I did this in my laptop with Kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, KDE 4.2 beta and HDA Intel sound card. It might work with other sound cards, but I’m not sure. Here is what I did to get the microphone and sound work.
Click on the volume icon in the system tray and click the Mixer button. It’ll open the volume control setting as shown in the figure. You might see only few options by default. Click on the Settings menu and select channel configuration option. You’ll see a screen similar to the one shown below. Select Front Mic, Front Mic Boost, Mic, Mic Boost, Capture and Capture 2. I’m not sure if all are needed, but I didn’t have time to test one by one. Once you select those, click OK. You’ll be back to the mixer panel now.
Move the slider under PCM to the top. This will increase the volume to the max. Even if you increase the slider to the max when you click the volume icon, the speaker volume may not be high. Increasing the PCM to the max will increase the speaker volume to the max. Now check the mute check box for headphone (don’t do this if you are using a headphone), move the sliders to the max for Front Mic, Mic, Capture and Capture 2. Check both the check boxes above the Capture. Make sure your setting is similar to the one shown below. Adjusting the Front Mic Boost and Mic Boost will increase your microphone volume, but your speaker might squeal if you increase it too much.
Now click the small Skype icon in the Skype window and select options. In the options window, select Sound Devices on the left. Make a test call with Sound In and Sound Out as Default. If that doesn’t work, click the drop down boxes under Sound In and Sound Out and select HDA Intel (hw:Intel,0) (or whatever the first option after default) for both Sound In and Out. Click Apply and try the test call. It should work. Atleast, it worked for me.
Hi, I installed Kubuntu 9.10 on sony vaio lapto, however could not work microphone. I follow these configuration, but still not working.voice, camera is well. do you any suggestion?
thank you
I’m not sure. I don’t have a Kubuntu system with me to check. Sorry.
I’m running Karmic Koala Kubuntu on my desktop. My mixer doesn’t have a mic boost. What mixer should I download, so I have a mic boost to turn up?
As I mentioned, I don’t have a Kubuntu system with me now. As far as I remember, I didn’t download any extra mixer. All I used was the one that came with they system by default.
Dude,.. I have been Using Ubuntu for Like 2 Years,.. and Skype Never Worked on my Laptop, Just for the sake of Skype I used Windows. After going thro’ UR tutorial I gave Kubuntu 9.10 a shot and Skype Worked like a Charm.. I did’t need 2 do ne xtra Config changes apart from minor tweeks 2 Skype..
Neways Thank U.
Smiles,
Ravi.
wow! it worked like magic.
hmm..
i seem to have a general sound problem on KDE 4.1.4..I sometimes have no sound and need to restart for the sound to work properly on all programs..
anw, skype works just fine now!! Thnx so much, i have been looking for a solution to this for a long time now..
thnx =) !!
Did you try changing the Sound Out to other options available in that drop down box? Try each option, press the apply button for each option and then make a test call. See if it works.
Hi..This actually helped a lot but although the mic now seems to work, and the MAKE TEST sound is ok, i cant seem to be able to complete a test call..i hear nothing back..nor do i hear a ringing tone in the test call (i dont know if this is normal)
Any help? Thnx for this post..
Thanks a lot. My sound capture works for the first time
Thanks it’s works
Hi Arun, many thanks for the short tutorial. My configuration was more-or-less the same as yours, and I finally was able to get Skype working. Try and bump this thread up so that it shows up as one of the first links!
You are welcome. I’ll try to move it up.
I added an How-to section which you can see at the top.