[tlug] Skype Pulse Audio Fixed

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Back on 15 AUG, I wrote to complain that the most recent upgrade (sic) 
to Skype had killed my headset because PulseAudio was suddenly required 
and no workaround was possible.  Well, it is fixed ... and I HAVE 
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA which thing I did fixed it.

I started out by installing and updating pavucontrol and found that 
almost none of my devices were listed.

After visiting several dozen "help" websites which turned out to cover 
very old versions of PA and Debian, I stumbled across:

http://terminalmage.net/2011/11/17/setting-a-usb-headset-as-the-default-pulseaudio-device.html

Which introduced me to  "pacmd,"  "# pacmd dump," and "udevadm"  I never 
had to get to the part where you assign specific hardware to specific 
device positions.  All hardware suddenly appeared in pavucontrol and I 
was able to configure regular output to my desktop speakers and my 
headset / mic to Skype.

The only downside I have found at present is that I have to use the 
"Mute" switch on the headset mic to prevent my PC registering sounds.

So, not knowing where I was, I went somewhere else on my hard drive, and 
returned with the things I went to get.  I think I better go buy some 
lottery tickets before the effect wears off.

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CL