I've finally beaten down all of my other troubles, set the mike and speaker volumes but when I try a test call Skype says that I have an audio problem ! I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 7 And really like it a lot.
Skype sound problem on Dell Vostro 1710 solved I had the same problem with Debian Lenny on my brand new Dell Vostro 1710 laptop with Intel-HDA. (Sound worked out of the box, but not for Skype). I also found out that Debian Lenny supports my hardware better then Ubuntu 8.10. This is what i did to solve my sound problem with Skype: Download these ALSA drivers: wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.17rc3.tar.bz2 Extract the package: tar xjf alsa-driver-1.0.17rc3.tar.bz2 Point to the right folder: cd alsa-driver-1.0.17rc3 Make the configuration before compiling: ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` Compile: make Install the new drivers: make install afterwards configure your sound device with the ALSA configuration program: alsaconf Maybe it works on Ubuntu as well. (Execute all commands by using sudo).
