Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
So I found a simple solution: ... No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! Have fun! Great job Hans! Made a python script to automate this - hope might help :-) Here: http://pastebin.com/0pQhmuh4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e5ced10ba917ede8960a303a9f5b4...@autistici.org
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 07:51:23PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > created a new package with the fix. You can get it here: > > http://www.ccpeine.de/downloads/skype-debian-4.2.0.11-2_i386.deb > > I tested the installation on my 64-bit notebook and my 32-bit EEEPC. > Both running Debian/wheezy. If something is still wrong, please tell me my > mistake. Hans, your effort very much appreciated. I installed your hacked 4.2.0.11-2. The only configuration change needed was that in Skype, Options, Sound Devices, Open PulseAudio Volume Control, Recording, I had to switch from sound card input to the webcam mike input. Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140820200126.gf3...@historicalmaterialism.info
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Tom H wrote: > > Edit build/DEBIAN/control and bump up "Version: " (or create > a "Version" line of it doesn't exist because dpkg-deb needs it but > dpkg-buildpackage doesn't so it might not be there). I felt that this was nonsense when I wrote it but I was in too much of a hurry to reread it and think about it. If you're getting "control" from a deb, it'll have a "Version" line. Sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=syzn1nblsbrxjshikregubj+qa7v7kgdwwbdrpxrry...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
Hi folks, created a new package with the fix. You can get it here: http://www.ccpeine.de/downloads/skype-debian-4.2.0.11-2_i386.deb I tested the installation on my 64-bit notebook and my 32-bit EEEPC. Both running Debian/wheezy. If something is still wrong, please tell me my mistake. Have fun! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2628203.aetYCCuIGy@protheus2
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
> I am still after an alternative to Skype which works on Linux, Mac OS X and > Windows *and* easy to setup, so it could be a drop-in replacement for Skype. > Bonus points for secure and privacy aware encryption features. > > Ciao, Hi Martin, I don't think, there is an alternative for skype. In case of you have to talk to skype users, you need the skype-proprietriery protocol. All alternatives are using H264 or other sip protocols. However, I heard, there are gateways, which let you use open source applications like ekiga or qutecom (aka wengophone), which transfer the open protocol to the skype protocol. Sorry, but I cannot point at the moment, where to go for it. Maybe google search might help. i also believe, those gateways do cost a little bit. If your friends are not forced to use skype and are willing to change, try ekiga, linphone or qutecom. Linphone made great progress in the past, as well as ekiga, too. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3156325.44FLHqaIIW@protheus2
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On 21/08/2014, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:53 AM, Hans wrote:
>>
>> just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian
>> package
>> and would like to change these in the package:
>>
>> - changelog
>> - skype binary
>>
>> I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it
>> did
>> not work (or I did not understand the manual correctly).
>>
>> The repackage is needed for my own purposes, as I added skype in my
>> Germanized
>> version of my own KALI-Linux build (see: http://www.ccpeine.de/?p=1152).
>>
>> Of course, I can figure it out for myself after some time, but a little
>> help
>> would be nice.
>>
>> Is repacking correcting all gpg keys to the new version (check at
>> unpack???),
>> or do only repo masters verify complete packages?
>
> Download the skype deb.
>
> (This is just thinking it through without testing it...)
>
> Expand it with ar (rather than with dpkg).
>
> mkdir -p build/DEBIAN
>
> tar -xzf control.tar.gz -C build/DEBIAN
>
> tar -xzf data.tar.gz -C build
> (it could be .bz or .xz)
>
> Edit build/share/doc/skype/changelog.Debian.gz to
> add an entry and bump up the version.
>
> Edit build/DEBIAN/control and bump up "Version: " (or create
> a "Version" line of it doesn't exist because dpkg-deb needs it but
> dpkg-buildpackage doesn't so it might not be there).
>
> find build -type d -exec chmod 0755 +
>
> If they exist:
> chmod 0775 build/DEBIAN/post{inst,rm}
>
> Make your changes to "debian/usr/bin/skype" or whatever other changes
> you'd like to make.
>
> Recreate "build/DEBIAN/md5sums".
