Ok, So this does work grate with Orca, then?
I should fire up Vinux now and see if I can grab it.
I've got VMware player on this Netbook, and suprisingly it works!
grins!
take a little while to load, though.
I may just go grab Vinux latest and install it, I just grabbed a iso for
Vmware player, but watn to use the alt+Shift+CTRL key to exit, and not
just alt controll.
On 4/7/2011 10:11 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
This from skype garage blog.
Today is the day.
I'm glad to write to you about Skype 2.2 beta for Linux. The major new features
of the Skype 2.2 for Linux are:
Skype AccessSupport for call waiting and holdingImproved audio/video quality in
callsWe recommend to all our Linux users to upgrade to this version. Start
downloading it now. Though please remember that this is a beta version, which
means that it has a few known glitches in.
Please let us know what you think about this release by discussing matters on
our forum - and in case anything unexpected should happen, please let us know
by raising an issue report on our public issue tracker.
The new features and improvements:
Skype Access
Skype Access is a nifty addition to Skype which lets you connect to paid WiFi
hotspots around the globe easily and to pay for them with Skype credits. No
need to hassle with credit cards or subscriptions - and you pay by minute, so
you will pay for the time you actually use the service and you don't need to
buy a voucher for a full hour in case you just want to make a 5 minute Skype
call or send a few emails.
Support for call waiting and holding
Skype for Linux now supports call waiting and holding. It's especially good if
you are hosting a conference calls and people are calling in. In addition we
have also included a support for easy conference call hosting.
Improved audio/video quality on calls
We have updated the underlying libraries to the newest version available, which
should enhance audio and video call quality and reliability.
In addition to these bigger changes we have introduce numerous small
improvements and bug fixes.
The full release notes for Skype 2.2.0.25 are:
Features:
* feature: Skype Access.
* feature: Support for call waiting and holding.
* feature: Improved audio/video quality on calls.
Improvements:
CategoryDescription
Account creation Improve advice on the account creation password error messages.
Add contacts Add Search again button and make search user dialog more
user-friendly.
Calling Don't play ringing out sound on a conference call.
Calling Easy Conference calling support via Skype links
Calling Add a contact to call via drag and drop
Contact list Add possibility to drag and drop multiple contacts to a contact
group.
Hotkeys Add "Full screen video" keyboard shortcut.
Instant Messaging Add call button to chat window.
Instant Messaging Improved quote message usability.
Instant Messaging Add 'Last 6 Months' and 'Last Year' under chat history
dropdown.
Misc Quick online status changing possibility from tray icon.
Options Support for multiple text sender IDs under SMS options.
Options Add small label next to Sound Setup instructing users that PulseAudio
settings are held outside of Skype.
Profile Added start/stop Screen sharing button to contact card.
Profile Add Last Seen item in profile viewer.
Send contacts Add possibility to send contacts via drag and drop on the contact
list.
Video Dynamic update video devices list when it changes.
Video Support for receiving differing aspect video correctly both in window and
fullscreen
Call Phones Country selector is now more user friendly.
Instant Messaging Improved IM selection and copy functionality.
Options Improved SMS sender number verification.
UI rendering/generic issues Desktop setting style is now the default one for
new clean profiles.
UI rendering/generic issues Improve experience when using Oxygen style.
Known issues:
CategoryDescriptionWorkaround
Installation Skype fails to be installed on Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 Visit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712377 for the suggested fix.
General Logging out and then in, intermittently causes Skype to crash None
available
General On Debian amd64 version Skype crashes on startup with the message:
"Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 623: \_dl_open: Assertion
`_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed\!" This seems
to be Debian only issue with 32 bit PulseAudio libraries being installed even if PulseAudio
is not active, a workaround can be:
- Debian Lenny: sudo chmod a-r /usr/lib32/libpulse{-simple.so.0.0.1,.so.0.4.1}
- Debian Squeeze: sudo chmod a-r
/usr/lib32/libpulse{-simple.so.0.0.2,.so.0.8.0,common-0.9.15.so}
General On some amd64 distributions avatars are not showing, this is a problem
with 32-bits emulation Qt library. Qt tries to find its image format plugins,
but finds a 64-bits version instead and fails to load it. A workaround is to
specify a plugin path when launching skype like this:
- Ubuntu 64 bit: install ""ia32-libs"" package and launch Skype with:
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib32/qt4/plugins skype
- Arch 64 bit (with 32 bit chroot installed in /opt/arch32):
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/opt/arch32/usr/lib/qt/plugins skype
- Other distributions might have a different path.
Options When PulseAudio is enabled in the audio settings, only that specific
entry will be available. To change PulseAudio settings, use the PulseAudio
manager tool that is bundled with your distribution.
Video Your video capture might show seldomly green, scrambled or black image.
Please install one additional package which might solve your problem:
- Ubuntu 32 bit: install ""libv4l-0"" package and launch Skype with:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype
- Ubuntu 64 bit: install ""lib32v4l-0"" package and launch Skype with:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype
- Other distributions might have the same library, but may have a different
path.
Video Webcam problems when trying to send video from a Logitech camera and/or
the error message 'Failed to query UVC control' in the console and syslog.
