On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 11:44 +0000, Andrew wrote: > But this is disappointing because I want my PC to be completely > functional and skype is part of that requirement - so I suppose I'm > going to have to look around for an alternative to CentOS (5.3). My wife uses Skype on Centos 5 (currently 5.4) regularly. She has a Microsoft Lifechat (USB) headphone/microphone that she uses for that purpose. If her computer is booted up with the headphone plugged in, then it doesn't work properly. But if the headphone is unplugged when the computer is booted and plugged in afterward, everything is fine. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com