Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:25:25 -0800 (PST) From: kaschei <mortallink@mail.ru> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype-1.4 on 6.2 (and 7.0-BETA1) Message-ID: <13689390.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <200710311145.22970.beech@freebsd.org> References: <47275AE3.4080204@janh.de> <4728AB7E.3000206@icyb.net.ua> <200710311145.22970.beech@freebsd.org>
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Beech Rintoul-5 wrote: > > On Wednesday 31 October 2007, Andriy Gapon said: >> on 31/10/2007 12:36 Stefan Lambrev said the following: >> > Hi Jan, >> > >> > Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: >> >> Before, I had skype-1.2.0.18_4 on 6.2, which worked. >> >> >> >> Today, I portupgraded to skype-1.4.0.118. >> >> >> >> Now I only get: "Call Failed. Problem with Audio Playback". >> >> >> >> I killed artsd and increased hw.snd.maxautovchans and >> >> autovchans, but nothing helped. >> >> >> >> Is the new version of Skype supposed to work on 6.2-RELEASE? >> >> >> >> For comparison, I rebooted into my test install of 7.0-BETA1 and >> >> installed skype-1.4.0.118 there. Starting skype gave me: >> >> >> >> skype: error while loading shared libraries: >> >> /usr/lib/librt.so.1: ELF file OS ABI invalid >> >> >> >> I solved that problem with a solution from emulation (about >> >> matlab): >> >> >> >> compat.linux.osrelease: 2.4.2 -> 2.4.20 >> >> >> >> Is this expected? (I guess this question should go on >> >> emulation.) >> >> >> >> Anyhow, sound works on 7.0-BETA1. >> > >> > 20071030: >> > AFFECTS: users of net/skype >> > AUTHOR: beech@FreeBSD.org >> > >> > The skype port has been upgraded to version 1.4.0.118. This >> > requires a sysctl >> > change to run. After upgrading, please do: "sysctl >> > compat.linux.osrelease=2.6" >> > from a terminal. Also add: "compat.linux.osrelease=2.6" to your >> > /etc/sysctl.conf to make this change at boot time. Also, >> > net/skype-devel has >> > been removed from the ports tree. All skype users are >> > encouraged to update to >> > the latest version. >> > >> > I personally jumped for linux_base-f7 and linuxolator 2.6, I have >> > installed and linux_dri >> > and new skype seems to work perfect. >> >> BTW, is linux_base-f7 a requirement too ? >> Because on FreeBSD 6.2 fc4 is the default now and skype 1.4.X (from >> the port, of course) doesn't work for me, either with the default >> or with 2.6 value of compat.linux.osrelease. With 2.4.2 I get the >> same problem as Jan: "Call Failed. Problem with Audio Playback" for >> any attempt to call. With 2.6 skype simply didn't start with a >> message like "Can not setup LDT for thread something...". > > I did test this on 6.x with no problems, however Skype has a long > history of not playing nicely with some sound cards. I am planning to > put a skype12 legacy version in the tree after the freeze. My advice > would be to stick with skype12 if you're having problems. > >> >> BTW, there is a different question that I have and maybe another >> part to my situation. My system is actually FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p6 >> amd64, emphasis on amd64. So now you see what can add to my skype >> problems. And here's the question: our linuxolator emulates i386 >> Linux even on amd64, is there any reason that skype port has only >> i386 in the allowed archs ? The same question goes for any ports it >> depends on and that have the same restriction (if any). >> WITH_NVIDIA_GL is of course not applicable to amd64, bit otherwise, >> in my understanding, everything should. Am I missing something >> important ? > > Skype positively will not work on FreeBSD 64 bit. The forums are full > of people screaming for a 64 bit linux version and the only success > has been on ubuntu using their 32 bit compatibility layer. Even with > that the results were less than optimal. I'm sure sooner later they > will release one, but getting them to release a 64 bit oss version is > uncertain. If someone is successful at getting Skype to work on amd64 > I definitely would like to know. Ubuntu has a /usr/lib32 dir for this > kind of problem. Maybe someone with some time and libmap.conf foo can > look into it. > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Beech Rintoul - FreeBSD Developer - beech@FreeBSD.org > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | FreeBSD Since 4.x > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | http://www.freebsd.org > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Latest Release: > / \ - http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hm new skype very fun. IT NOT WORKING FINE!!! I am with freebsd 6.2 and when I run it as non-root user sound not working the sound work fine when I run it as root. and p.s do not say it is permission problem because this is not true. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Skype-1.4-on-6.2-%28and-7.0-BETA1%29-tf4722053.html#a13689390 Sent from the freebsd-multimedia mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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