Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS

2015-08-09 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2015-08-06, Digimer wrote: If you're not stuck on CentOS 5... It would be nice, as that's what we're still using in production. That article seems unnecessarily complicated, at least as far as CentOS 6 and 7 are concerned. Skype is in the nux-dex

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS

2015-08-06 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-08-06, Digimer wrote: > On 05/08/15 08:06 PM, Andrew Daviel wrote: >> >> I have Skype 2.1.0 running on CentOS 5, but it does not support >> video. >> >> At various times I have tried to install or run more recent versions >> on CentOS 5 and CentOS 6, but generally they fail for some reas

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS

2015-08-05 Thread Digimer
On 05/08/15 08:06 PM, Andrew Daviel wrote: > > I have Skype 2.1.0 running on CentOS 5, but it does not support video. > > At various times I have tried to install or run more recent versions on > CentOS 5 and CentOS 6, but generally they fail for some reason, e.g. > library requirements. > > We

[CentOS] Skype on CentOS

2015-08-05 Thread Andrew Daviel
I have Skype 2.1.0 running on CentOS 5, but it does not support video. At various times I have tried to install or run more recent versions on CentOS 5 and CentOS 6, but generally they fail for some reason, e.g. library requirements. We would like to run Skype in some conference rooms, for

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-21 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:23:10AM -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > I was quite displeased since quite some time ago that almost all web > browsers, whenever I feed URL into location bar, do not go to that URL, > but instead do the search with the search line that is that URL first. Not > only when U

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-21 Thread Jim Perrin
On 08/21/2014 11:23 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > I'm sorry Mr. Jim Perrin, I'll disregard your request and I will stay on > this side topic just for one more message. Thank you. > > Those [conspiracy] theories are reality not just theories, at least some > (Mr Snowden, e.g.) put their life on

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-21 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Wed, August 20, 2014 9:06 pm, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 10:26 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> My recent inquiries have raised the unsettling possibility >> that recent Skype clients may be designed to permit remote exploitation >> of >> host systems by unauthorised enti

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5 (SOLVED)

2014-08-20 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 08/18/14 22:05, Jim Perrin wrote:> > > On 08/18/2014 08:09 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> Hey Y'all, >> >> About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start it up >> but I can't log on. Does this have something to do with the recent update >> to LibC? Is there a repo som where

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-20 Thread Jim Perrin
On 08/20/2014 09:06 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 10:26 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> My recent inquiries have raised the unsettling possibility >> that recent Skype clients may be designed to permit remote exploitation of >> host systems by unauthorised entities. >

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-20 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 10:26 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > My recent inquiries have raised the unsettling possibility > that recent Skype clients may be designed to permit remote exploitation of > host systems by unauthorised entities. Generally entities, authorised by governments, have been doi

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-20 Thread Nux!
; To: "CentOS mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, 20 August, 2014 3:26:59 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5 > > > On Tue, August 19, 2014 08:20, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > > > I upgraded to your shiny new Skype a few days ago. Thanks for your &

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-20 Thread James B. Byrne
On Tue, August 19, 2014 08:20, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > I upgraded to your shiny new Skype a few days ago. Thanks for your > packaging work. > Has anyone tried using FreeCall or TOX as an alternative to Skype? Further, I am curious as to what components of Skype on Linux are open to source revie

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-19 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2014-08-19, Nux! wrote: > Or > > yum install > http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/skype-4.3.0.37-2.el6.nux.i586.rpm > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > I upgraded to your shiny new Skype a few days ago. Thanks for your packaging wo

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-19 Thread Nux!
st, 2014 3:18:23 AM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5 > > On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:09:41 -0400 > Mark LaPierre wrote: > > About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start > > it up but I can't log on. > [snip] > > Can anyone

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-18 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:09:41 -0400 Mark LaPierre wrote: > About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start > it up but I can't log on. [snip] > Can anyone offer some sound advice to getting my Skype running again? The reason skype stopped working is that Microsoft decided to c

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-18 Thread Jim Perrin
On 08/18/2014 08:09 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey Y'all, > > About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start it up > but I can't log on. Does this have something to do with the recent update > to LibC? Is there a repo som where that has the latest version of Skype > for C

