Comment 8 for bug 691016

I haven't had any luck with headphones myself. Sometimes they work, then they don't. Must boot into Windows 7 to be sure Skype will work. Bug(s) around for years .. Ubuntu & Mint. Why can't Linux do sound right? NUTS. inxi -F output:

System: Host c-art-v Kernel 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Distro Linux Mint 10 Julia
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5 M 430 (-HT-MCP-) cache 3072 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips 9044.08
           Clock Speeds: (1) 1199.00 MHz (2) 1199.00 MHz (3) 1199.00 MHz (4) 1199.00 MHz
Graphics: Card Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.9.0 Res: 1366x768@60.1hz
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel Direct Rendering Yes
Audio: Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Network: Card-1 Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver iwlagn v: in-tree: BusID: 05:00.0
           Card-2 Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver tg3 v: 3.110 BusID: 02:00.0
Disks: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (55.8% used) 1: /dev/sda ST9500420AS 500.1GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 20G used: 3.9G (21%) fs: ext4 ID:/home size: 29G used: 11G (38%) fs: ext2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 26.8C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes 227 Uptime 5 min Memory 541.0/3761.2MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.4.12