Description of problem: After upgrading Skype from the beta 2 to the stable 2, the microphone no longer works. I can hear others. I have done all that I could to get it working such trying each device in the options for sound in, removing alsa-plugins-pulseaudio, running pasuspender skype, checking my alsa-mixer settings (Skype worked before the upgrade). However, this is not a problem with just Skype. Other users of Linux such as my friends using Ubuntu 7.10 can use Skype just fine with their microphones. Has anyone managed to get it working? Here's my sound card information. Skype is a 32 bit application running in 64-bit F8. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [chris@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep "skype\|alsa" alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-utils-1.0.15-1.fc8 skype-2.0.0.63-fc5 alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-lib-devel-1.0.15-1.fc8 [chris@localhost ~]$ How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Skype rpm for Fedora or static version from www.skype.com/linux 2. Run 3. Start a voice conference with friends or Skype Test Call. Actual results: I can hear friends. Friends cannot hear me. Skype Test Call does not play my voice back to me. Expected results: I expected it to work as others using Ubuntu 7.10 64-bit and Debian Lenny have no problems. And because my microphone settings in alsa-mixer are fine, and I can hear myself through my speakers, I expected it to work. Additional info:
Now I have more alsa packages. [chris@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep alsa alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-utils-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-tools-1.0.15-2.fc8 alsa-firmware-1.0.15-1.fc8.ccrma alsa-oss-1.0.14-3.fc8 alsa-lib-devel-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-oss-libs-1.0.14-3.fc8 [chris@localhost ~]$
This fixes 2 bugs. http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1000545 It also fixes this bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438779
Aha, so it looks like a policykit bug.
*** Bug 438779 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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