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I wrote most of that howto on the gentoo wiki, and I have to say that once |
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you set up alsa, oss emulation, and skype correctly, it works like a charm. |
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I even have it redirecting output to another sound card which I have a |
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headset built into. |
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A few things to note: |
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-Because this is an earlier version of the skype base software, a few |
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features are missing and probably will be for some time. This includes |
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video, advanced noise reduction, ability to redirect output to one mixer and |
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input to another, and the list goes on. But for my purposes, it's just |
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fine. |
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-There's a bug that pops up every now and then where Skype won't close your |
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oss sound device after ending a call. The only way I've seen to fix this is |
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to close Skype, restart alsa, then reopen Skype. Large pain in the butt. |
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Apparently Skype has been working furiously on a newer version where alsa |
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support and the like will be built in, but I'm waiting to see that one. |
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--JBDubbs (jbdubbs@×××××.com) |
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On 3/21/06, THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've read <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Skype> and it looks ok. Under |
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> fedora it never quite worked right, some sort of incompatability with |
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> xmms I suspect. Just sorta soliciting experiences with skype and |
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> gentoo :) |
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> If I can get it working properly that'd be one less reason to use windows |
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> :) |
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> -Thufir |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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Jason Weisberger |
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jbdubbs@×××××.com |
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