Visit
[http://www.quickcamteam.net/documentation/faq/logitech-webcam-linux-usb-incompatibilities]
for the suggested fix.
Video How to make video working on Logitech Quickcam Messenger [0x046d:0x08f0]
Visit for suggested workarounds:
- http://www.kuhrti.de/index.php/linux/logitech-quickcam-messenger-on-linux/
-
http://www.kuhrti.de/index.php/article/logitech-quickcam-messenger-on-ubuntu-9-04/
Bugfixes:
CategoryDescription
Calls Call transfer did not work
Calls Call windows showed sometimes undisclosed_pstn xxxx for caller.
Calls Video was not restarted always when switching from screensharing to video.
Calls Myself preview was not rendered if user did not have XVideo support.
Calls Myself video was not displayed correctly after remote user stopped
sending his/her own video under fullscreen.
Calls Call window was not properly updated when call was autoanswered.
Contact List SkypeOut contact would disappear from groups after renaming.
Contact List Infrequent UI rendering issue when using quickfilter when contact
groups were enabled.
Crashes Crash when clicking Apply button in SMS/Call Forwarding tab on options.
Crashes Crash when opening options while signing-in.
Crashes Crash when adding an incoming call to conference.
Events Pressing enter on a birthday event did not open an IM.
Events Unwanted missed call event when declining incoming call.
Events There were no default text for outgoing authorization requests.
Events Incoming new chat event closed the myself and my services areas.
Events Skype played a notification sound when message was received on active
conversation.
Events Open receiving directory option was incorrectly displayed for pending
incoming file transfers.
Events Sometimes authorization events were not cleared after clicking on them.
Instant Messaging On some distributions mouse cursor did not change while
hovering on top of chat links.
Instant Messaging Returning from fullscreen didn't correctly resume video.
Instant Messaging Chat participants text size was too narrow when a small
system font was in use.
Instant Messaging The date separator was missing on chat events.
Instant Messaging Editing multiple messages concatenated them in edit box.
Instant Messaging The conversation view scrolled when adding a person to a
conversation.
Instant Messaging Typing indicator was cropped when a small font is in use.
Instant Messaging Instant Messages on group conversations were sometimes
wrongly ordered when messages were delivered with a delay.
Instant Messaging Edit and Remove message options were too close.
Options Test video button was enabled even if there weren't any supported
webcams connected.
Options No video devices found error message was not displayed correctly.
Options When changing a default directory for received files, Skype sometimes
asked for permission to overwrite a file.
Options Video preview froze when saving video options.
Packages Fix dependencies list in SUSE and Fedora rpms.
SMS SMS message cost was shown incorrectly after first SMS was sent.
SMS Invalid numbers could lead to empty SMS windows.
SMS SMS input area was not automatically cutting pasted text if it was too long.
UI rendering/generic issues Some dialogs were not automatically closed on user
signout.
UI rendering/generic issues Contact card's label was wrongly set in some cases.
UI rendering/generic issues Newly added contacts were not found by quickfilter.
UI rendering/generic issues Skype showed 0 byte size for incoming files bigger
than 2 GB.
UI rendering/generic issues "More emails" button under edit own profile did not
always work correctly.
UI rendering/generic issues Invalid Phone number label error was displayed
after opening Phone contact profile.
UI rendering/generic issues Start conference call dialog was not closed when
pressing escape.
UI rendering/generic issues Show avatar' button was displayed on authorization
dialog even if there was no avatar to show.
UI rendering/generic issues Editing own profile window was sometimes too narrow
to accommodate scrollbar.
UI rendering/generic issues Sometimes incoming file transfer info was missing
or inaccurate.
UI rendering/generic issues Start call option on contact card was mising after
being removed from a conference call.
UI rendering/generic issues Auto-accept file sending did not work when transfer
window was closed while user status was Do Not Disturb.
Localization Order Countries and Languages list in a locale aware manner.
Localization Echo123's language depends on own profile's language and not from
UI's language.
Updated languages:
* Brazilian Portuguese (Fabio Roselet)
* Bulgarian (Nikolay Filipov& Nikolina Filipova)
* Estonian
* European Portuguese (Francisco Miguel Ferreira)
* French (Cédric Lamouche)
* German (Claudius Henrichs)
* Italian (Marco Cimmino)
* Japanese
* Korean
* Latvian
* Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas)
* Polish (Karol Szastok)
* Romanian (Péter Henning& Monika Henning)
* Russian (Pavel Shevchuk)
* Simplified Chinese
* Spanish
* Thai
* Traditional Chinese
* Turkish (Ömer Emin Dede)
* Ukrainian (Oleh Nykyforchyn)
http://bit.ly/i4hkTz
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to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email
[email protected]
To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to
http://www.dlee.org/skype
To access tutorials and other goodies go to
http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html
To contact the list owner send a message to
mailto:[email protected]
to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link.
http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/
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thanks and have a wonderful day.
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Thanks for posting to the skype english list.
to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email
[email protected]
To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to
http://www.dlee.org/skype
To access tutorials and other goodies go to
http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html
To contact the list owner send a message to
mailto:[email protected]
to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link.
http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/
and for a searchable archives page go here.
http://bit.ly/64Y48
thanks and have a wonderful day.
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