Comment 36 for bug 273693

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 on Pentium D (amd64; x86_64). Since there is no 64 bit Skype (and probably will not be anytime soon), you have little choice but to -force the install which of course brings with it many dependencies. (getlibs is a must have, see attached file for skype .deb and getlibs usage)

In my case Skype runs, no error messages, however no sound either. I run Amarok, I can see that it is playing (GUI and text messages displayed as it goes from one song to the next); however no sound.

I attempted Dimtry's workaround #2, however it did not work for me. Thanks for the effort Dimitry!

I also attempted to load the Gnome Alsa Mixer as someone suggested it worked for them, again, no joy for me.

Attached file has the following information: versions of libasound*; skype and alsa* files via dpkg; ldconfig on alsa; comment on necessity for 32 bit dependencies to run Skype required; for those whose skype is broken the specific skype....i386.deb file that worked for me; getlibs works like a champ at getting all the needed files; The specific lib32 files that getlib retrieved from the intrepid repositories; ldd /usr/bin/skype, showing all files; mention of error messages that others are seeing when running skype that I do NOT see; mention of speaker-test -li -c6 -twav which does not work for me as I do not hear anything on either speaker plugged in rear or headphones plugged into front of system.

I hope this information helps you to resolve this issue.

Somewhere I read that a reader removed pulse files and reinstalled alsa to get Skype working, I will give that a go and report back on success or failure.

No sound, no joy, let me know if you need anything else (i.e. mention the command & parms that will give you the results you need in order to avoid confusion)

Thank you for all you are doing to resolve this problem.