Ulrich, Skype is not the only issue with PulseAudio (though one of the most annoying ones). Including PulseAudio in the coming LTS release doesn't look too wise to me either, but it's included and we'll have to live with it anyway.
A temporarily workaround was proposed earlier in this bugreport: issue killall pulseaudio in console. This switches PulseAudio off (until the next GDM restart), allowing dmix to be the audio mixer, which solves the audio problems. Unfortunately, upstream PulseAudio team's position is that PulseAudio is completely allright, and instead all those applications that don't work well are broken (wine, Skype, ALSA, VLC, the list may continue). It is thus highly unlikely that this bug will be resolved ever in the thinkable future. -- PulseAudio prevents programs relying on ALSA to work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/198453 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
