Alexander Puchmayr wrote: > Am Montag 22 Februar 2010 10:48:37 schrieb David Abbott: >> On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 08:38 +0100, Alexander Puchmayr wrote: >>> Hi there! >>> >>> The 2.1.x-Version of Skype seems to use pulseaudio if it finds a >>> pulsaudio- deamon running, and doesn't allow to chose the audio device in >>> this case. >>> >>> What I want to have is very simple: >>> * Ringtone and any other sound produced by skype shall go to the internal >>> sound device with loudspeakers connected >>> * Audiostream for talking to someone shall go to the USB-Headset. >>> >>> How do I configure this? >>> >>> What I've tried so far: >>> * pacmd shows skype as single client. I couldn't find a way to redirect >>> it to the headset >>> * I've installed padevchoser, but it only allows me to change the default >>> device, and the setting seems to be ignored by skype. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Alex >> Did you try pavucontrol and select your input and output devices? >> > Just tried this tool, but it seems to be a complete failure. Just gives a box > with "connection refused", but no information what it tries to connect to. > The > pulseaudio-deamon itself is running, and I can connect to it via pacmd > without > any problem. > > Alex > > I don't use it system wide, here are the guides I used; http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-789181-highlight-pulseaudio.html http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
HTH