Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-31 Thread Richmond
"Juan R.D. Silva" writes: > Hi folks, > > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago > it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into > it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and >

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 10:53 PM George at Clug wrote: > > [...] > > I am guessing you have tried 'Skype for Web' ? How did you find it? If it > does not suite your purposes, I would like to know why, as 'Skype for Web' > might be a solution fo

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread David Wright
‘skypeforlinux-64.deb’ > >skypeforlinux-64.deb > > 100%[=>] 116.41M 9.19MB/sin 12s > >2024-05-30 19:00:27 (9.34 MB/s) - ‘skypeforlinux-64.deb’ saved > > [122062452/122062452] > >$ > > If you install it, pl

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 31/5/24 08:04, David Wright wrote: On Fri 31 May 2024 at 07:57:22 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: On 31/5/24 07:49, Keith Bainbridge wrote: wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.deb Trying to access that URL with SeaMonkey, to view the directory listing (to find version numbers),

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
uot;), has previously been discussed on this list, and, at The Register, with the Free Software Foundation telling its people to not uses zoom, and, recommending and adopting jitsi, for such communications. Search list archive for zoom... One great disadvantage, as far as I am aware, with skype, is t

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread David Wright
On Fri 31 May 2024 at 07:57:22 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: > On 31/5/24 07:49, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.deb > > > > Trying to access that URL with SeaMonkey, to view the directory > listing (to find version numbers), returned the following; >

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread fjd
On Fri, 31 May 2024, Bret Busby wrote: What version of skype do you have installed? I have skypeforlinux 8.109.0.209 installed on a Linux Mint system. But, I have not used skype, now, for about 11 years. Regarding snap, with your reference to Ubuntu Linux, the imposition of snap was one of

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Xiyue Deng
Hi Juan, "Juan R.D. Silva" writes: > Hi folks, > > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago > it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into > it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 31/5/24 07:49, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Good morning Juan Three sites suggest: wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.deb Trying to access that URL with SeaMonkey, to view the directory listing (to find version numbers), returned the following; " An error occurred

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 31/5/24 06:58, Juan R.D. Silva wrote: Hi folks, I use Skype installed from Debian official repo.  A couple of days ago it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and basically forces every

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Juan R.D. Silva wrote: > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago it > refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into it, I > found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and basically > forces everyone to us

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 31/05/2024 9:29 am, Juan R.D. Silva wrote: Hey Timothy, have you really read my post? 1. I wrote it clearly "I still need Skype". (And yes, I have my reasons for it, even if it surprises you.) 2. And how have you arrived to "Ubuntu" subject? I'm Debian user

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread George at Clug
Debian. I too have a Skype account, but my friends have moved to other platforms, so I only log in once or twice a year to see if anyone messaged me. I do this via a Windows Virtual Machine using KVM. I only use this solution for chat, not conferencing. And now with Windows 10 coming to and end

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Juan R.D. Silva
Hey Timothy, have you really read my post? 1. I wrote it clearly "I still need Skype". (And yes, I have my reasons for it, even if it surprises you.) 2. And how have you arrived to "Ubuntu" subject? I'm Debian user. Again read to post you replied to. 3. I really don&#

Re: Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 6:59 PM Juan R.D. Silva wrote: > Hi folks, > > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago > it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into > it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from the

Anybody Skype users here?

2024-05-30 Thread Juan R.D. Silva
Hi folks, I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and basically forces everyone to use Snap package instead. Skype i

Re: problems with skype

2019-12-21 Thread Thomas Amm
On Tue, 2019-12-17 at 15:31 +, Emanuele Latini wrote: > Hi > > I'm not sure that s the right place where to post this problem, if not > please address me somewhere else > > My problem is the following During and after skype video call it's > like > the key

Re: problems with skype

2019-12-21 Thread Thomas Amm
On Tue, 2019-12-17 at 15:31 +, Emanuele Latini wrote: > Hi > > I'm not sure that s the right place where to post this problem, if not > please address me somewhere else > > My problem is the following During and after skype video call it's > like > the key

Re: problems with skype

2019-12-17 Thread deloptes
Emanuele Latini wrote: > My problem is the following During and after skype video call it's like > the keyboad gets crazy, if you push a key once it's like you never > stopped pushing it and every app get stuck. There s only one solution, > reboot In my opnion skype uses y

problems with skype

2019-12-17 Thread Emanuele Latini
Hi I'm not sure that s the right place where to post this problem, if not please address me somewhere else My problem is the following During and after skype video call it's like the keyboad gets crazy, if you push a key once it's like you never stopped pushing it and every app g

Apparmor and skype.

