skype hangs

[Santiago Erquicia]

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 09:14 +0100, Fred Blaise wrote:
>Hello
>
>I am using skype 1.0.0.7-1 on Hoary.
>I know it's not a supported pkg, but I was wondering if anyone had that
>same experience I have.
>While chat works well, every time I try to use SkypeOut to call regular
>phones, skype hangs, and I need to manually kill it. I never tried
>phoning anyone from skype-to-skype, so i can't tell on that one.
>
>Anyone having the same problem?
>
>Thanks

I had the same problem and it is due to sound.  My sound card doesn't
allow hardware mixing and that is required for skype.

My symptoms were that when there is a call, I cannot even answer it.
The buttons work but they don't have any effect.  I can even move it
into the tray.  When I try to close it, it complete freezes.

I'm trying to use "esddsp skype" but couldn't make it work yet.

Santiago