Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I managed to get an older version of skype (the multiarch debian package) > getting connected to skype. As you might have noticed, the new version is > pulseaudio needed /what a crap!) and the older version (4.2) inhibits to > connect to the server. > > So I found a simple solution: > - Install the 4.2 package. > - start a hexeditor and open the file /usr/bin/skype > - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" > - save the file > - restart skype and > - voila! It is now connecting to the server again! > > No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! > > Have fun! > > Hans Thanks so much for this. It's particularly useful for anyone who must use skype for linux on a box with a sempron processor. As with recent versions of flash, the newest skype won't run at all on this processor.
The avoidance of pulseaudio is a plus, of course, but I must confess than time has inured me to its attendant frustrations. -- Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lt2hmv$mmk$1...@ger.gmane.org
