[clug] skype hdmi error

[Grant Morphett]

I cannot get Skype to work with pulseaudio.  Skype itself runs fine but I
can't get any audio working.  Pulseaudio is running by default in Ubuntu
8.10 and if I need to use skype I simply "killall pulseaudio" then start it
up and I'm away.  The pulseaudio issue and skype is documented elsewhere on
the web.  Not sure if this is related to your issue.

Thanks

Grant

2009/4/5 Andreas Bauer <baueran at rsise.anu.edu.au>

> Dear Clugers,
>
> I know that perhaps there is not a whole lot that can be done about
> it, since nobody really knows how skype works, but until yesterday I
> could get away using it without seeing the following error(s):
>
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
> ...
>
> Rather "magically", skype stopped working since these messages showed
> up.  No, I am not trying to use hdmi output, or anything fancy.
> Interestingly, sound and microphone both work in other applications,
> and even in skype itself the annoying system sounds still play fine,
> it just won't let me do any calls, insisting that my audio hardware
> has problems.  :-(
>
> I'm on a fairly recent Debian unstable, using kernel 2.6.29, latest
> alsa drivers and skype, etc.  I don't use KDE, Gnome, or their sound
> servers.
>
> Did any of you see such errors previously?
>
> Any thoughts on this are greatly appreciated!
>
> Andi.
>
>
> aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 -
> IEC958]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
> arecord -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 -
> IEC958]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> root at vogon:/home/baueran# arecord -l
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel ICH5 - MIC
> ADC]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel ICH5 -
> MIC2 ADC]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel ICH5 - ADC2]
>  Subdevices: 1/1
>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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-- 
Thanks

Grant