Phonon + PulseAudio + Skype = No mic

[Eric Griffith]

Figured it out; had to add msi=enbable and model=auto to modprobe.d
for snd-hda-intel.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:26 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 29 Aug 2011 Eric Griffith wrote:
>> Fixed what I broke; but still havent figured out the Skype Microphone
>> issue.
>
> I don't use Skype, but I recently tried to use Google Hangout and had a
> similar problem.  I spoke to Colin Guthrie about it, and this was his advice:
>
> <quote>
> The reasons for why PA cannot open the sound device are quite varied, so
> there is no simple answer, but I'll try and go over a list of possibilities.
>
> First of, do a fresh reboot. Some apps like to "hog" the sound h/w
> directly bypassing PA (Adobe Flash inside a web browser is a primary
> evildoer here!)
>
> Then, check to make sure you actually have a profile that includes an
> output device selected. You can use pavucontrol or the "Hardware Setup"
> tab in SystemSettings -> Multimedia to change profiles). If you have a
> profile which uses e.g. Analog Input (as opposed to Analog Duplex) then
> only the mic would be supported, not the speakers. Ditto if the profile
> is off. If you are unsure, just mail me the output of "pacmd ls" and
> I'll let you know if this is a problem.
>
> If this is all OK so far, then check which other processes may be
> accessing the audio devices directly:
>
> sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/pcm*
>
>
> Check to make sure there is not a DBus problem. We need to connect to
> the session dbus to reserve our device. If we cannot talk to dbus we
> cannot get a reservation lock and we cannot continue. Use e.g.
> qdbusviewer and check for org.pulseaudio.Server on the session bus.
>
> And lastly make sure you've not got any custom setup that overrides the
> supplied default.pa file (i.e. inside ~/.pulse/ or even edits to the
> /etc/pulse/default.pa version).
> </quote>
>
> In fact the profile set was the wrong one, but these tests pointed it out and I
> was able to get the mic working.  I hope it does for you too.
>
> Anne
>
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