>
> fakeroot dpkg-deb -b build skype<...something...>.deb
>
>
> --
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Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:53 AM, Hans wrote:
>
> just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian package
> and would like to change these in the package:
>
> - changelog
> - skype binary
>
> I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it did
> not work (or I did not understand the manual correctly).
>
> The repackage is needed for my own purposes, as I added skype in my Germanized
> version of my own KALI-Linux build (see: http://www.ccpeine.de/?p=1152).
>
> Of course, I can figure it out for myself after some time, but a little help
> would be nice.
>
> Is repacking correcting all gpg keys to the new version (check at unpack???),
> or do only repo masters verify complete packages?
Download the skype deb.
(This is just thinking it through without testing it...)
Expand it with ar (rather than with dpkg).
mkdir -p build/DEBIAN
tar -xzf control.tar.gz -C build/DEBIAN
tar -xzf data.tar.gz -C build
(it could be .bz or .xz)
Edit build/share/doc/skype/changelog.Debian.gz to
add an entry and bump up the version.
Edit build/DEBIAN/control and bump up "Version: " (or create
a "Version" line of it doesn't exist because dpkg-deb needs it but
dpkg-buildpackage doesn't so it might not be there).
find build -type d -exec chmod 0755 +
If they exist:
chmod 0775 build/DEBIAN/post{inst,rm}
Make your changes to "debian/usr/bin/skype" or whatever other changes
you'd like to make.
Recreate "build/DEBIAN/md5sums".
fakeroot dpkg-deb -b build skype<...something...>.deb
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Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I managed to get an older version of skype (the multiarch debian package) > getting connected to skype. As you might have noticed, the new version is > pulseaudio needed /what a crap!) and the older version (4.2) inhibits to > connect to the server. > > So I found a simple solution: > - Install the 4.2 package. > - start a hexeditor and open the file /usr/bin/skype > - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" > - save the file > - restart skype and > - voila! It is now connecting to the server again! > > No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! > > Have fun! > > Hans Thanks so much for this. It's particularly useful for anyone who must use skype for linux on a box with a sempron processor. As with recent versions of flash, the newest skype won't run at all on this processor. The avoidance of pulseaudio is a plus, of course, but I must confess than time has inured me to its attendant frustrations. -- Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lt2hmv$mmk$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, Hans wrote: > just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian > package > and would like to change these in the package: > > - changelog > - skype binary > > I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it did > not work (or I did not understand the manual correctly). Use the dpkg-repack package :-) -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140820104623.ga20...@khazad-dum.debian.net
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
Hi folks, just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian package and would like to change these in the package: - changelog - skype binary I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it did not work (or I did not understand the manual correctly). The repackage is needed for my own purposes, as I added skype in my Germanized version of my own KALI-Linux build (see: http://www.ccpeine.de/?p=1152). Of course, I can figure it out for myself after some time, but a little help would be nice. Is repacking correcting all gpg keys to the new version (check at unpack???), or do only repo masters verify complete packages? If my new fixed package is able to be installed, I think, there are other people interested in and I will be pleased to share it. Thanks in advance Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/7746169.2p5pQGTZ8V@protheus7
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 11:30:02 AM UTC+5:30, Hans wrote: > ! > > Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out? > > Hugo > Hi Hugo, > to figure this out was by chance and a littlen bit thinking. > Someone in the skype forum told, he installed skype 4.2 and it connected. So > I > downgraded skypeo from 4.3 to 4.2 and at the first start it connected, too. > Then I disconnected from the skype-servers and tried to reconnect. There was > no way to reconnect. However, now I knew, connecting is possible, but the > server inhibits. > Now I looked into the package, the only main difference I saw in the linux > package, that the skype binary was different. The skype.conf and other files > were the same. > As I am no coder, my idea was, that the skype server just check the version > of > the binary. the command skype --version told me the version, and I thought, > this version must be named somewhere in the binary. > The rest was simple: I opened the binary with a hexeditor and searched for > the > version: 4.2.0.11 and then changed this to the actual version. Doing so, the > old binary behaves as the 4.2 version, but tells the skype-server, hey, I am > 4.3.0.37. That way the skype server allows connecting again. > I am no coder, a real coder would have disassembled the 4.3 skype binary and > put alsa support back. My way was much more simple and more a "hack". :) He would?!?! I'll need to contact my univ, return my degree and ask a money-back then :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e5e389f1-4b0e-4303-9580-5e28f3923...@googlegroups.com
