Here is a very useful, drastic, and 100% effective solution to getting Skype 2.1 working on any Ubuntu distribution, thanks to Patrick on another thread:
Every time you want to start Skype, type the following command in a Terminal (opened from Applications/ Accessories/ Terminal): sh -c "PULSE_SERVER=127.0.0.1; skype" A more permanent solution is to cut-and-paste the following commands into a Terminal: su cat <<EOM >/usr/bin/skype.sh #!/bin/bash # bypass horribly buggy pulseaudio export PULSE_SERVER="127.0.0.1" exec `dirname $0`/skype.bin EOM cat <<EOM >>/etc/rc.local SKYPE=/usr/bin/skype grep -q 'horribly buggy' $SKYPE || sh -c "mv -f $SKYPE $SKYPE.bin; cp -f $SKYPE.sh $SKYPE" EOM Feel free to adapt this to other applications which need to escape from pulseaudio -- No microphone in skype https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437192 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
