Hello Members, as you can see from the threads title, i've set up my Dell lapton to duel boot OS, so i've got Viista/Ubuntu running, the Ubuntu version i'm using is 8.10 (i realise this is still in beta, but will be ratified soon).
Eveything seems to be running so far well, other than Skype from what i can tell, i seem to be able to hear the caller only through the left headphone but i do hear them clearly, a larger problem, is my internal Microphone (above the screen) is picking up sound at a very low level, and the funny thing is, when i do the Skype echo test and actually scratch over the top of the Mic's little holes, the one on the left side of the webcam picks up louder than the right side.
I have checked the settings in Alsamixer, and the device i'm using is 'HDA Alsa mixer device', i've given ths Sigmatel device a go, with the same result.
The 'device input' is set to 'Digital mic 1 in the 'options' tab , and on the 'Recording' tab the 'Capture' sliders are set to full, the speaker icon's under them is clear, but the microphone icon has a red cross over it, which won't come off.
Mux & Mx1, there sliders are completely flat, again the speaker icon is clear, but the mic icon again has a red cross over them, which again will not come off.
On the 'switches' tab 'IEC958' is ticked, 'IEC958 default PCM' is unticked, 'analog loopback' is unticked.
On the 'playback' tab 'Master' 'PCM' and 'Front' sliders are at full, nothing is muted (no red crosses.
I am not experiencing any issues with the sound or the microphone in Skype when in Vista, am i possibly missing specific special drivers (packages) for this particular Dell model of laptop?, or are my setting incorrect in some way?
Also, normal sound playback through a website, or by other means when in Ubuntu has no problems, i get sound through both headphone ear buds, at equal volumes.
Any help would be very grateful.
regards
Livio