Skype was probably the second most requested feature, after flash, among G1G1 owners. I'm happy to report that both work _very well_ on the XO-1.5 running os11 thanks to the new Chrome video driver. Installation is a breeze even for the non-technical if you use Fedoraplus ( http://www.dnmouse.org/autoten/ ). You just need to "yum install usermode" first. The only problem I found in Skype is that the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio dependency brakes alsamixer. Not alsa just the mixer. "yum erase alsa-plugins-pulseaudio" remedies that and everything works just fine. Two way video conferencing or even desktop sharing!
Unfortunately my XO-1's camera ribbon is loose again and after the 5-6th reattachment I'm giving up on this (any spare XO-1 anyone... ;). So I can not testify how Skype works with F14 builds. But with F9/F11 builds 2-way video crashed Skype and/or the system. What I know, second hand from user-reports, is that Skype video conferencing works on the XO-1, using XOpup (puppy linux for the XO). Given that the kernel/alsa/video driver is pretty similar with official builds it means that is possible in Fedora too. The Skype/Qt combo that is used can be found here http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet-packages-lucid/skype_static-2.1.0.81.pet http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet-packages-lucid/skype_static-2.1.0.81.sfs and my serve as guidance. (.pet is really .tar.gz with a hash) One additional (but unfortunately still second hand) info is that geode 2.11.9 appears to work better than 2.11.11 or 2.11.12 Sorry if it got too technical. Short answer Skype video-conferencing on the XO-1.5/os11 works fine. On the XO-1, I do not know but believe is feasible. --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Jon Nettleton <jon.nettle...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Jon Nettleton <jon.nettle...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [support-gang] Questions Re: Skype on XO > To: "Luke Faraone" <l...@laptop.org> > Cc: "Developers List" <de...@lists.laptop.org>, "SugarLabs Testing" > <test...@lists.laptop.org>, "IAEP SugarLabs" <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org>, > support-g...@laptop.org, "Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to > "help AT laptop.org"" <support-g...@lists.laptop.org> > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 11:22 PM > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Luke > Faraone <l...@laptop.org> > wrote: > > I'm not sure this is an apt question for IAEP. > > > > On 03/01/2011 09:24 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > >> > >> I need to be able to do a 2-way video chat. I > would like to know... > >> > >> 1) How much memory does Skype take up? > > > > Disk space: the RPM page is 18.7MiB, so I'd imagine it > takes up a little > > bit more than that on disk. > > Skype also requires Qt to be installed. My static > version of 2.0.0.72 > takes up 26.5Mb. > > *snip* > > >> 3) What is the difference in performance between > the XO-1 and the XO-1.5? > > I don't think that the XO1 supports the multiple XV > surfaces needed to > run skype video out. This has just been added to the > XO 1.5 11.2.x > series. > > >> 4) What is the reason for the difference, memory > or speed or both? > > I think I have probably worked the most with getting skype > running on > the XO 1.5 platform, so I will try to sum up my > experience. > > The most recent version of skype that I suggest running is > 2.0.0.72. > It has its quirks and problems but still uses the old > codecs for audio > and video compression. The 2.1 series introduced the > Silk codecs that > require much more CPU than the XO's have available. > The video does > now work with the most recent development builds for the XO > 1.5, but > there is still more tweaking that is necessary to get skype > working. > You need to do some specific configuration for both the > soundcard and > the camera to get everything working. > > I spent an hour or two pulling together all my notes and > starting an > RPM installation this weekend. > When is your video chat and do you have any other computers > available? > You can e-mail me off list and I will try to help you out > as much as > possible. > > -Jon > _______________________________________________ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep