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skype sound fails after update to Edgy from Dapper

Asked by David Kaplan

Hi,

I recently updated to Edgy from Dapper on my Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop. Previously, sound functioned well in all applications. Now, sound in Skype and perhaps other applications fails with the following message:

ALSA lib confmisc.c:1105:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.pcm.ipc_key'
ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3947:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM dmix:I82801DBICH4
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1105:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.pcm.ipc_key'
ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3947:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM dmix:I82801DBICH4
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1105:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.pcm.ipc_key'
ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3947:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM dmix:I82801DBICH4

This appears to be the same bug as reported in "Il microfono su Ubuntu Edgy non mi funziona né in Skype né con il registratore di suoni. (Open) posted 2007-01-15 by AleLinux in Ubuntu (Normal)", but I am re-reporting it here in English so that it might get a wider audience.

I will attach the various pieces of information regarding my sound setup shortly.

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Best David Kaplan (dmkaplan) said : 		#1

I will re-report this in the bugs section because wherever I am does not appear to allow for attachments.

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David Kaplan (dmkaplan) said : 		#2

I found the solution to my problem somewhere in the bugs (though I cannot locate it now) and am reporting it here for future reference as several others reported similar bugs (though I can't find them now).

Basically, I had to remove .asoundrc and .asoundrc.asoundconf. This made Skype much happier.

 mv ~/.asoundrc .asoundrc.old
 mv ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf.old