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
! > > Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out? > > Hugo Hi Hugo, to figure this out was by chance and a littlen bit thinking. Someone in the skype forum told, he installed skype 4.2 and it connected. So I downgraded skypeo from 4.3 to 4.2 and at the first start it connected, too. Then I disconnected from the skype-servers and tried to reconnect. There was no way to reconnect. However, now I knew, connecting is possible, but the server inhibits. Now I looked into the package, the only main difference I saw in the linux package, that the skype binary was different. The skype.conf and other files were the same. As I am no coder, my idea was, that the skype server just check the version of the binary. the command skype --version told me the version, and I thought, this version must be named somewhere in the binary. The rest was simple: I opened the binary with a hexeditor and searched for the version: 4.2.0.11 and then changed this to the actual version. Doing so, the old binary behaves as the 4.2 version, but tells the skype-server, hey, I am 4.3.0.37. That way the skype server allows connecting again. I am no coder, a real coder would have disassembled the 4.3 skype binary and put alsa support back. My way was much more simple and more a "hack". :) Have fun! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3391367.BNlmisYp39@protheus2
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
Hans wrote: Hi folks, I managed to get an older version of skype (the multiarch debian package) getting connected to skype. As you might have noticed, the new version is pulseaudio needed /what a crap!) and the older version (4.2) inhibits to connect to the server. So I found a simple solution: - Install the 4.2 package. - start a hexeditor and open the file /usr/bin/skype - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" - save the file - restart skype and - voila! It is now connecting to the server again! No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! Have fun! Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out? Hugo --- Great tip! There is a similar workaround for the Tab Killer add-on for FF. Just change the number in the configuration file and it works too. golinux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3014569a629b6414edd7e30706d81...@riseup.net
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:05:57 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > … How in the world did you figure that out? May be _trying_ is a good answer. Sophisticated solutions MUST be used ONLY in last resort :) -- pray, n: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. -- Ambrose Bierce signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
Hans wrote: Hi folks, I managed to get an older version of skype (the multiarch debian package) getting connected to skype. As you might have noticed, the new version is pulseaudio needed /what a crap!) and the older version (4.2) inhibits to connect to the server. So I found a simple solution: - Install the 4.2 package. - start a hexeditor and open the file /usr/bin/skype - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" - save the file - restart skype and - voila! It is now connecting to the server again! No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! Have fun! Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lt0e7m$igv$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
2014-08-19 21:05 keltezéssel, Martin Steigerwald írta: > > I am still after an alternative to Skype which works on Linux, Mac OS X and > Windows *and* easy to setup, so it could be a drop-in replacement for Skype. > Bonus points for secure and privacy aware encryption features. http://www.viber.com/ -- --- Friczy --- 'Death is not a bug, it's a feature' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53f3af00.60...@freemail.hu
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
Am Dienstag, 19. August 2014, 18:40:30 schrieb Hans: > Hi folks, Hi Hans! > I managed to get an older version of skype (the multiarch debian package) > getting connected to skype. As you might have noticed, the new version is > pulseaudio needed /what a crap!) and the older version (4.2) inhibits to > connect to the server. > > So I found a simple solution: > - Install the 4.2 package. > - start a hexeditor and open the file /usr/bin/skype > - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" > - save the file > - restart skype and > - voila! It is now connecting to the server again! > > No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! > > Have fun! Wow! Wonderful! Thanks! For my Skype version is was "4.2.0.13" at offset 0x3320. Did the replacement and search with Okteta. Didn´t think they would just check the version number. Which makes this an artificial limitation without any technical reasoning behind it, no new protocol version, no nothing. Just plain arbitrariness it seems. I am still after an alternative to Skype which works on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows *and* easy to setup, so it could be a drop-in replacement for Skype. Bonus points for secure and privacy aware encryption features. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/100623131.JPiSoeo4RZ@merkaba
Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:40:30 +0200 Hans wrote: > - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" http://mkgmediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/conanclap.gif -- Gabriele Ficarelli - Jon GPG: A5D862D7 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
