Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 23:41:05 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: guru@unixarea.de, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: net-im/skype-devel Message-ID: <20120604234105.1cb17b82@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <201206041750.q54HoqVf049140@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <20120604120054.GA1849@tiny> <201206041750.q54HoqVf049140@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:50:52 +0200 (CEST) Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > In article <20120604120054.GA1849@tiny> you write: > >Hi, > Hi! > > > >I run 10-CURRENT r235646 and CVS updated ports (both from May, 19); > > > >skype-2.1.0.81,1 is working fine, uncluding viedo: the port > >net-im/skype-devel still says, that video is broken; > > > >is there some pre-view to test or to help debugging? > > I'm not itetcu but... > > Skype is closed source so it's not easy to find out why video > doesn't work with the version in net-im/skype-devel, but IIRC > linux_kdump showed it's trying to use the Linux inotify syscall > which is still missing in the Linuxolator. Is this the cause video > doesn't work? Last time I tested, yes, that was one of the problems. Current beta from skype is at .99, you could give it a try, but I don't expect anything better. And upcoming 3 is even worse. > Only those with the source know... Well, yeh. Trouble is linux version has the lowest priority (and the user base is constant, unlike the user base for the other versions); and while the skype devs are really nice people, there's a high level of "institutional legal paranoia" which doesn't help at all. So ... -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B
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