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Flash · Posted: Sat 15 May 2010, 23:19 Post subject:

Maybe there are dependency issues or some such. You should mention to Barry that sGmixer works when others don't, Maybe he'll include it.

Ron · Joined: 03 Aug 2008 Posts: 184 Location: Around Seattle

Iguleder,
I wanted to thank you for the very concise and helpful instructions. It was invaluable and worked right off.
Ron

BTW, this is for lupu 5.1.1

dionisis politis · Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 1

http://portablelinuxapps.org/

you can use the above page to download a portable version of skype, right cick it, open properties to make it executable (or from a terminal: chmod +x ), and that's all!
then you can put a symilink to the start application folder to have it launched after booting.
By the way all portable apps work fine with puppy, I have tried a dozen succesfully.

mama21mama · Posted: Sat 04 Dec 2010, 00:24 Post subject:

I have the microphone plugged into the back panel. anda microphone and hear it. But the problem is to zoom in on skype test call I is capturing.

Tengo el micrófono conectado en el panel de atrás. anda el micrófono ya que lo escucho. Pero el problema es la captura, en el test call de skype no me esta capturando.

:s

frefel · Joined: 26 Feb 2009 Posts: 178 Location: Eugene, Ore., US

greengeek · Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Posts: 2910 Location: New Zealand

Iguleder - thanks for the tutorial. Worked first time.

I run puppy 4.3.1 on a Toshiba TE2100 laptop.

It has no internal mic so I had to plug in an external one, but found that the three different mics I tried had MASSIVE differences in output (even though they all are standard "computer multimedia headset" types).

Only one of them proved to be satisfactory, and even then I had to switch on the mic boost in Alsa.

(took a while to discover that the MM icon for the boost is toggled by using the "M" key, not the spacebar).

Works with excellent clarity.

killylun · Joined: 03 Sep 2011 Posts: 9

hey, using Lucid 5.2.8 on a new hp netbook, booting/running off of usb. i installed skype in the manner described in this thread and it worked fine(in /mnt/home rather than /root), but now when i open the program it disappears after about 8 seconds, not even enough time to log-in to skype. no error message, nothing. i don't know what caused it to start doing this. i don't know how to uninstall it either. total n00b here. if someone can tell me how to uninstall it or how to fix the issue that'd be awesome.

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6691 Location: lisbon

Try opening a console, in the skype directory, and run ./skype to see if any errors are generated on the commandline.

killylun · Joined: 03 Sep 2011 Posts: 9

thanks for the reply Muggins. this is the message i received:

socket(): Address family not supported by protocol
socket(): Address family not supported by protocol
Aborted

after a quick google search i checked my network settings but didn't see anything regarding ipv4 or ipv6 (the protocols in question, i assume). i'll have to look up some commands to get any further or look in the skype conf files since skype doesnt stay open long enough to check any options. not really sure what i'm doing^^

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6691 Location: lisbon

I'm using version 2.2.0.25(Beta), and have never experienced any probs. Which version do you have?

Edit: I see the latest static version is 2.2.0.35.

killylun · Joined: 03 Sep 2011 Posts: 9

i am using the latest static 2.2.0.35. however, i just realized that i have a 64-bit machine (yeah, i'm pretty slow) so i'm going to dump lucid528 for fatdog64-520 asap. then i'll report back with how skype runs on fatdog. thanks for the replies Muggins!

Lenny · Joined: 24 Aug 2012 Posts: 2

Hi, im newbie on linux puppy, install Skype on puppy 3.01 like you told on the post, but the skype does not start, i did have all steps and it was on skype dir and put the icon on desktop, but now just dont open the install dialogue.

Thanks

Lenny

Flash · Posted: Fri 24 Aug 2012, 08:25 Post subject:

Lenny, how did you install Skype? (What instructions did you follow? Can you give us the URL of the post? The URL of a post in this forum is in the little box to the left of the word "Posted:" at the upper left of the post. Right-click on that box and choose "Copy link location." then Paste the result.)