2019-02-08 Thread G
Hi! Im trying to setup apparmor on my computer. Im trying to confine firefox-esr to just the necessary staff. Config files and Download, Desktop directory. This is my config file and i cant understand why it doesn't work. It allows me to save everywhere i want. I attach my apparmor profile Tha

Re: Skype

2017-03-04 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 2/8/17, deloptes wrote: > Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > >> On 08/02/17 13:32, deloptes wrote: >>> Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: >>>> Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-free Chrome. >>> haha indeed - and what about video, have you tested it? do

Re: Skype

2017-03-04 Thread deloptes
Daniel Bareiro wrote: > An update. A few days ago they switched to Beta. Yesterday I tried video > calls. A person with an Android device called me and I was able to pick > up the call and talk to her. So it's an important progress. > > Although I saw that the chat area shows the start time of th

Re: Skype

2017-03-04 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi! On 07/02/17 17:25, Anonymous wrote: > Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the > Pulseaudio issue. No other software I've ever used on Linux causes as > many problems as Skype. Obviously this problem ultimately comes from > Microsoft, but nevert

Re: Skype

2017-02-08 Thread ken
On 02/07/2017 03:25 PM, Anonymous wrote: Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the Pulseaudio issue. No other software I've ever used on Linux causes as many problems as Skype. Obviously this problem ultimately comes from Microsoft, but nevertheless many of us

Re: Skype

2017-02-08 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Next Tuesday (Feb 14) is "I Love Free Software day", a good chance to > tell your favorite developer that yes, you appreciate her/his job and > to send her/him virtual hugs ♥♥♥ > > Go ahead :) haha, thank you tomas

Re: Skype

2017-02-08 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/08/2017 06:03 AM, Daniel Bareiro wrote: I am currently testing Jitsi Meet [1] with Debian. Here [2] you can see a server with Jitsi Meet open to the community for test the system. Kind regards, Daniel [1] https://jitsi.org/Projects/JitsiMeet [2] https://meet.jit.si I'm giving this a wh

Re: Skype

2017-02-08 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, deloptes. On 08/02/17 03:36, deloptes wrote: > If we are pragmatic it was a joke that skype was ported to linux, we'll need > to find another way. I'm thinking of mere SIP phone or just dropping the > desktop and using windows anyway. There was too much disappointment

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 07:36:58AM +0100, deloptes wrote: > Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > > > On 08/02/17 13:32, deloptes wrote: > >> Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > >>> Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-fr

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread deloptes
Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 08/02/17 13:32, deloptes wrote: >> Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: >>> Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-free Chrome. >> haha indeed - and what about video, have you tested it? does it work in >> chrome too? > > I have

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 08/02/17 13:32, deloptes wrote: Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-free Chrome. haha indeed - and what about video, have you tested it? does it work in chrome too? I have not tried a video call. I can choose between M$ and M$ ... oh well there is

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread deloptes
Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-free Chrome. haha indeed - and what about video, have you tested it? does it work in chrome too? And another product buried by M$ ... in fact the biggest one was Nokia though - IMO ... well done Europe ... well d

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 08/02/17 11:49, deloptes wrote: Very interesting. I log in to skype for web. It says at the top: "Interested in richer and more integrated experience? Download the official desktop app. Download" When I "download" I get debian package "skypeforlinux-64-alpha.deb&quo

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread deloptes
Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 08/02/17 10:20, deloptes wrote: >> Anonymous wrote: >>> Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the >>> Pulseaudio issue. >> I use debian jessie and skype 4.3.0.37 on daily basis - no idea what you >&

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 08/02/17 10:20, deloptes wrote: Anonymous wrote: Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the Pulseaudio issue. I use debian jessie and skype 4.3.0.37 on daily basis - no idea what you are talking about. I use Skype 4.3.0.37 i386 on unstable. While it still works

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Joshua M. Boniface
On 2017-02-07 3:25 PM, Anonymous wrote: Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the Pulseaudio issue. No other software I've ever used on Linux causes as many problems as Skype. Obviously this problem ultimately comes from Microsoft, but nevertheless many of us

Re: Skype

2017-02-07 Thread deloptes
Anonymous wrote: > Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the > Pulseaudio issue. I use debian jessie and skype 4.3.0.37 on daily basis - no idea what you are talking about.

