Hi,

I use Skype 0.90.0.14 on my Mandrake 10.0 running KDE 3.2.
My computer is a workstation, so I shut it down when I don't use it.

The thing is, that KDE for some reason doesn't remember the
sound settings, I set.
When I want to use Skype, I have to:
1) click the KMix icon,
2) tell it to use the microphone for sound input (instead on line-in),
3) turn up the mic amplification so that people can actually hear me.

And next time I turn on my computer, I have to go through these
three steps again. I haven't figured out whether KDE itself can
remember the settings... :-(

My question is:
Is there a way for Skype to autonomously do this?
To set sound input to be from mic (naturally) and so on,
when Skype is used to call/be called,
and then perhaps reset the sound settings when a call is hung up?

Best regards
Claus from Copenhagen

In your KMix Settings, there should be an option to restore volume settings on login. I've noticed this doesn't always work reliably though. If you are using ALSA, a more reliable way to do it would be using alsactl to "store" and "restore" the mixer settings (see the manpages for usage - some distros such as Gentoo does this automatically in the alsasound start/stop init script).

How'd you get it to work with Mdk10??? I can only use the thing for text chat!

Wired,

I'm also using Mdk 10. Skype works very well on it. Except I got Problems with the Instant Messaging sometimes. Then the other Person have to send the first text, that the Instant Message Box pops up. I used the rpm file from skype.com.
If that still doesn't work, look around in the forum, because someone compiled a Setup file with Skype, which works on every Plattform.