On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 20:57 +, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
I've read http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Skype and it looks ok. Under
fedora it never quite worked right, some sort of incompatability with
xmms I suspect. Just sorta soliciting experiences with skype and
gentoo :)
No offence to the
It appears that ESD is setup. I had it ring with XMMS playing. Still a
miserable application under Linux ...
Kurt Guenther wrote:
I'm using gnome, so Skype's docs[1] say:
Be sure to run esd daemon using esd -d /dev/dsp because on some
distros (e.g. Gentoo) the esddsp wrapper checks
I'm using gnome, so Skype's docs[1] say:
Be sure to run esd daemon using esd -d /dev/dsp because on some
distros (e.g. Gentoo) the esddsp wrapper checks for parameters present
to esd daemon and won't detect the daemon if there are no parameters.
Then start using:
*esddsp ./skype*
I've
might shed some light (and links) to things you might want to look at if
Skype bothers you ;-) I have used gnomemeeting before though, and
although it's a great product it had a load of dependencies which deam
it in my eyes as not-worth-the-effort, seeing as I don't have gnome
installed. This
Ralph Slooten wrote:
However to answer your question as best I can. Basically all software
used to phone fixed lines will have some charge or another I believe.
Gnomemeeting apparently does this too (since recently) or at least I
heard, but I know too little about that to make a judgement.
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Daniel da Veiga wrote:
Skype searches for sound daemons, but I notice it never uses them, OSS
always (or the emulated OSS under ALSA), maybe will come handy in the
future of development.
Skype does not search for demons at all, the gentoo
Skype searches for sound daemons, but I notice it never uses them, OSS
always (or the emulated OSS under ALSA), maybe will come handy in the
future of development.
Skype does not search for demons at all, the gentoo sound-wrapper script
does.
I wouldn't worry about the Linux version
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Hi Grant,
Grant wrote:
Very interesting. It's starting to sound like Skype isn't the devil
after all. Is there any other software that will let me make calls to
regular phone lines from my Linux computer? Free would be better, but
I don't mind
Hi,
I'm sorry for the noise I caused, but I want to clarify some
things:
Skype *is* awesome in terms of any Linux product. It works
on almost all major distros out-of-the-box without any
configuration needed (firewall included). This cannot be
said for apps like gnomemeeting etc... They
Skype knows nothing about artsd or esd. The reason you see
that message is that the execution of skype is done by
a shell script which checks for the existence of one of
these daemons, and if found, fools skype into using it
via some clever (but not original) subterfuge.
I assume the wrapper was
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Sorry to reply late on this, but statements like this cannot go
unchallenged:
Christoph Eckert wrote:
Skype isn't awesome. They did it right in terms of usability.
But do not forget that they are abusing you, the user, to
penetrate the market
I just got set up with SkypeOut and that thing is awesome. I'm not
using the kde or enlightenment sound daemons. Do they just basically
take some load from the CPU and put it in memory?
- Grant
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I just got set up with SkypeOut and that thing is awesome.
I'm not using the kde or enlightenment sound daemons.
http://www.skype.com/help/faq/linux.html
»What sound system does Skype for Linux beta use?
Skype for Linux beta uses OSS (Open Sound System),
using /dev/dsp as its audio input
I just got set up with SkypeOut and that thing is awesome.
I'm not using the kde or enlightenment sound daemons.
http://www.skype.com/help/faq/linux.html
»What sound system does Skype for Linux beta use?
Skype for Linux beta uses OSS (Open Sound System),
using /dev/dsp as its audio
Skype isn't awesome. They did it right in terms of usability.
But do not forget that they are abusing you, the user, to
penetrate the market with their proprietary protocol- As soon
as this happened, it is likely that the Linux version
disappears.
Why would they remove the Linux version?
Skype searches for sound daemons, but I notice it never uses them, OSS
always (or the emulated OSS under ALSA), maybe will come handy in the
future of development. I wouldn't worry about the Linux version
dissapear, the FREE version, OH YES, just like Kazaa and its bunch of
spyware.
Besides, if
What I'm confused about is the message I get when running
skype from the command line:
No running artsd or esd found
Starting skype without sound daemon
Same for me.
There are arts and esd USE flags for skype. Where do these
sound daemons come in?
I guess that Skype tells us that it
You basically agree that they may use your idle bandwidth
and CPU time for any anonymous purpose.
Ops. THe police is standing in front of my house and calling
me a spammer ;-) ?
I won't let them
use my computer without me knowing what's going on. Sure, a
GREAT software,
Yes.
but
Why would they remove the Linux version? That would mean
less people will use and pay for their software.
As soon as their protocol has penetrated all corporate VOIP
networks, the few linux users aren't of any interest.
Maybe they will keep the Linux client available, maybe for
free, but
That's the problem. You can easily use the software mentioned
to call a friend who gave you his IP address. But you cannot
call into the classical phone net. To do so, you need a
service provider who has gateways all over the world. And
this is something which cannot be solved by the open
No running artsd or esd found
Starting skype without sound daemon
There are arts and esd USE flags for skype. Where do these sound
daemons come in?
If they had been started already, skype would have been started wrapped
by artdsp (this is what happens for arts, at least).
When no sound daemon
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