Skype

2017-02-07 Thread Anonymous
Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the Pulseaudio issue. No other software I've ever used on Linux causes as many problems as Skype. Obviously this problem ultimately comes from Microsoft, but nevertheless many of us need Skype for communications with colle

I Will Teach You To Trade Live via Skype

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Re: Skype video question

2015-06-01 Thread deloptes
Haines Brown wrote: which version of skype are you using and on what system? > No luck. When I try to establish a connection, the interface still comes > up with the camera icon crossed out. I assume that this icon should not be > crossed out at any time, even before contact is made.

Re: Skype video question

2015-06-01 Thread Sven Arvidsson
ra in the settings and restarted Skype? -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Skype video question

2015-06-01 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 01:22:49AM +0200, Kailash Kalyani wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Haines Brown wrote: > > I used to run skype without a problem, but now when someone calls, they > can hear and see me. I can hear but cannot see them. > > T

Re: Skype video question

2015-05-31 Thread Kailash Kalyani
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Haines Brown wrote: > I used to run skype without a problem, but now when someone calls, they > can hear and see me. I can hear but cannot see them. My video camera is > working fine. I installed guvcview and it has no trouble using my > camera.

Skype video question

2015-05-31 Thread Haines Brown
I used to run skype without a problem, but now when someone calls, they can hear and see me. I can hear but cannot see them. My video camera is working fine. I installed guvcview and it has no trouble using my camera. When I go to Skype, options, video device, I see that video is enabled and I

Re: skype pauses vlc [solved]

2015-05-14 Thread Paul Seyfert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > this is PulseAudio issue, and commenting string "load-module > module-role-cork" in /etc/pulse/default.pa fixes it. After that restart > pusleaudio process and also all apps that use pulseaudio (i.e. skype and > vlc). Hi Ma

Re: skype pauses vlc

2015-05-14 Thread Maxim Karpenko
o all apps that use pulseaudio (i.e. skype and vlc). Regards, Max 2015-05-14 20:06 GMT+03:00 Paulo Roberto : > Hi Paul and Raph, > In my case there is a behavior not so stable. > Some times the Skype pause the audio in VLC and it does not resume and > some times it resumes. > I

Re: skype pauses vlc

2015-05-14 Thread Paulo Roberto
Hi Paul and Raph, In my case there is a behavior not so stable. Some times the Skype pause the audio in VLC and it does not resume and some times it resumes. I'm using the new testing. On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SH

Re: skype pauses vlc

2015-05-14 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/14/2015 08:50 AM, Paul Seyfert wrote [snipped]: > Hi, > > since i upgraded from wheezie to jessie I observe that skype is able to > pause vlc as follows: > > vlc plays music > skype is online > someone writes me a

skype pauses vlc

2015-05-14 Thread Paul Seyfert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, since i upgraded from wheezie to jessie I observe that skype is able to pause vlc as follows: vlc plays music skype is online someone writes me a message vlc pauses and skype makes its "blub"-sound to notify me about the message vlc st

Re: Skype, Pulseaudio, very quite output from a speaker ( fixed)

2015-02-15 Thread German
Here is the fix: Skype has been known to mess up the mixer settings. So disable the automatic configuration of the mixer controls in Skype: right-click with your mouse on the Skype icon in the system tray - Options - Sound Devices - remove the tick at: Allow Skype to automatically adjust

Re: Skype, Pulseaudio, very quite output from a speaker

2015-02-15 Thread German
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:03:38 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 06:37:04 -0500 > German wrote: > > > Just installed Skype and when I make a test call, I got very quite output > > from the speakers. Is this bevaviour normal? I mean if I call someone wo

Re: Skype, Pulseaudio, very quite output from a speaker

2015-02-15 Thread Ron
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 06:37:04 -0500 German wrote: > Just installed Skype and when I make a test call, I got very quite output > from the speakers. Is this bevaviour normal? I mean if I call someone would > they hear me clear. I know, I really have to call someone, but don'

