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Skype workaround
clach04:
Just a quick thank you for working on this. Skype 2.1 is now working beautifully on my old laptop. I ended up posting to http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=2083.msg16436#msg16436 with some info on how I dealt with Microphone problems (with ALSA).
Chris
Juanito:
I gave skype a go with alsa and a bluetooth headset - I could logon, send a text and initiate a call, which started to ring at the other end and then skype crashed and, for the first time ever in tinycore, locked up my machine.
Although I heard various beeps through the bt headset, I did not hear the other phone ring, so it's not clear for me if this was working or not.
Note that the way it works with skype here is:
1. skype release a new version and it works.
2. the telco manages to block the new version of skype
3. go back to 1.
..so given I could send a text, it would seem to suggest that the linux version of skype is close to the windows version, which works at the moment.
I tried again after reboot, skype worked for a few seconds and then crashed and then refused to start again with:
--- Code: ---$ /usr/local/skype/skype
QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed
QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Killed
--- End code ---
I tried a couple of times more, but it started killing beaver, wbar, opera, etc so I figure it was time to stop :)
bmarkus:
What is the version number of your Skype you have tried?
Juanito:
linux 2.1.0.47 - windows 4.1.0.136
jpeters:
--- Quote from: Juanito on October 02, 2009, 09:56:56 AM ---I gave skype a go with alsa and a bluetooth headset - I could logon, send a text and initiate a call, which started to ring at the other end and then skype crashed and, for the first time ever in tinycore, locked up my machine.
Although I heard various beeps through the bt headset, I did not hear the other phone ring, so it's not clear for me if this was working or not.
Note that the way it works with skype here is:
1. skype release a new version and it works.
2. the telco manages to block the new version of skype
3. go back to 1.
..so given I could send a text, it would seem to suggest that the linux version of skype is close to the windows version, which works at the moment.
I tried again after reboot, skype worked for a few seconds and then crashed and then refused to start again with:
--- Code: ---$ /usr/local/skype/skype
QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed
QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using ASCII for conversion, iconv_open failed
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Killed
--- End code ---
I tried a couple of times more, but it started killing beaver, wbar, opera, etc so I figure it was time to stop :)
--- End quote ---
The error messages (I'm sure you never saw the Xlib one before :) ) don't seem to affect anything.
I haven't had any problems with the current version, so I suspect it's conflicting with a bluetooth device or something. Freezing isn't a unique experience for me, and will happen with soundcard conflicts (like attempting to load alsa with OSS present.
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