Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:38:58 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Skype with sound and video support :) Message-ID: <20110517103858.9cccf61a.itetcu@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi, As you may have noticed skype ports were updated a few days ago. 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 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=f10,OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10 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 IF YOUR OSVERSION IS NOT NEW ENOUGH, SOUND (ESPECIALLY MIC) WON'T WORK. If you run into problems, at very least we need to know the output of: $ uname -a; sysctl compat.linux | head -2; grep OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf; cat /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf 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. Please test your sound /video setup outside skype before blaming skype / mailing me. -- Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>
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