1-4.5.1.x86_64
java-1_6_0-sun-alsa-1.6.0.u29-0.2.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-jack-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-maemo-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-samplerate-32bit-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
pyalsa-1.0.22-4.1.x86_64
alsa-tools-devel-1.0.24.1-4.5.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-speex-1.0.24-6.1.x86_64
alsa-docs-1.0.24.1-4.9.1.noarch
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.17-32.1.x86_64
alsa-tools-1.0.24.1-4.5.1.x86_64
phonon:
libphonon4-4.4.4-3.1.x86_64
phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10-4.4.4-3.1.x86_64
phonon-4.4.4-3.1.x86_64
phonon-devel-4.4.4-3.1.x86_64
phonon-backend-xine-4.4.4-3.1.x86_64
phonon-backend-vlc-0.3.2-6.2.x86_64
libphonon4-32bit-4.4.4-3.1.x86_64
libasound2:
libasound2-32bit-1.0.24.1-4.9.1.x86_64
can somebody tell me how to get headphnes and mic running through ‘alsa’…
would be much appreciated.
I can try, but it will be slow. I head off on business tomorrow afternoon (leaving the country), and I won’t be back until late Thursday night. Friday afterwork my wife and I are hosting a party of ~30 people … so it may be the weekend before I can help much.
Still, you could start by running an audio diagnostic script and posting here the output website address provided (where it will have uploaded your pc’s audio configuration). To run the script, open an xterm/konsole and type:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
and select the UPLOAD/SHARE option. When it is complete, it will give you a web address where the script output is located. Do not ‘just’ blindly post the URL and walk away. Check to make sure you posted the correct URL. You would be surprised as to how many users post the wrong URL. And do NOT post the script content here. Post the URL. You also would be surprised how many people clutter the thread with the massive output of that script. So just the URL.
Also, when testing, your mic, I recommend you use ‘arecord’. Pay attention to the error messages of arecord, as they often provide a hint as to what is wrong !!
An example in your /home/user directory, send the command …
arecord -vv -f S16_LE -c 2 -D hw:1,0 new.wav
and talk into the mic, and you stop that record by pressing < CTRL > < C > and then play back the file new.wav. Note I have assumed the format ‘S16_LE’ (which may be wrong) and I assumed two channels with ’ -c 2 ’ … its possible one channel with ’ -c 1 ’ is better. And I have assumed your mic hardware is ‘h:1,0’. It may not be. It may be ‘hw:0,0’ or something else. Thats why I need you to run the script to provide more information.
You also need to tell us about this mic. Is it integrated to the laptop? Is it a stand alone mic ? Is it part of the headset ? Is that a USB headset or an headset that you plug into a headset/mic ack. That is fundamental information, without which I for one, am NOT smart enough to help you.
What desktop are you using ? KDE3 ? KDE4 ? Gnome ? Xfce ? LXDE ? Again without that information, I may not be smart enough to help you.
Good luck, and apologies about my being away, but I am incredibly busy in my PAYING job, and I am doing my best to stay employed (as that brings in the money for food and lodging). GNU/Linux support is a hobby for me.