It is only sometimes visible, but even when it is visible, the menu items and answer call buttons are greyed out.
-Greg -----Original Message----- From: ekiga-list [mailto:ekiga-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Eugen Dedu Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:37 PM To: Ekiga mailing list Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga rings, but no buttons or menu items let me answer the call On 17/05/13 20:53, Stuart D Gathman wrote: > On 05/17/2013 12:34 PM, Greg Ferber expounded in part: >> >> This has happened to me several times recently. Ekiga is connected, I >> can place calls if so desired, and someone calls me. I get the >> ringing sound, but none of the buttons or menu entries will let me >> pick up the call. >> >> Windows 7 x64, Ekiga 4.0.1, using SIP (specifically SimpleSignal >> service, which uses BroadSoft, in case that matters) >> >> Any clues? >> >> > Heh. This is a big problem. I thought Windows was supposed to pop up > the call window instead of using notifiers? On unix desktops with > notifiers, Indeed, it is strange that the call window is not automatically shown on Windows. Isn't the call window shown? Is it never shown or only sometimes? > ekiga pops up a notifier with Accept and Reject buttons. > Unfortunately, > 2 out of 4 desktop systems tested have broken notifiers, so that you > can't answer calls on those desktops either. Working desktops so far > in Fedora are gnome-shell and mate (cinnamon and gnome-fallback are broken). > > I've been campaigning for the developers to make always using the Call > window a config option, instead of relying the desktop environment to > tell the truth about whether buttons on notifiers are supported > (cinnamon lies) and assuming they actually work. You are not alone, I have compaigned too, but I was told that the notification is better visually :) Maybe we can add a command line switch, or a gconf (!) key for that? > It is good to try to support notifiers by default, since that is more > elegant, and integrated with the desktop. But being able to fall back > to the call window without recompiling would be great. It is supposed to fallback. If it does not happen, the problem is surely in notification implementation, not in ekiga. -- Eugen _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list ekiga-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
