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Kristopher Tenk

Registered User

Join date: 11 Apr 2007

Posts: 153

04-22-2008 07:06

If i start Skype and call a friend then load SL, the sound in SL has gone. If i load SL and then load/call on skype i cant.

I found that sudo apt-get install esound fixed this (installing this removes "pulseaudio-esound-compat" , but with 8.04 RC updates keep removing esound and installing "pulseaudio-esound-compat".

Is this a Linux SL issue? or a skype issue? Is SL compatible with pulseaudio yet?

Peace Howlett

Not a n00b

Join date: 1 Nov 2007

Posts: 53

04-23-2008 12:49

Yes I would say it's yet another issue with the wonderful new 'Pulseaudio' sound, for some reason it cant (at the moment) handle as many sound processes as Esound can. I hope it sorts it out soon as sound I would say, is pretty much vital to most modern PC's these days, lol.

I would say stick with 7.10 for the time being, but as 8.04 is going to completely replace it soon, I can only hope things work out.

Tiyuk Quellmalz

Registered User

Join date: 9 Jan 2007

Posts: 24

04-24-2008 10:47

From: Peace Howlett

Yes I would say it's yet another issue with the wonderful new 'Pulseaudio' sound, for some reason it cant (at the moment) handle as many sound processes as Esound can. I hope it sorts it out soon as sound I would say, is pretty much vital to most modern PC's these days, lol.

I would say stick with 7.10 for the time being, but as 8.04 is going to completely replace it soon, I can only hope things work out.

The issue is not with PulseAudio; it's the way Ubuntu configures (or fails to configure) PulseAudio in the default distro. I'm using a very customized install of 8.04 and it's working very well, but I'll have to do a clean install at some point, so I can write up a howto for getting it to work "from scratch".

Doug Randall

Skeptic

Join date: 27 May 2006

Posts: 21

04-24-2008 13:23

In the errata for the spring 2008.1 release Mandriva is claiming it's a Skype issue. They recommend running skype as follows:

pasuspender skype

and voting on the skype jira to get skype to fix it.

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Errata#No_sound_in_Skype

https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-271

Strangely enough I installed the very latest Skype for mandriva and it doesn't seem to have the problem on my system.

SL, Ubuntu 8.04 and Skype Issue
Kristopher Tenk Registered User Join date: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 153	04-22-2008 07:06 If i start Skype and call a friend then load SL, the sound in SL has gone. If i load SL and then load/call on skype i cant. I found that sudo apt-get install esound fixed this (installing this removes "pulseaudio-esound-compat" , but with 8.04 RC updates keep removing esound and installing "pulseaudio-esound-compat". Is this a Linux SL issue? or a skype issue? Is SL compatible with pulseaudio yet?
Peace Howlett Not a n00b Join date: 1 Nov 2007 Posts: 53	04-23-2008 12:49 Yes I would say it's yet another issue with the wonderful new 'Pulseaudio' sound, for some reason it cant (at the moment) handle as many sound processes as Esound can. I hope it sorts it out soon as sound I would say, is pretty much vital to most modern PC's these days, lol. I would say stick with 7.10 for the time being, but as 8.04 is going to completely replace it soon, I can only hope things work out.
Tiyuk Quellmalz Registered User Join date: 9 Jan 2007 Posts: 24	04-24-2008 10:47 From: Peace Howlett Yes I would say it's yet another issue with the wonderful new 'Pulseaudio' sound, for some reason it cant (at the moment) handle as many sound processes as Esound can. I hope it sorts it out soon as sound I would say, is pretty much vital to most modern PC's these days, lol. I would say stick with 7.10 for the time being, but as 8.04 is going to completely replace it soon, I can only hope things work out. The issue is not with PulseAudio; it's the way Ubuntu configures (or fails to configure) PulseAudio in the default distro. I'm using a very customized install of 8.04 and it's working very well, but I'll have to do a clean install at some point, so I can write up a howto for getting it to work "from scratch".
Doug Randall Skeptic Join date: 27 May 2006 Posts: 21	04-24-2008 13:23 In the errata for the spring 2008.1 release Mandriva is claiming it's a Skype issue. They recommend running skype as follows: pasuspender skype and voting on the skype jira to get skype to fix it. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Errata#No_sound_in_Skype https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-271 Strangely enough I installed the very latest Skype for mandriva and it doesn't seem to have the problem on my system.

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