Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-22 Thread ds
So I found a simple solution: ... No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah! Have fun! Great job Hans! Made a python script to automate this - hope might help :-) Here: http://pastebin.com/0pQhmuh4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 07:51:23PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > created a new package with the fix. You can get it here: > > http://www.ccpeine.de/downloads/skype-debian-4.2.0.11-2_i386.deb > > I tested the installation on my 64-bit notebook and my 32-bit EEEPC. > Both running Debian/whee

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Tom H wrote: > > Edit build/DEBIAN/control and bump up "Version: " (or create > a "Version" line of it doesn't exist because dpkg-deb needs it but > dpkg-buildpackage doesn't so it might not be there). I felt that this was nonsense when I wrote it but I was in too

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Hans
Hi folks, created a new package with the fix. You can get it here: http://www.ccpeine.de/downloads/skype-debian-4.2.0.11-2_i386.deb I tested the installation on my 64-bit notebook and my 32-bit EEEPC. Both running Debian/wheezy. If something is still wrong, please tell me my mistake. Have fun

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Hans
> I am still after an alternative to Skype which works on Linux, Mac OS X and > Windows *and* easy to setup, so it could be a drop-in replacement for Skype. > Bonus points for secure and privacy aware encryption features. > > Ciao, Hi Martin, I don't think, there is an alternative for skype. I

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Bret Busby
On 21/08/2014, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:53 AM, Hans wrote: >> >> just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian >> package >> and would like to change these in the package: >> >> - changelog >> - skype binary >> >> I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:53 AM, Hans wrote: > > just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian package > and would like to change these in the package: > > - changelog > - skype binary > > I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it did > not wo

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Michael Murphy
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

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, Hans wrote: > just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian > package > and would like to change these in the package: > > - changelog > - skype binary > > I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it did > not work (or I

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Hans
Hi folks, just another thing relating to this. I would like to repack the debian package and would like to change these in the package: - changelog - skype binary I tried dpkg-deb -x and also with -e, but I guess, this is wrong, as it did not work (or I did not understand the manual correctly

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-20 Thread Rusi Mody
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 11:30:02 AM UTC+5:30, Hans wrote: > ! > > Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out? > > Hugo > Hi Hugo, > to figure this out was by chance and a littlen bit thinking. > Someone in the skype forum told, he installed skype 4.2 and it connected. So

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Hans
! > > Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out? > > Hugo Hi Hugo, to figure this out was by chance and a littlen bit thinking. Someone in the skype forum told, he installed skype 4.2 and it connected. So I downgraded skypeo from 4.3 to 4.2 and at the first start it connecte

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread golinux
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 simpl

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Bzzzz
On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:05:57 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > … How in the world did you figure that out? May be _trying_ is a good answer. Sophisticated solutions MUST be used ONLY in last resort :) -- pray, n: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a sin

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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 solut

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2014-08-19 21:05 keltezéssel, Martin Steigerwald írta: > > I am still after an alternative to Skype which works on Linux, Mac OS X and > Windows *and* easy to setup, so it could be a drop-in replacement for Skype. > Bonus points for secure and privacy aware encryption features. http://www.viber

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 19. August 2014, 18:40:30 schrieb Hans: > Hi folks, Hi Hans! > 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

Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Gabriele Jon Ficarelli
On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:40:30 +0200 Hans wrote: > - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37" http://mkgmediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/conanclap.gif -- Gabriele Ficarelli - Jon GPG: A5D862D7 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Got skype 4.2 to connect again

2014-08-19 Thread Hans
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