I'm having the same problem with my HP Mini 110, but in my case, uninstalling pulseaudio didn't get the built-in microphone working in skype. Attaching my lspci output.
** Attachment added: "output of 'lspci -vv'" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32892546/lspci.output -- [ubuntu karmic] no microphone in skype https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437192 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs