Thank you for your help!! I created an /etc/asound.conf file following your directions and changed the appropriate line to read:
slave.pcm "hw:Intel,0"
I did that because Skype lists "hw:Intel,0" as one of its available sound devices. In other words, the changed line now references the device name (Intel) rather than the device ID (0).
@Marcus:
Thank you for your help!! I created an /etc/asound.conf file following your directions and changed the appropriate line to read:
slave.pcm "hw:Intel,0"
I did that because Skype lists "hw:Intel,0" as one of its available sound devices. In other words, the changed line now references the device name (Intel) rather than the device ID (0).
The result is that Skype works.