Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:39:49 +0200 From: Oleg Nauman <oleg.nauman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: net-im/skype* vs. linux-c6-*: Message-ID: <CAC5YPTtM-qGRsZBqs7vjFZOc19ZAg2pgV4eGQqwiZZvqRLTBBA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3171138.bPutE9K8Gj@photon.home.palmen-it.de> References: <20141107163008.GO1156@albert.catwhisker.org> <20141110012733.GE1239@albert.catwhisker.org> <20141111132312.GA1808@mx12.chaot.net> <3171138.bPutE9K8Gj@photon.home.palmen-it.de>
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On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 3:20 AM, Felix Palmen <felix@palmen-it.de> wrote: > Hello, > > Am Dienstag, 11. November 2014, 15:23:12 schrieben Sie: > > a) as far as I know Microsoft doesn't allow any client before 4.3, that > > would block net-im/skype and net-im/skype-devel. If you test, and find it > > works, can you let me know please? > > > > b) we're still lacking the syscalls required by Skype 4.3 in > 11.0-CURRENT, > > although dchagin@ is making good progress. > > for a), it's possible to circumvent that by once connecting with 4.3, then > downgrading to 4.2. It can be patched to report the same version string as > 4.3, but I didn't test, whether this is strictly required. Given the fact > that > 11-CURRENT can obviously run skype 4.3 just fine now, but still has > problems > with the linux pulseaudio libs (thus, rendering a skype version that > supports > sound only through pulseaudio pointless), I came up with the following > workaround for getting a fully working skype at the moment, as long as > there > are things missing for linux-pulseaudio: > > 1.) Get hold of an earlier version of net-im/skype4 still installing skype > 4.2, place it in net-im/skype42 for convenience > > 2.) remove the broken flag and the pulseaudio dependency from net-im/skype4 > Makefile > > 3.) install net-im/skype4, run it, log on making sure you check the > checkbox > for automatic logon (important!). > > 4.) exit skype, make sure no process is left over (use kill -9 if > necessary) > > 5.) uninstall net-im/skype4, install net-im/skype42 > > 6.) This MIGHT be unneccesary, not sure about this -- patch skype 4.2 to > report 4.3 version string: > There is no need to patch, the stock skype-4.2.0.13 is working fine after login in skype-4.3 > # gsed -i > "s/\x34\x2E\x32\x2E\x30\x2E\x31\x33/\x34\x2E\x33\x2E\x30\x2E\x33\x37/g" > /usr/local/share/skype/skype > > Skype should now work. This assumes running a system recent enough to run > skype 4.3 (obviously, without the pulseaudio stuff), having chosen the -c6 > linux ports as default and having a working setup for alsa shim in > /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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