Just FYI,
It is a known issue that many times skype will not work without Microphone 
capture on.

On Thursday 12 April 2007 01:00:31 Orr Dunkelman wrote:
> Long story short: Laptop, sound card, microphone doesn't work. Windows -
> work.
>
> Laptop: Compaq Evo N800V (four years old)
> FC6. Standard. Kernel - 2.6.20.4 - manually compiled.
>
> modules (courtesy of lsmod):
>
> snd_intel8x0           31644  4
> snd_ac97_codec         89508  1 snd_intel8x0
> ac97_bus                2560  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_seq_dummy           3972  0
> snd_seq_oss            29312  0
> snd_seq_midi_event      7296  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                45808  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device          7948 
> 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss            39552  0
> snd_mixer_oss          15616  3 snd_pcm_oss
> parport_pc             26020  1
> snd_pcm                71172  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              21252  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> pcmcia_core            39716  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> snd                    49668  13
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,
>snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore               7776  3 snd
> snd_page_alloc          9992  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> pcspkr                  3328  0
>
> playes with alsamixer.
>
> results:
>
> when microphone is on, switch: Microphone Capture, I hear from the speakers
> whatever I say into the mic.
> when it's off - nothing.
>
> Tried all combinations of
> Line-in capture, microphone capture, +20 db Boost, and IEC 958.
> Tried both mic1 and mic2 for inputs (surprisingly only mic1 works).
>
> No other sound device (especially not a mic).
>
> Permissions:
> /dev/dsp and /dev/snd/*
> were user.root and user.user, permission 600.
> none worked.
>
> anyone with some guess why this happens? google tells me a lot about two
> sound cards, but I have only one, and alsamixer does not solve the problem.
>
> Thanks!



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