Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
On 18 May 2011 07:56, Ion-Mihai Tetcu ite...@freebsd.org wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011 21:46:14 +0200 Alexander Leidinger alexan...@leidinger.net wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:41 -0700 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net wrote: Please put the information in this message (or at least most of it) into ports/UPDATING so a few less people running old kernels will be bitten by the installation of the new Skype port. And what about a wiki page? This way we can extend it in case something important is uncovered. I'm not opposed to it, but I don't see the need for it at this time. (Plus, I'd like to keep everything inside the port - hence the longish pkg-message - less steps to go through this way). Wiki page is good point to look when searching internet about skype and freebsd. -- Ion-Mihai Tetcu ite...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-multime...@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-multimedia-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
On Tue, 17 May 2011 21:46:14 +0200 Alexander Leidinger alexan...@leidinger.net wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:41 -0700 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net wrote: Please put the information in this message (or at least most of it) into ports/UPDATING so a few less people running old kernels will be bitten by the installation of the new Skype port. And what about a wiki page? This way we can extend it in case something important is uncovered. I'm not opposed to it, but I don't see the need for it at this time. (Plus, I'd like to keep everything inside the port - hence the longish pkg-message - less steps to go through this way). -- Ion-Mihai Tetcu ite...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Skype with sound and video support :)
Hi, As you may have noticed skype ports were updated a few days ago. All skype ports were moved to net-im/: - skype12: unchanged, very old version (for FreeBSD 6) - skype20: last version with OSS support, that used to live in net/skype; the DISTFILE is gone from the vendor but if you happen to have it it would be a way of having sound w/o a need to upgrade your base OS - [RECOMANDED] skype: currently at 2.1.0.81 and the best supported - skype-devel: currently at 2.2.0.25, sounds is OK, video doesn't work In order to run either skype or skype-devel with fully working sound you need: - to run fc10 (most probably, please report what you can run with fc4): (OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f10,OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10 in /etc/make.conf for systems that doesn't have it as default) - In order for Skype to work OK, you need your kernel and modules to be: - post 2011-05-03 in on HEAD - post 2011-05-08 in on 7,8-STABLE The port tries to catch if your system version is too old, but there's a ~3months window where because of a lack of OSVERSION bump, this is not possible. So please check; and PLEAE READ THE PKG_MESSAGE for setup details. For how to update your kernel/world, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html IF YOUR OSVERSION IS NOT NEW ENOUGH, SOUND (ESPECIALLY MIC) WON'T WORK. If you run into problems, at very least we need to know the output of: $ uname -a; sysctl compat.linux | head -2; grep OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf; cat /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf the skype version you are using, and hardware details (eg. webcam) if related. I most probably will ignore any mail not containing this info since without it it's impossible to help. Please test your sound /video setup outside skype before blaming skype / mailing me. -- Ion-Mihai Tetcu ite...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:38:58 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu ite...@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-emulat...@freebsd.org Hi, As you may have noticed skype ports were updated a few days ago. All skype ports were moved to net-im/: - skype12: unchanged, very old version (for FreeBSD 6) - skype20: last version with OSS support, that used to live in net/skype; the DISTFILE is gone from the vendor but if you happen to have it it would be a way of having sound w/o a need to upgrade your base OS - [RECOMANDED] skype: currently at 2.1.0.81 and the best supported - skype-devel: currently at 2.2.0.25, sounds is OK, video doesn't work In order to run either skype or skype-devel with fully working sound you need: - to run fc10 (most probably, please report what you can run with fc4): (OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f10,OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10 in /etc/make.conf for systems that doesn't have it as default) - In order for Skype to work OK, you need your kernel and modules to be: - post 2011-05-03 in on HEAD - post 2011-05-08 in on 7,8-STABLE The port tries to catch if your system version is too old, but there's a ~3months window where because of a lack of OSVERSION bump, this is not possible. So please check; and PLEAE READ THE PKG_MESSAGE for setup details. For how to update your kernel/world, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html IF YOUR OSVERSION IS NOT NEW ENOUGH, SOUND (ESPECIALLY MIC) WON'T WORK. If you run into problems, at very least we need to know the output of: $ uname -a; sysctl compat.linux | head -2; grep OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf; cat /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf the skype version you are using, and hardware details (eg. webcam) if related. I most probably will ignore any mail not containing this info since without it it's impossible to help. Please test your sound /video setup outside skype before blaming skype / mailing me. Many thanks for all of the work that went into getting a modern version of Skype working! Please put the information in this message (or at least most of it) into ports/UPDATING so a few less people running old kernels will be bitten by the installation of the new Skype port. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: ober...@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:41 -0700 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net wrote: Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:38:58 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu ite...@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-emulat...@freebsd.org Hi, As you may have noticed skype ports were updated a few days ago. All skype ports were moved to net-im/: - skype12: unchanged, very old version (for FreeBSD 6) - skype20: last version with OSS support, that used to live in net/skype; the DISTFILE is gone from the vendor but if you happen to have it it would be a way of having sound w/o a need to upgrade your base OS - [RECOMANDED] skype: currently at 2.1.0.81 and the best supported - skype-devel: currently at 2.2.0.25, sounds is OK, video doesn't work In order to run either skype or skype-devel with fully working sound you need: - to run fc10 (most probably, please report what you can run with fc4): (OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f10,OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10 in /etc/make.conf for systems that doesn't have it as default) - In order for Skype to work OK, you need your kernel and modules to be: - post 2011-05-03 in on HEAD - post 2011-05-08 in on 7,8-STABLE The port tries to catch if your system version is too old, but there's a ~3months window where because of a lack of OSVERSION bump, this is not possible. So please check; and PLEAE READ THE PKG_MESSAGE for setup details. For how to update your kernel/world, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html IF YOUR OSVERSION IS NOT NEW ENOUGH, SOUND (ESPECIALLY MIC) WON'T WORK. If you run into problems, at very least we need to know the output of: $ uname -a; sysctl compat.linux | head -2; grep OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf; cat /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf the skype version you are using, and hardware details (eg. webcam) if related. I most probably will ignore any mail not containing this info since without it it's impossible to help. Please test your sound /video setup outside skype before blaming skype / mailing me. Many thanks for all of the work that went into getting a modern version of Skype working! Please put the information in this message (or at least most of it) into ports/UPDATING so a few less people running old kernels will be bitten by the installation of the new Skype port. Well, the same (and more) is in the pkg-message also. But OK, I will, ports/UPDATING is cheap. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD user Intellectual Property is nowhere near as valuable as Intellect FreeBSD committer - ite...@freebsd.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 07:28:35PM +0300, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: But OK, I will, ports/UPDATING is cheap. And appreciated. -- Ted Faber http://www.isi.edu/~faber PGP: http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkeys.asc Unexpected attachment on this mail? See http://www.isi.edu/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG pgpC4F2KYvTyO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:37:03 -0700 Ted Faber fa...@isi.edu wrote: On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 07:28:35PM +0300, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: But OK, I will, ports/UPDATING is cheap. And appreciated. Done after sending the mail :) -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD user Intellectual Property is nowhere near as valuable as Intellect FreeBSD committer - ite...@freebsd.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Skype with sound and video support :)
On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:41 -0700 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net wrote: Please put the information in this message (or at least most of it) into ports/UPDATING so a few less people running old kernels will be bitten by the installation of the new Skype port. And what about a wiki page? This way we can extend it in case something important is uncovered. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.netAlexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
