On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:39, Peter Easthope wrote: > Joshua & others, > > I'm back at home and can reply to the list with help > of a thunderbird. > > jk> What error messages do you get if you open a shell and start Skype > jk> that way (or look in .xsession-errors in your home dir). > > Xsession: X session started for peter at Sat Oct 14 15:56:02 PDT 2006 > ** (xfwm4:4431): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite > extension. > ** (xfwm4:4431): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled. > > jk> The message about the XComposite extension are from xfwm, > jk> not skype, so that's not the problem. > > OK, I'll try to fix it for sake of tidyness. > > I can start skype from the VNC client here after all. > A message returns as skype starts. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ skype & > [1] 4446 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display > ":1.0". > > What does the complaint about XInputExtension mean?
It means the X server does not have the XInputExtenstions enabled. Here is a message explaining why: http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-December/053489.html Not sure there is much you can do except contact Skype about it. j -- Joshua Kugler Lead System Admin -- Senior Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE PO Box 80086 -- Fairbanks, AK 99708 -- Ph: 907-456-5581 Fax: 907-456-3111 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
