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I was suggesting something to try, I don't know if it will help. You seem to need something which has a control for the microphone input, since it looks as if it is disabled at present. I installed Pavucontrol, but alas, no progress. No hardware input devices are detected - he gives the message &qu...

Hi cwsnyder, I have a speaker icon in the notification area. It looks normal for the Cinnamon desktop. See the screen shot I am attaching now. I have an internal built-in microphone in this laptop. Have not tested if it works in another OS, as I have no other OS installed. However, I have tested plu...

Is the microphone just blocked on mute, or is it not recognised at all?
I have the latter problem namely... ( http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 6&t=117549 )

We can now download and run Skype 4.0.0.8 from skype.com.
Works well so far for me.

(But we should find better (free) alternatives to skype soon)

Actually, the microphone volume control is disabled. If you look closely at Screenshot2.png, you can see that the Input volume control is painted in grey rather than normal colors. So it's not possible to adjust it...

Thanks nobodynoze, I would be very grateful for help. Typing lspci gives the following: $ lspci | grep Audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Turks/Whistler...

Plugging in an external microphone does not make any difference.

Hi, I installed LMDE on a Toshiba Satellite L870-132 laptop. Works well, except that the microphone is not recognised and doesn't work. If I go to Preferences -> Sound I can see two drivers on the Output tab (Turks/Whistler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6000 Series] Digital Stereo (HDMI), and Built-in Audio...

Solved with update pack 4.

Update Pack 5 solved this.

Between apt-mirror and debmirror, which tool is best?

Hi, I would like to download a copy of the entire Mint 13 repos (both ubuntu-supplied packages and mint additions) to an externlal USB drive. This to help me make offline installations when I am in Niger Republic, where internet connections are poor. Does anyone have good advice on an easy way to se...

I am running LMDE on a Samsung RV711 with an NVidia graphics card.
I can't see how I should go about to activate dual monitors so that I can show a presentation through a beamer on the VGA port. Any advice?

TIA

I used to run ZoneAlarm on Windows, but haven't found any similar application-based firewall for linux. So, so far, I'm running nothing... I am just as much interested in having control over what goes out as over what comes in.

Installing Update Pack 4 solved the problem for my Samsung RV711.

Upgrading to Update Pack 4 solved the problem for me. Finally!

I have the same issue, but haven't found a solution yet:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=199&t=78480

Have the same issue. Skype starts, consumes more and more memory until system runs out of swap space. Then skype crashes and is gone. During this process, CPU is 100% busy and computer basically unusable. Takes ca.10 minutes. Some times Skype will work if restarted, but not always. Only happens on o...

Indeed, skype for linux is not exactly being updated. Doubt that the purchase will change that.
The main feature I want is the ability to phone adequately over internet connections of low bandwitdh. Saves me on my international calls.

rtrev, The biggest culprit was apparently skype. I don't know what becomes it, but more often than not, when it starts up, it chews memory until all ram and the entire swap partition are used up, then crashes. This process takes a long time, and during this time, the computer becomes unusable. I hav...