Logitech Stereo USB Headset 250?

[casperl]

I have the same headset and the same problems! ](*,) 



IMHO - This is a bug!



I have done the following:



- Disabled onboard audio (in the BIOS)

- Set the USB interface to USB 1 (in the BIOS) to get around a problem
in recognising my Flash Drive
(http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1283378#post1283378)

- I have downloaded the Beta version of Skype 1.3.0.30 - This works
much, much better than the other versions - but many problems remain

- I have fiddled with the settings in this post:
(http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1283378#post1283378)



The good news is that sound works always!  I can record using
mhWaveEdit but Audacity does not work.  The Gnome sound record works
occasionally but mostly it will hang the sound system.  I have to
fiddle with VLC's sound settings before sound works.



Skype works sometimes and sometimes it reports "problem with sound
device"  I can fiddle with Skype choosing between OSS and ALSA with no
improvement.  The only solution is a reboot and then it could happen
again and again.  And rebooting again will bring up USB + AUDIO + Skype
into a state where it works, and even then I have problems with short
parts of the audio cutting out and disappearing.



Then there is an issue that lsub would report the headset as a Logitech
headset etc. Should I unplug the headset and type in lsusb again, lsusb
would hang without output until I reboot.  (This is called the
(Windows-de-ja-vu experience")



Sadly to say this issue is not really an improvement over Breezy! I
purchased the USB Logitech 250 headset because many posts on this forum
implied that there are absolutely no problems with USB sound devices in
Linux.  For that reason I also disabled the internal audio.



Now my dilemma:  I use this PC in business and I must get Skype to
work!  14 Months ago I dumped Windows and changed to Ubuntu.  Ubuntu is
great!  If it were not for the inability of Skype working every day and
the USB problems, I could say I have never looked back.  Daily there
are more clients insisting that I communicate in Skype.  My choices are
to wait for Ubuntu to fix something that is questionable whether it is a
bug, try a different Linux Distro (Gentoo perhaps?), or go back to
Windows where Skype Works!



The world is starting to communicate via Skype, I have to get Skype
working!!!  Skype is becoming a de-facto standard, therefore anything
that prevents Skype from working should be classified as a bug.  Not
having Skype working is becoming akin to not being able to receive/send
email.


-- 
casperl