Although Skype and Google video get installed fairly easily on Ubuntu, bad sound settings could be a show stopper. Alsamixer controls the sound and mic and can be force rebooted using:
alsa force-reload
or
alsa reload
This usually fixes most problems. Other useful links:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/164518/hard-resetting-alsa-configuration
http://chriscarey.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/reset-alsa-sound-on-linux/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1068612
http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/3800-solved-how-does-a-user-restart-alsa-without-rebooting/
alsa force-reload
or
alsa reload
This usually fixes most problems. Other useful links:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/164518/hard-resetting-alsa-configuration
http://chriscarey.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/reset-alsa-sound-on-linux/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1068612
http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/3800-solved-how-does-a-user-restart-alsa-without-rebooting/
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