This is pointless: menu is not a window, and WS_EX_TOPMOST is a window style.

I am trying to mimic the behavior of Language Indicator pop-up menus (which pop-up when you do left or right mouse click on the Language Indicator), so the foreground window and focus do not change,...

First of all, you mentioned that Skype does not support 64, which as I understand, means you are running 64-bit version of Ubuntu. I can't comment on that, because I installed 32-bit version (being...

Final blow:

To make Skype working (with good playback from microphone recording) you should install alsa-oss package, then change command from skype to aoss skype

That's it.

Final blow:

To make Skype working (with good playback from microphone recording) you should install alsa-oss package, then change command from skype to aoss skype

That's it.

Was able to get recording working (but playback at lower volume): changed input source from Front Mic to ATAPI Mic (in alsamixer or Volume Control).

BUT: Test call fails in Skype (do not hear my...

Was able to get recording working (but playback at lower volume): changed input source from Front Mic to ATAPI Mic (in alsamixer or Volume Control).

BUT: Test call fails in Skype (do not hear my...

And yes, everything is unmuted and set to top volume (alsamixer).

Thanks for suggestion. No, it did not show anything specific. Still I managed to fix (searched ubuntuforums):

In Hardy (8.04) this worked for me, but did not in Gutsy (7.10):
sudo vi...

In Hardy (8.04) this worked for me, but did not in Gutsy (7.10):
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

Then add the following line at the end:
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo

Also...

I am sorry for flooding the thread with my posts, but I wanted to add, that I definitely unmuted all channels shown in Volume Control (as far as I understand, this should be similar to doing that via...

Here is one more command and its output:

$ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

I also have this problem (since 7.10), and would hugely appreciate your help. I am using ASUS laptop with 2Gb RAM and 2.0GHz Intel Core2Duo processor. I can't say anything about 7.04, because this is...