From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 00:49:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7D316A427 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:49:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from ext-gw.lemis.com (ext-gw.lemis.com [150.101.14.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD86243D46 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:49:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by ext-gw.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 855AD131E29; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:19:20 +1030 (CST) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 62E6785EA3; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:19:20 +1030 (CST) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:19:20 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Alec Berryman Message-ID: <20060223004920.GK65002@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20060222233105.GD66544@thened.net> <20060222235534.64483.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com> <20060223004322.GA7575@thened.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3qFz8M2h77c7FGn9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060223004322.GA7575@thened.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 VoIP: sip:0871270137@sip.internode.on.net WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anyone using voip? 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, 23 Feb 2006 00:49:22 -0000 --3qFz8M2h77c7FGn9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 23 February 2006 at 0:43:22 +0000, Alec Berryman wrote: > Peter on 2006-02-22 18:55:34 -0500: > >> >> --- Alec Berryman wrote: >>> >>> I'm using Skype from ports with an analog headset and it works >>> fantastically well. >> >> I installed skype from ports. Without a man page it was difficult to >> begin. I decided to execute the binary and it just sat there without any >> output whatsover. Do you have any notes? > > It just started up for me. It's a Linux binary; have you properly > enabled Linux compatibility as described in the handbook? You might > refer to the documentation on www.skype.com, but it was very much > plug-and-play. I'd guess that Peter is asking: "OK, it works. Now how do I use it?". That's where I was left with Skype. I suppose that would change if I had anybody to talk to over it. But it's a proprietary solution where there are open solutions; why choose it? Before somebody answers, I know the answer: it gives you ($) access to POTS, and it works (apparently) better than some open VoIP solutions. But I'd rather fix the open solution. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --3qFz8M2h77c7FGn9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD/QaQIubykFB6QiMRAoCyAKCsW8L8bjrrTcRNC7bhg3Fd3eW6MwCeO1Bu sFG+SIw+BHNBWUShlA3iGFw= =O3Up -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3qFz8M2h77c7FGn9--