skype 1.3 beta

NewB · Apprentice Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 224

Did someone try the new skype 1.3 beta? Is there already a ebuild somewhere?

http://skype.com/download/skype/linux/13beta.html

NewB · Apprentice Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Posts: 224

For me its not working... I mean the program ist working I can call and everything but my microphone is not working. To bad... would be nice to finally have a skype version with alsa support!

murray · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 19

radfoj · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:16 pm Post subject:

If somebody is interested, meanwhile ebuild will be provided, should download Dynamic binary tar.bz2 (9.9 MB) (if you have qt-3.3), unpack it somewhere to your home and type skype from there.

Just tried go through settings and make test call (while amarok was playing) and it seems that some alsa support is added becouse skype and amarok "played" together at the same time.

abhay · Apprentice Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 161

Mic doesn't work for me either.
I tried with both ALSA as well as OSS. Tried to change almost all the settings related to in-going sound for example: capture, front mic, rear mic etc. but it simple refuses to work. On the other hand the stable version works fine with OSS emulation. It seems as though rather than going forward, Skype is going in reverse direction. Sigh...

jdoe · Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject:

works for me out-of-the-box with alsa
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jbdubbs · n00b Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 41

Holy crap it isn't vaporware after all!!!!!!

trumee · Guru Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 551 Location: London,UK

works for me as well. Mic is working fine too.

irondog · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

That's one app less that's blocking my sound card.
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stefanwa · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 09 Dec 2002 Posts: 140

Can't get Mic in with my Terratec DMX6 Fire (envy24,ice1712). Don't think it's a Skype problem as I've never tried to get my mic working with Gentoo before. Does anyone have a good .asoundrc profile for it?

tane_stelzer · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject:

Sorry for dumb question... but does that link work? I can't seem to download it.
tane
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abhay · Apprentice Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 161

I have 82801 ICH6 HDA Controller (Rev 03) running with snd_hda_intel. Can the people who have got Skype working tell about their sound card and ALSA module they are using?

radfoj · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject:

irondog · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

It works like a charm. I'm really happy to have alsa supported.
When will the final release be out?
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Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

I will have to pick up my headset for a friend. My name on Skype is:
toomanynamesaretaken

Feel free to add me but I may not be on tonight because my headset are at friends.

theDOC_23 · Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject:

the ebuild arrived, btw.

genus · n00b Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 53

For those who cannot get their mic working and use kde. kmixer (3.5.2) and skype (1.3 beta) don't seem to get along with my setup. Whenever I enabled capture skype disabled it. I had to enable capture with alsamixer. Hope this helps someone.

VValdo · Guru Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 395

Works fine for me right off the emerge... didn't have to change a thing..

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tane_stelzer · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:59 am Post subject:

I get this error when wanting to start skyep

kilianh · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

I installed 1.3.0.30 the other day by manually putting the necessary ebuild files in /usr/portage. Now skype won't let me make any calls

Basically I call any contact in my call list, it opens a new tab and says "Connecting..." and just sits there forever. I can't even cancel the call (has no effect) and upon trying to close skype it just freezes completely.

Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me? For me the upgrade was really pointless and I'll downgrade again soon if I don't find a fix...

I've verified that I have a working Internet Connection, firewall/nat traversal works as usual (tcpdump tells me so) and the other setup is the same as it was before. I even tried downgrading dbus to 0.23 but that made no difference. I never had any such issues with the previous version.

Grimpy_ · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 7

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-428841-highlight-alsa+mic.html

at the 4post u will probably find the solution to the problem with the mic and alsa

Benson · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:07 am Post subject:

Finally Alsa support!

Even it's a beta, it's running without problems so far. Hpefully it won't take that long again till we get a new (major) release...

PaStIcHiO · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 2

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abhay · Apprentice Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 161