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rhadon · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 1228 Location: Germany

Hi everybody,

I've just installed Skype and got an account. So basically it seems to work. My problem at this time is the test call: I hear the automatic voice, my microphone is on and loud (I can hear it in the speakers if I blow to it or scratch), but I can't hear my message they send automatically back. Only the automatic voice.
Has anybody a idea what's wrong?

I tried it with EeePc 900 and Ripple_63, a Derivative of Puppy 4.1.1

Rolf

Edit: I just tried it also with Puppy 4.1.1 with exactly the same problem.

boyscout99 · Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 3

I'm having the same issue as the above poster.

Skype installed fine. My video works fine. when calling people, their video turns up way scratchy unviewable and the program crashes.

I also can't get the mircophone to work at all.

The computer:
Dell 2400
1.6 ghz processor (or maybe 2.6)
256MB ram
80GB hard drive

The webcam: microsoft VX 1000

Thanks in advance!

exProphecy · Posted: Sun 14 Dec 2008, 07:33 Post subject:

Just FYI guys, the newest Skype is always available and it runs pretty well by just as a static download which is found here: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/choose/

Not that it isn't nice as a .pet though. Just extract anywhere and run the "skype" icon.

boyscout99 · Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 3

dawnsboy · Posted: Sun 14 Dec 2008, 16:13 Post subject:

boyscout99 · Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 3

rhadon · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 1228 Location: Germany

dawnsboy · Posted: Mon 15 Dec 2008, 13:43 Post subject:

rhadon · Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 1228 Location: Germany

I got it

For Eee 900 there are 3 pet's from tempestuous necessary:

eee-snd-hda-intel-patched-k2.6.25.16.pet
acpid-Eee-7x-900.pet
eee-asus_acpi-pciehp-k2.6.25.16.pet

Now Skype works fine for me also with internal microphone.
Have a nice xmas time

Rolf

glassparrot · Posted: Tue 13 Jan 2009, 22:19 Post subject:

So, I gather that no one has any idea of how to adjust the fonts on skype? They do seem awfully small to me. T Hobbit asked about this earlier... but he received no reply.

magerlab · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 730

the better way is to use dynamic skype
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic
and qt4 lib
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=33913&search_id=2087350767
i made an sfs with qt4 and sfs with skype dynamic and use them both
so i can adjust fonts with qt4config( inside of the qt4 pack) or use qt-gtkstyle( so skype will look like a gtk app)

with static skype you can set global font size( menu-desktop) higher

jakfish · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 710

I can vouch that this Skype version will work--audio and video--with ASUS EEE 900.

(make sure users see earlier, very helpful post in this thread about setting up microphone capture)

Jake

amenyahu · Joined: 24 Dec 2008 Posts: 33

I've also downloaded skype 2.0.0.72 and for a while it works. But whenever I try to do a video call, it shuts itself down. I can get skype to start to video me on my own. It can also show the person I am talking to on their own. But when I try to make it a full video call where they can see me and I can see them, the program crashes, i.e., shuts itself down.

Can't understand why.

By the way, I'm using Puppy 4.1 on a pentium 4 computer using 512 MB RAM and 1.7GHz. I've also got OpenOffice and KOffice running as sfs add-ons.

smokey01 · Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 1602 Location: South Australia

Recently I was having problems with my webcam on Skype. My webcam is a Logitech quickcam pro 4000. Anyway I have it working again.

The solution:
Skype 2.0.0.72
Puppy 4.1.2
Kernel k2.6.21.7 (k2.6.25.16 does not work on my computer)
Xvesa (Xorg did not work)
pwc driver (bundled with Puppy 4.1.2)

LinxBe · Joined: 20 Feb 2009 Posts: 13