On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 05:29:04PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 22:15:16 +0000, > Dave Feustel <dfeustel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, I threw out all the packaging after I determined that it > > works. They cost $39 and have builtin headphone and mic volume controls. > > There is also a USB adaptor, but I have not been able to get that to > > work with skype. In fact, I had to plug the mic plug directly into the > > mic jack at the rear of the computer to get the mic to work with skype. > > I also had to remove pulseaudio modules to be able to adjust the volume. > > With pulseaudio gone alsamixer seems to work well. > > That helps. I am concerned that if I grab a USB model it may need propietary > drivers to use. It seems like they have some inexpensive models that > connect directly to a sound card and have cord lengths that will work. > The USB models would be a bit more flexible if they actually work. The USB adaptor for this headset is a small, separate module which is not reqyired to use the headset with Fedora. It is advertised to work with Windows. I'll try it out next time I go to the library. > I have pulseaudio working OK in rawhide. There was an issue with ALSA > volume controls still being relevant, but with no obvious way to access > them. I finally found a command line tool that let me set the volume > for ALSA to something reasonable and I can now control things in applications. > (Previously the output volume was too low with no way to raise it enough in > applications to hear clearly and boosting stuff in pulseaudio was producing a > lot of noise.) I had the volume problem too, but it seems to have gone away. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