[CentOS] Skype on CentOS 6.5

2014-08-18 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey Y'all, About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start it up but I can't log on. Does this have something to do with the recent update to LibC? Is there a repo som where that has the latest version of Skype for CentOS 6.5? When I go to the Skype web site I see that ther

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-16 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sunday, 16 March 2008, Niki Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Niki: Thank you, for everything you wrote! Question: Last night, for reasons completely unrelated to this problem with the microphone audio, I downloaded the .iso for the Knoppix Live CD and I have that CD. Can I troubleshoot this

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-16 Thread Niki Kovacs
Lanny Marcus a écrit : Card: Sound Fusion CS46xx│ │ Chip: Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3,Cirrus Logic CS4298 rev 3│ │ View: [Playback] Capture All│ │ Item: Master

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Dag Wieers
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Lanny Marcus wrote: Note: The Wiki for Skype needs a tiny update. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype It's not a Beta now. Last night, I downloaded and installed skype-2.0.0.63-centos.i586.rpm The Skype web site calls this a "Gold" release. Thank you so much for reporting.

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 12:56 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > in GNOME: System > Preferences > Volume Control > Options > Mic. Select > There are two (2) options: Mic1 and Mic2 > > My headset has stereo headphones, but the microphone is not stereo. Is it > normal, that I would see two (2) options

[CentOS] Re: CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 15 March 2008, Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com wrote: > It's not obvious from that. There is an alsa-users list at > alsa-user at lists.sourceforge.net. I had to go to them once with a problem > and > found that they have detailed knowledge of a lot of sound cards. The > solutio

[CentOS] Re: CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 15 March 2008, Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com wrote: >man alsamixer, /view mode controls Good suggestion! Thanks! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 15 March 2008, Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org wrote: >In the Gnome mixer, make sure that the "Microphone" and the "capture" >microphone icons are NOT MUTED (a red is is muted) .. also change >devices to the OSS Mixer and in the capture tab, check the microphone >icon for microphone is al

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 08:42 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > Note: When alsamixer came up in the terminal window, the only view option > seems to be for > Playback, which is shown above. Should it be possible for me to get a view of > Capture too? > How? man alsamixer, /view mode controls -- Ignac

Re: [CentOS] Re: CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 15 March 2008 16:33, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On 15 March 2008 Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org wrote: > Sat Mar 15 15:25:13 UTC 2008 > > >In the Gnome mixer, make sure that the "Microphone" and the "capture" > >microphone icons are NOT MUTED (a red is is muted) .. also change > >devices

[CentOS] Re: CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 15 March 2008 Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org wrote: Sat Mar 15 15:25:13 UTC 2008 >In the Gnome mixer, make sure that the "Microphone" and the "capture" >microphone icons are NOT MUTED (a red is is muted) .. also change >devices to the OSS Mixer and in the capture tab, check the microphon

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 15 March 2008 13:42, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On 15 March 2008, Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net wrote: > > > >Much closed source software has a "Gold" release. > > > >Fire up a console and launch 'alsamixer'. Check your microphone settings > >there. > > Card: Sound Fusion CS46xx

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Johnny Hughes
Lanny Marcus wrote: On 15 March 2008, Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net wrote: Fire up a console and launch 'alsamixer'. Check your microphone settings there. Niki: After using alsamixer, which did not permit me to see anything about the microphone, I switched to KDE and I used kmix. The

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 15 March 2008, Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net wrote: >Fire up a console and launch 'alsamixer'. Check your microphone settings >there. Niki: After using alsamixer, which did not permit me to see anything about the microphone, I switched to KDE and I used kmix. The microphone seems to

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 15 March 2008, Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net wrote: >Much closed source software has a "Gold" release. >Fire up a console and launch 'alsamixer'. Check your microphone settings >there. Card: Sound Fusion CS46xx│ │ Chip: Cirrus Logic

Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Niki Kovacs
Lanny Marcus a écrit : Note: The Wiki for Skype needs a tiny update. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype It's not a Beta now. Last night, I downloaded and installed skype-2.0.0.63-centos.i586.rpm The Skype web site calls this a "Gold" release. Much closed source software has a "Gold" release.

[CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect

2008-03-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
Note: The Wiki for Skype needs a tiny update. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype It's not a Beta now. Last night, I downloaded and installed skype-2.0.0.63-centos.i586.rpm The Skype web site calls this a "Gold" release. I'm having the same problem I had when I tried to use the Skype Beta. It's no