Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:19:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Paris Jones <arckeda@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux emluation of Skype not complete. Message-ID: <255828.6676.qm@web63414.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4614B16E.1020004@u.washington.edu>
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Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: 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
I am afraid that playing multiple audio sources is not my problem,
the problem is I don't have the option to select more than one source at a
time in the Skype native port. In the linux build, I have that option, but I
can't call or receive calls from anyone.
Thank you.
-ARCKEDA
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