From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 08:21:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE6916A402 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDDCF13C468 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:21:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l358LdTU023448 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 01:21:39 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l358Lc3B009604 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 01:21:39 -0700 Message-ID: <4614B16E.1020004@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:21:02 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paris Jones , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <131606.15840.qm@web63412.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <131606.15840.qm@web63412.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.4.5.11035 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Subject: Re: Linux emluation of Skype not complete. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:21:40 -0000 Paris Jones wrote: > > > */Garrett Cooper /* wrote: > > Paris Jones wrote: > > I am using FreeBSD 6.0 Stable. > > > > My friend told me about Skype and was very egar to try it, to my > dismay the port of Skype will only accept one device for audio > input and output, (Which my headset requires) and I would rather > not mess with the DSP hijacker so I installed the linux build for > skype.com (The static with QT compiled in) but was also upset to > find that I could not call or receive calls from anyone. I am > using the linux_base-8, if someone could tell me how I can start > calling people it would be very useful, I have read maybe 2 > articles about this on google and both tell me to install ports > that no longer exist. > > > > Thank you again. > > -ARCKEDA > > > That's because OSS by itself doesn't support more than one channel > at a > time. You need to support virtual channels (a FreeBSD only feature > AFAIK) by entering in the following lines in /etc/sysctl.conf: > > hw.snd.maxautovchans = 20 # Adjust to fit the number of simultaneous > sound channels you want enabled at once. > > -Garrett > > I don't think that multiple sound channels are the problem. You see, > in the port, > > there is only one sound device I can choose, even though my headset > outputs to > > /dev/dsp and gets input from /dev/dsp1, so that I can only talk or > hear, not both at > > the same time. The linux build will not even let me call anyone or > recieve calls, > > not even the call testing service. > > Please feel free to tell me any thing that you think might help. > > -ARCKEDA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, it's most likely the problem if you can't play multiple audio sources at once. Just please try my suggestion before saying it's not possible. -Garrett