Skype, Pulseaudio, very quite output from a speaker

2015-02-15 Thread German
Hi people. Just installed Skype and when I make a test call, I got very quite output from the speakers. Is this bevaviour normal? I mean if I call someone would they hear me clear. I know, I really have to call someone, but don't have this opportunity as fo yet. Thanks for your tho

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread Hans
> For me https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse works fine with Skype and > ALSA's plughw devices: "PulseAudio emulation for ALSA". > > -- Mark I tried this, too, but did not work. Pulseaudio is running once on my (KDE)- system, but after reboot, it is stopped. I must s

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread Mark Carroll
Hans writes: > Am Sonntag, 11. Januar 2015, 17:01:18 schrieb David Zelinsky: (snip) >> 1. The extracted skype-4.3 binary does run, but the sound does not work >> since the audio dependencies weren't installed. > > Yes, just because you need pulseaudio. As man

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 11. Januar 2015, 17:01:18 schrieb David Zelinsky: > Hans writes: > >> Thanks for the suggestion. Assuming you mean this workaround (which you > >> posted in August): > >> > >> - Install the 4.2 package. > >> - start a hexeditor an

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread David Zelinsky
Hans writes: >> Thanks for the suggestion. Assuming you mean this workaround (which you >> posted in August): >> >> - 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 &q

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread Hans
> Thanks for the suggestion. Assuming you mean this workaround (which you > posted in August): > > - 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 fi

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread Mark Carroll
David Zelinsky writes: > Since Skype 4.2 stopped working, I've been trying unsuccessfully to > install 4.3 on my amd64 laptop running jessie. The problem seems to be > a dependency on libmp3lame0:i386, which has some issue with conflicting > versions numbers between the

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread David Zelinsky
Hans writes: > Am Sonntag, 11. Januar 2015, 12:18:16 schrieb David Zelinsky: >> Since Skype 4.2 stopped working, I've been trying unsuccessfully to >> install 4.3 on my amd64 laptop running jessie. The problem seems to be >> a dependency on libmp3lame0:i386,

Re: can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 11. Januar 2015, 12:18:16 schrieb David Zelinsky: > Since Skype 4.2 stopped working, I've been trying unsuccessfully to > install 4.3 on my amd64 laptop running jessie. The problem seems to be > a dependency on libmp3lame0:i386, which has some issue with conflicting >

can't install skype 4.3 on jessie

2015-01-11 Thread David Zelinsky
Since Skype 4.2 stopped working, I've been trying unsuccessfully to install 4.3 on my amd64 laptop running jessie. The problem seems to be a dependency on libmp3lame0:i386, which has some issue with conflicting versions numbers between the :amd64 and :i386 architectures. But maybe I&

Re: WebRTC - was Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-09 Thread Bret Busby
>>>> wrote: >>>>> On 2014-12-06 05:28, Gary Dale wrote: >>>>>> The problem is that Skype uses proprietary codecs and closed-source >>>>>> code. They're simply not very good at keeping it working with Linux. >>>> >>

WebRTC - wasRe: no microphone in skype

2014-12-08 Thread Bret Busby
On 08/12/2014, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Andreas Weber > wrote: >> On 2014-12-06 22:31, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Andreas Weber >>> wrote: >>>> On 2014-12-06 05:28, Gary Dale w

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 07 dec 14, 13:08:03, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/07/2014 05:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Sb, 06 dec 14, 23:57:00, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> > >>Is skype 4.3.0.37-1 working for anyone running Jessie with the > >>following pulseaudio version? >

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Andreas Weber wrote: > On 2014-12-06 22:31, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Andreas Weber >> wrote: >>> On 2014-12-06 05:28, Gary Dale wrote: >>>> The problem is that Skype uses proprietar

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Man_Without_Clue wrote: > > > I am using Skype 4.3 on Wheezy 64 bit without problem now. > > I had exact same problem as yours with microphone audio before. > What I did was to reset the microphone while Skype was testing the audio. > &g

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 1:04 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > > Given that Micrishite took o0ver skype, to sabotage it, and, then, > went out of its way to sabotage skype, have you indicated whether your > microphone works with any other application on Debian? > Yes. The microphone works wi

