I had the same problem - internal speakers and internal mic didn't work. Yelavich's solution did work for me - however, the sound is very low and the mic is not very strong either. Plus, in Skype it produces bad feedback.
In a nutshell: Sound volume and recording volume are too low. -- Hewlett-Packard HP 625: no speaker sound in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs