Hello,

[13:03] <lool> Also ekiga isn't built for lpia on ekiga.net AFAIK

Ekiga is built for LPIA on Hardy and Intrepid. Just use
http://snapshots.ekiga.net/

Best regards,
Yannick

Le jeudi 11 septembre 2008 à 18:05 +0200, yannick a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I'm part of the Ekiga team.
> 
> Le jeudi 11 septembre 2008 à 13:51 +0200, Loïc Minier a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  I tested the ekiga-snapshot package from snapshots.ekiga.net in version
> >  20080901v01intrepid4 and sadly didn't manage to do anything useful with
> >  them.
> > 
> >  these are my notes:
> >  - not parallel installable, conflicts with other packages (notably
> >    ekiga which is a dep of ubuntu-desktop) but uses "/usr/bin/ekiga";
> >    why not simply name the package ekiga?!  or make it parallel
> >    installable
> 
> Well, I could indeed improve that... I do the packaging for Ubuntu.
> 
> >  - gconf error in postinst: failed to parse default value `' for schema
> >    (/schemas/apps/ekiga/contacts/roster_folded_groups
> 
> This has been fixed. Try the new packages from today.
> 
> >  - gconf error on startup (happend twice then disappeared)
> 
> This is something that might have been fixed, i'm not sure; anyway I
> opened a bug report upstream about it:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=540050 please discuss it with
> upstream.
> 
> >  - popup on startup about network settings which need to be configured
> >    manually; looks like it was an issue with either ufw or some vm stuff
> >    I have installed, clearing iptables rules fixed it
> 
> Ekiga is not designed to bypass security unlike Skype... It should work
> without any configuration most of the time.
> 
> If Ubuntu is kind enough to provide a proxy for VoIP, it could work all
> the times... The same apply to Empathy using protocols like SIP.
> 
> >  - doesn't show v4l device name in setup wizard when listing audio and
> >    video input devices
> 
> The V4L API is deprecated since *years* in the kernel. V4L2 is the
> standard for Linux.
> 
> Still, some driver, like yours (gspca) did not upgraded to the new API.
> This is mostly a packaging issue; installing the package
> "libpt-2.3-plugins-v4l" provide V4L support.
> 
> But adding this support will pop up 2 choices for most webcams users:
> V4L and V4L2, which doesn't mean anything for the average user...
> 
> Please report a bug against your driver which do not support the
> standard for Linux.
> 
> >  - doesn't select v4l device by default in setup wizard (prefers
> >    defaulting to logo and MIC line of sound card on my desktop...)
> 
> The above explain why...
> 
> >  - locking assertion failures on console in libxcb  :-/
> 
> Please try the latest package, or report the bug upstream.
> 
> >  - icon is almost exactly the same as empathy in notification area
> 
> Well, we have those icons since something like early 2007 in our SVN...
> They are easy to understand and based on traffic light. There is no copy
> here.
> 
> >  + exits fast
> >  - "Chat" menu to "Quit" is weird, probably not GNOME HIG compliant
> 
> It is compliant, see:
> http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/menus-standard.html.en#the-file-menu
> especially:
> "If your application does not operate on documents, name this item for
> the type of object it displays. For example, many games should have a
> Game instead of a File menu. However, place the Quit menu item last on
> this menu nonetheless."
> 
> >  - "Account" menu in Accounts window doesn't look like a menu (no
> >    underscore); not easy to see where to add an account
> 
> This has been fixed, please test last package.
> 
> >  - When actually using SIP: "Cannot copy from empty list to master RTP
> >    session list" error
> 
> I reported it here, and it is fixed:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545366
> 
> Please try the new packages...
> 
> >  - window resizes itself to the old size whenever I try to resize it
> 
> Hm... I don't know. Please try new packages and report upstream if the
> bad behaviour is still here.
> 
> >  - "FIXME" appears with no reference on stderr/stdout
> 
> Probably fixed as we will release in some days...
> 
> >  - REGISTERs were sent twice because I had two local interfaces (one for
> >    virtualbox); this was very confusing for the SIP registrars and
> >    caused ekiga to think I wasn't registered when I really was (only the
> >    second register was failing)
> 
> I don't know this details much. Please test new packs and report
> upstream if still current.
> 
> >  + webcam display worked, despite being broken/unsupported in cheese
> > 
> 
> Weird, but good :)
> 
> Best regards,
> Yannick
> 
> > -- 
> > Loïc Minier
> > 
> -- 
> Me joindre en téléphonie IP / vidéoconférence ?
> sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Logiciel de VoIP Ekiga : http://www.ekiga.org
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Which_programs_work_with_Ekiga_%3F
> 
> 
-- 
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Logiciel de VoIP Ekiga : http://www.ekiga.org
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