Getting Skype to work on Ubuntu

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:28:33 +0900, janne <jan.moren at lucs.lu.se> wrote:
> Actually, I have it running with no special fixes as all. I downloaded
> the statically built version and it works - ugly as sin, and the font
> rendering can make you cry in pain but it does work. I guess it depends
> on what audio hardware you have.

I had *long* delays in sending and hearing replies (10-20 seconds), so
this solution worked for me. It  *should* work using OSS emulation
through ALSA, but it didn't for me.

> However, does anybody else have the problem that the Skype notification
> thingy rarely actually ends up in the notification area? For me it
> usually just becomes another small, useless window in a corner. Really
> annoying.

Yes, I had that to. I downloaded an update that just went on the site
yesterday (0.93.0.3 is the latest) and now the notification goes where
it is supposed to. Still ugly, but slightly less so. There are still
plenty of bugs to squish, though. The Help/About page doesn't work for
me now, for a start.