From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 11:20:04 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D59E471 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x230.google.com (mail-yh0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F4288BB for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f48.google.com with SMTP id i57so3554343yha.7 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:20:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :organization:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vtQFvu0iSGDataIU2TwkWyJVeiWoLbpRqDwm5DlIhGk=; b=oirUu1mGXii28IsP3wbUfEpNO/i4VuxGx6A5rVyemTg2O5TL1zzaCLOTAab+5MNT7R TvYHVwJsL7UWmxsCyHHuthyK9BwRppxqgfU3TNzCDxKSxrn6Fb2IFzTFfogVZGKRhGsy vFmLX5wgDeEW9Bl/YaqugGIjMuwKnULRorXR4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:organization:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vtQFvu0iSGDataIU2TwkWyJVeiWoLbpRqDwm5DlIhGk=; b=mnvOQDPnZNgDLDc+s4F5YgYv3PMFgdNuI/xsfVua80t1f/rVQ2ccfZ9w8lYAzMQN7w Kjxs21OUNnSRpfw8m0x1lk+GyS1aQL5XJWgHQgziO3Viy57JHkZaSjceX4abtrAFQS4Z TRFeRTomPSeg0vXw2sJpWlHrW1z4YZWQDikFwaWKdLhZ7wP7XKCNdzrolJnCq/hjT6f/ n19kmhhhyEEAQqEcxNX40E0YW/hwx3sQMaYJ+uDh8P8IP010DYgzL7V9oNgSB1rJwx8V 9zAxDBxOpNCyrzsGO+yFSu9aWPNlluf/BVzclwfeqI291rF3cn98cKnd7DRhaIzQpj4d +7NA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmFQ2L54BBOyTv2pokFeAKBNzzzwl9+QNFsREUO68Ow5nkat2/Xq+GF3HlCqAL6h+O+alyy X-Received: by 10.170.136.84 with SMTP id d81mr13694142ykc.11.1416741603162; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:20:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v68sm5578032yhp.2.2014.11.23.03.20.02 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com [76.182.104.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3jlptn5nSTz5T7Hl for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:20:01 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:20:00 -0500 From: Jerry To: User questions Subject: Re: net-im/skype* vs. linux-c6-*: Message-ID: <20141123062000.1e0441ad@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <3171138.bPutE9K8Gj@photon.home.palmen-it.de> References: <20141107163008.GO1156@albert.catwhisker.org> <20141110012733.GE1239@albert.catwhisker.org> <20141111132312.GA1808@mx12.chaot.net> <3171138.bPutE9K8Gj@photon.home.palmen-it.de> Reply-To: User questions Organization: seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:20:04 -0000 On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 02:20:36 +0100, Felix Palmen stated: >Hello, > >Am Dienstag, 11. November 2014, 15:23:12 schrieben Sie: >> a) as far as I know Microsoft doesn't allow any client before 4.3, that >> would block net-im/skype and net-im/skype-devel. If you test, and find it >> works, can you let me know please? >> >> b) we're still lacking the syscalls required by Skype 4.3 in 11.0-CURRENT, >> although dchagin@ is making good progress. > >for a), it's possible to circumvent that by once connecting with 4.3, then >downgrading to 4.2. It can be patched to report the same version string as >4.3, but I didn't test, whether this is strictly required. Given the fact >that 11-CURRENT can obviously run skype 4.3 just fine now, but still has >problems with the linux pulseaudio libs (thus, rendering a skype version >that supports sound only through pulseaudio pointless), I came up with the >following workaround for getting a fully working skype at the moment, as >long as there are things missing for linux-pulseaudio: > >1.) Get hold of an earlier version of net-im/skype4 still installing skype >4.2, place it in net-im/skype42 for convenience > >2.) remove the broken flag and the pulseaudio dependency from net-im/skype4 >Makefile > >3.) install net-im/skype4, run it, log on making sure you check the checkbox >for automatic logon (important!). > >4.) exit skype, make sure no process is left over (use kill -9 if necessary) > >5.) uninstall net-im/skype4, install net-im/skype42 > >6.) This MIGHT be unneccesary, not sure about this -- patch skype 4.2 to >report 4.3 version string: ># gsed -i >"s/\x34\x2E\x32\x2E\x30\x2E\x31\x33/\x34\x2E\x33\x2E\x30\x2E\x33\x37/g" >/usr/local/share/skype/skype > >Skype should now work. This assumes running a system recent enough to run >skype 4.3 (obviously, without the pulseaudio stuff), having chosen the -c6 >linux ports as default and having a working setup for alsa shim in >/compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf It never ceases to amaze me how much effort people will put into trying to hack something to get it to work, when if the same effort were put into making the system truly compliant it would reward the end user with far more benefits and reduce future problems. In the long run, it would most likely be easier to do too. -- Jerry