I wrote most of that howto on the gentoo wiki, and I have to say that once you set up alsa, oss emulation, and skype correctly, it works like a charm.  I even have it redirecting output to another sound card which I have a headset built into.
<br><br>A few things to note:<br><br>-Because this is an earlier version of the skype base software, a few features are missing and probably will be for some time.&nbsp; This includes video, advanced noise reduction, ability to redirect output to one mixer and input to another, and the list goes on.&nbsp; But for my purposes, it's just fine.
<br><br>-There's a bug that pops up every now and then where Skype won't close your oss sound device after ending a call.&nbsp; The only way I've seen to fix this is to close Skype, restart alsa, then reopen Skype.&nbsp; Large pain in the butt.
<br><br>Apparently Skype has been working furiously on a newer version where alsa support and the like will be built in, but I'm waiting to see that one.<br><br>--JBDubbs (<a href="mailto:jbdubbs@gmail.com">jbdubbs@gmail.com
</a>)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">THUFIR HAWAT</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:hawat.thufir@gmail.com">hawat.thufir@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've read &lt;<a href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Skype">http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Skype</a>&gt; and it looks ok.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under<br>fedora it never quite worked right, some sort of incompatability with<br>xmms I suspect.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just sorta soliciting experiences with skype and
<br>gentoo :)<br><br>If I can get it working properly that'd be one less reason to use windows :)<br><br>-Thufir<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jason Weisberger<br><a href="mailto:jbdubbs@gmail.com">jbdubbs@gmail.com</a>