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Leonardo
Dne So 6. prosince 2014 05:13:45 kamaraju kusumanchi napsal(a): > Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype? > > When I do > Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call > > I can't hear back my own voice. So the micropho

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Bret Busby
On 08/12/2014, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 07 December 2014 18:23:35 Andreas Weber wrote: >> On 2014-12-07 06:02, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> > Sure, that might as well be the case! But it is not the topic of this >> > thread. My intention is to get a worki

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Ron
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 18:45:04 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > Sorry, Andreas, but it is you who are not reading carefully. The reply you > quote above was to Renaud OLGIATI not to you. And he had said: > > > And anyway the computers of most of my Skype correspondents are infec

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 07 December 2014 18:23:35 Andreas Weber wrote: > On 2014-12-07 06:02, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > Sure, that might as well be the case! But it is not the topic of this > > thread. My intention is to get a working version of Skype on this > > Debian machine. I do

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Andreas Weber
On 2014-12-07 06:02, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Sure, that might as well be the case! But it is not the topic of this > thread. My intention is to get a working version of Skype on this > Debian machine. I do not want this thread to become a platform for > another OS flamewar.

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Andreas Weber
On 2014-12-06 22:31, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Andreas Weber > wrote: >> On 2014-12-06 05:28, Gary Dale wrote: >>> The problem is that Skype uses proprietary codecs and closed-source >>> code. They're simply not very go

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/07/2014 05:06 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 06 dec 14, 23:57:00, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Is skype 4.3.0.37-1 working for anyone running Jessie with the following pulseaudio version? rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ pulseaudio --version pulseaudio 5.0 Works here. I'm on Sid, but due t

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 06 dec 14, 23:57:00, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > Is skype 4.3.0.37-1 working for anyone running Jessie with the > following pulseaudio version? > > rajulocal@hogwarts:~$ pulseaudio --version > pulseaudio 5.0 Works here. I'm on Sid, but due to the freeze most pa

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-07 Thread Hans
Am Samstag, 6. Dezember 2014, 16:46:29 schrieb kamaraju kusumanchi: > > Do you have a working version of Skype? If so, can you give me the > exact versions of skype, pulseaudio you are using? How is your > microphone connected (USB?)? What model of microphone do you have that >

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Man_Without_Clue
de on Linux if you want video calls and destop sharing. I use Skype mostly for video calls. For some reason, the quality from skype is way better than Google Hangouts. If it is not Microsoft code, you will be using Google's code. Both of them are proprietary. So I do not see what the big gain is

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Bret Busby
t;> > Microsoft code on Linux if you want video calls and destop sharing. >> >>> I use Skype mostly for video calls. For some reason, the quality from >>> skype is way better than Google Hangouts. If it is not Microsoft code, >>> you will be using Google's c

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 16:31:14 -0500 > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> > Or simply use Hangouts. There's no need anymore for sticking with >> > Microsoft code on Linux if you want video calls and destop shar

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > > While I have no specific suggestions for you, I can confirm that Skype > works with my debian wheezy ver. 7.7 and xfce desktop on my laptop: >> ralph@spike2 ~$ dpkg -l skype \*pulseaudio\* | grep ^ii >> ii gstreamer

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Ralph Katz
t; 4) Is there a conflict between alsa and skype 4.3.0.37-1? Do you have > any alsa packages installed on your machine? Don't see a conflict; aplay filename.wav plays fine as do mplayer, etc. Alsa packages installed, pasting to fit width: > ralph@spike2 ~$ dpkg -l \*alsa\* | grep ^ii >

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Mark Carroll
Ralph Katz writes: > On 12/05/2014 11:13 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: (snip) >> If someone got Skype working can you please share your configuration details? (snip) > While I have no specific suggestions for you, I can confirm that Skype > works with my debian wheezy ver. 7.7 a

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/06/2014 05:04 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: While I have no specific suggestions for you, I can confirm that Skype works with my debian wheezy ver. 7.7 and xfce desktop on my laptop: ralph@spike2 ~$ dpkg -l skype \*pulseaudio\* | grep

