some sound volumes too low to hear

[Robert Roth]

Binary package hint: skype

In Ubuntu 10.04 with skype 2.1.0.81 installed the incoming call sound and the test sound volumes are too low to hear even with sound volume set to maximum in sound applet. When calling someone, Ringing is loud enough, and voice quality is good too. The problem is that I never hear the incoming call sound.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: skype 2.1.0.81-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jun 14 16:46:28 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: skype

[oliford (oliford)]

I have what I believe is a related problem in Maverick xubuntu.
My incoming call alert cannot be heard while everything else can.

I think this is because skype uses some system-wide alert sound system to play the sound, which you can apparently change in the Ubuntu alert sound settings (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1531112). Anyone know what's going on here?

Unfortunately I am using Xubuntu, which has no system wide alert sounds, or at least I can't find them. I don't know what to do with that, do I file this bug against xubuntu in some way aswell?

A hackey work-around is to set, in skype options --> Notifications --> Incoming Call Ringing --> Advanced View --> Execute the following script (bottom one) and add something like:
'aplay /usr/share/skype/sounds/CallRingingIn.wav', which will play it normally
(you might need to install the alsa-utils package)

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

A new skype version (2.2.0.25 beta) is available from partner repository, could you try to reproduce the bug with the latest version and tell us if the problem is still there?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for skype (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]