On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:17 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Monday 20 March 2006 04:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 01:03:26PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I downloaded skype: > > > > > > > > dpkg: error processing Desktop/skype_1.2.0.18-1_i386.deb > > > > (--install): package architecture (i386) does not match system > > > > (amd64) Errors were encountered while processing: > > > > Desktop/skype_1.2.0.18-1_i386.deb > > > > > > > > resolvable? > > > > > > Convince Skype to go OSS, or at least to provide a .deb file for > > > amd64? Not being free software, you're always going to be playing > > > catch up with it. > > > > <SNIP> > > > > And don't use Skype unless you absolutely have to. Their support for > > linux has been crap and they don't play with anyone else. Try Gizmo or, > > even better, the new Ekiga which will register with multiple providers. > > There are Ubuntu packages: > > My wife's twin is in the US, her father in the UK. Skype on SuSE32 is > perfect. Sooo the bit that is hung out is the shiny new AMD64 :-(
I got the 32bit Skype running on my Kubuntu (breezy) box with a bit of fiddling. I think the steps went like this: 1. Install the STATIC-ly compiled Skype (big...but eliminates Qt library errors from missing 32bit libs) 2. Install the "linux32" package (hunt around - can't remember if that's the correct package name). 3. Run Skype prefixed with "linux32", ie: "linux32 /path/to/skype" It works but it's slow as a snail stuck in molasses to start! Once running it does all manner of crap to my sound config - skype is an OSS application and my system uses ALSA. Theoretically this shouldn't pose major problems, but once Skype has been on a call, it doesn't seem to release /dev/dsp which means no more music until I restart Skype. :( YMMV. James -- Be different: conform.
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