From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 16:28:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D6C106566C; Tue, 17 May 2011 16:28:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itetcu@FreeBSD.org) Received: from worf.ds9.tecnik93.com (worf.ds9.tecnik93.com [81.196.207.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E45E8FC08; Tue, 17 May 2011 16:28:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (unknown [188.26.251.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by worf.ds9.tecnik93.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A3D6822C5538; Tue, 17 May 2011 19:28:53 +0300 (EEST) Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 19:28:35 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "Kevin Oberman" Message-ID: <20110517192835.22e81465@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20110517160141.A1E121CC0B@ptavv.es.net> References: <20110517103858.9cccf61a.itetcu@FreeBSD.org> <20110517160141.A1E121CC0B@ptavv.es.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/E3WKyK.GQzBTGANDbzEl7uo"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype with sound and video support :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 16:28:56 -0000 --Sig_/E3WKyK.GQzBTGANDbzEl7uo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:41 -0700 "Kevin Oberman" wrote: > > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:38:58 +0300 > > From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu > > Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org > >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > >=20 > > As you may have noticed skype ports were updated a few days ago. > >=20 > > All skype ports were moved to net-im/: > > - skype12: unchanged, very old version (for FreeBSD 6) > > - skype20: last version with OSS support, that used to live in > > net/skype; the DISTFILE is gone from the vendor but if you happen to > > have it it would be a way of having sound w/o a need to upgrade your > > base OS > > - [RECOMANDED] skype: currently at 2.1.0.81 and the best supported > > - skype-devel: currently at 2.2.0.25, sounds is OK, video doesn't > > work > >=20 > > In order to run either skype or skype-devel with fully working sound > > you need: > > - to run fc10 (most probably, please report what you can run with > > fc4): (OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=3Df10,OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=3Df10 > > in /etc/make.conf for systems that doesn't have it as default) > > - In order for Skype to work OK, you need your kernel and modules > > to be: > > - post 2011-05-03 in on HEAD > > - post 2011-05-08 in on 7,8-STABLE > > The port tries to catch if your system version is too old, but > > there's a ~3months window where because of a lack of OSVERSION > > bump, this is not possible. So please check; and PLEAE READ THE > > PKG_MESSAGE for setup details. For how to update your kernel/world, > > see: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.= html > >=20 > > IF YOUR OSVERSION IS NOT NEW ENOUGH, SOUND (ESPECIALLY MIC) WON'T > > WORK. > >=20 > > If you run into problems, at very least we need to know the output > > of: > >=20 > > $ uname -a; sysctl compat.linux | head -2; grep > > OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf; > > cat /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf > >=20 > > the skype version you are using, and hardware details (eg. webcam) > > if related. I most probably will ignore any mail not containing > > this info since without it it's impossible to help. > >=20 > > Please test your sound /video setup outside skype before blaming > > skype / mailing me. >=20 > Many thanks for all of the work that went into getting a modern > version of Skype working! >=20 > Please put the information in this message (or at least most of it) > into ports/UPDATING so a few less people running old kernels will be > bitten by the installation of the new Skype port. Well, the same (and more) is in the pkg-message also. But OK, I will, ports/UPDATING is cheap. --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B --Sig_/E3WKyK.GQzBTGANDbzEl7uo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3SokQACgkQJ7GIuiH/oeX3bACeKJoAeYwU0bsK7wbpzzbHf9lx aHkAoKezUxLu/NlzWQjSsPLsGX9Bwv1N =ECyS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/E3WKyK.GQzBTGANDbzEl7uo--