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Skype on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10

Tue, 2009-01-06 13:27 — elliot

I upgraded my laptop just before Christmas, but unfortunately couldn't get Skype working easily.

First off, I tried the packages for Ubuntu provided by Skype, but I couldn't get them to work. Instead, I used the Medibuntu Skype package. To use these, you just add a couple of repositories to your apt sources: see this page for details.

These worked, kind of: Skype started, but the audio capture didn't work. I found this article, which suggests a fix, by turning off pulseaudio (the default, poorly-configured sound server for Intrepid).

But this didn't seem to completely solve my issues, as Skype kept hanging when you tried to close it down.

So, instead, I followed these longer but more comprehensive instructions, which leave pulseaudio turned on, but fix its configuration. They seem to have done the trick.

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Just downloaid Skype from Skype.com!

Hi all,

I am on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 too.
Don't really get your problems.
I just downloaded Skype from skype.com, installed it and it works without any sound problems.
For recording I use the free Linux ( Ubuntu ) program Skype call recorder ( http://atdot.ch/scr/ ), which does an excellent job.

Sun, 2009-01-11 10:12 — elliot

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Yes, could have probably got the Skype package if I followed the instructions to get it to work. However, using Medibuntu means I can automatically update via apt-get.

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