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Ron
On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 16:46:29 -0500 kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Do you have a working version of Skype? If so, can you give me the > exact versions of skype, pulseaudio you are using? How is your > microphone connected (USB?)? What model of microphone do you have that > is working wit

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Ron
On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 16:31:14 -0500 kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > Or simply use Hangouts. There's no need anymore for sticking with > > Microsoft code on Linux if you want video calls and destop sharing. > I use Skype mostly for video calls. For some reason, the quality

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > > While I have no specific suggestions for you, I can confirm that Skype > works with my debian wheezy ver. 7.7 and xfce desktop on my laptop: >> ralph@spike2 ~$ dpkg -l skype \*pulseaudio\* | grep ^ii >> ii gstreamer

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Hans wrote: > Am Samstag, 6. Dezember 2014, 18:34:55 schrieb Andreas Weber: > > Latest Skype should work with pulseaudio. Do you have a working version of Skype? If so, can you give me the exact versions of skype, pulseaudio you are using? How is your m

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Andreas Weber wrote: > On 2014-12-06 05:28, Gary Dale wrote: >> The problem is that Skype uses proprietary codecs and closed-source >> code. They're simply not very good at keeping it working with Linux. > > Skype _is_ the problem. Try ou

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/05/2014 11:13 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype? > > When I do > Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call > > I can't hear back my

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Hans
Am Samstag, 6. Dezember 2014, 18:34:55 schrieb Andreas Weber: Latest Skype should work with pulseaudio. To get the old skype (version 4.2) running, which can be used with alsa, use the workaround, I found out: 1. Install latest skype. 2. Enter username ans password, and, very important

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread Andreas Weber
On 2014-12-06 05:28, Gary Dale wrote: > The problem is that Skype uses proprietary codecs and closed-source > code. They're simply not very good at keeping it working with Linux. Skype _is_ the problem. Try out Iceweasel/Firefox 34 and its built-in WebRTC - it works perfectly. At the

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-06 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/05/2014 11:13 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> >> Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype? >> >> When I do >> Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call &g

Re: no microphone in skype

2014-12-05 Thread Gary Dale
On 05/12/14 11:13 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype? When I do Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call I can't hear back my own voice. So the microphone is not working. In "Open PulseAudio Volum

no microphone in skype

2014-12-05 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype? When I do Skype -> Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call I can't hear back my own voice. So the microphone is not working. In "Open PulseAudio Volume Control" -> Input Devices , I see two sectio

Unable to login with skype (was Re: Faking it with skype)

2014-09-21 Thread Joel Roth
try it > > at > > all? > > I successfully edited mine with vim :-) Now on login (after a forced logout initiated by the Skype host) the client give me the "Skype can't connect" message. skype -v Skype 4.3.0.37 I'm running sid. Anyone able to log in?

Re: Getting rid of that Skype completely and forever with a video chat solution under *my* control, any suggestion? (was: Re: Faking it with skype)

2014-09-20 Thread Hans
So, I checked out the following; The only things you need in ~/home/user/.Skype are the subfolder named as the skype-username and the "config.xml". To make it easy for your dad, you can create these files on your computer and send him both (login into skype with your dad'

Re: Getting rid of that Skype completely and forever with a video chat solution under *my* control, any suggestion? (was: Re: Faking it with skype)

2014-09-20 Thread Brian
On Sat 20 Sep 2014 at 21:22:41 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Maybe I can talk a Windows user into installing a client and try chatting > with > her :) My skype display says it has 60M+ users on line. In 10 years time that may change and there may be another killer commu

Re: Getting rid of that Skype completely and forever with a video chat solution under *my* control, any suggestion? (was: Re: Faking it with skype)

2014-09-20 Thread Hans
> That is no instruction I can give to my father. And you need a Skype 4.3 > binary then as well? > > I actually don´t care that much. I don´t use Skype regularily. But my father > does. And these kind of instructions are fundamentally incompatible with > him > :). Skype

Re: Getting rid of that Skype completely and forever with a video chat solution under *my* control, any suggestion? (was: Re: Faking it with skype)

2014-09-20 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 20. September 2014, 19:13:43 schrieb Hans: > > Hmmm, I see. > > > > I just started the application with auto login and that did still work. > > > > But when I logoff from within the application I cannot login again. > > > > There is lots of

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