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Regards and Best Wishes Rick Timmis Abazander Ltd Sent from my Dragon 32 On 6 Mar 2012, at 15:48, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/03/12 13:19, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Neil Winchurst wrote: >> >>> Well, thanks to a lot of help from the list, I seem to have my webcam >>> and Skype up and working. That is to say that I can see a picture of >>> myself when I try options --> Video devices and click on the test >>> button. Also I hear myself when I run the test call. >>> >>> However I must find someone on Skype to make a final test. >> >> I've just called Neil - works fine :) >> >> Gordon >> > I have now set up Skype on my wife's laptop to see if it would work. > This is running an older distro, Mint 9 Xfce, and to my surprise it > worked quickly and easily. > > On my desktop computer which I set up first I had a lot of trouble to > get the sound to work. This uses pulseaudio. On the laptop it was easy, > I just had to choose the right microphone, but then this uses Alsa for > sound. > > I wonder why it was so easy to set up via Alsa and so difficult via > pulseaudio. > > Anyway they are both working. Now I suppose I will have to get a webcam > for the wife!! Sigh. > > Neil Ah yes You'll find Pulse Audio Volume Control pavucontrol in your package manage will help you. Rick > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq