Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 09:01:41 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> 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 :) Message-ID: <20110517160141.A1E121CC0B@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 May 2011 10:38:58 %2B0300." <20110517103858.9cccf61a.itetcu@FreeBSD.org>
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> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:38:58 +0300 > From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org > > 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. Many thanks for all of the work that went into getting a modern version of Skype working! 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. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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