On 06/29/2012 04:46 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: > Most probably something else is grabbing either the playback or the > capture device, at least I have only seen that error when that's the > case. If you don't want pulse to "manage" your sound devices you should > look into setting up an asound.conf with explicit entries for dmix and > dsnoop to avoid one program hogging the sound device. > > That said, the latest skype has been working just fine here with xfce+pulse. > I suspect there is a soundcard fight going on. Incoming calls work with: Speakers: Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6 - IEC958 (hw:0,4) Ringing: Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6 - IEC958 (hw:0,4) It's just the dialout that is messed up. I have also noticed that with pulse/Intel configs I get a delay when testing skype sound (push test button and 10 seconds later the audio file plays). To test, I fired up gnome (stuck in fallback with my Nvidia 8800 - sigh), but skype sound worked fine. I have no beef with pulse, alsa, whatever as long as it works. Since this is my first time messing with skype -- I'm just happy to identify the issue. Kudos to the folks who put the skype wiki together. Setting up a separate user to run skype with and preventing it from snooping is just plain smart. Simple solution, well written up. Thanks for your help and explanation! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
