Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype



Hi Charlie and Aruni,
 
Unfortunately I am still having no joy with Skype.
 
Here is what I am doing from what I can remeber as I am now using XP to send this message.
 
1. I am opening Skype (It is already installed) and entering my username and password and pressing tab once then space - without sighted help I asume this is the remember check box.
2. I am not sure whether or not to login to skype, but I have then copied the libskype.so shared library to /usr/lib/purple-2. I have done this before logging in and afterwards. I then quit skype.
3. I then run Pidgin, but Skype does not appear in the list of availible protocols. The only way I have found to make this happen is if I install the skype4pidgin.deb package, which brings up Skype and Skype D Bus in the protocols. I have tried both of these with the same result.
 
5. I have then done as you suggested Aruni and selected no proxy in the relevant box. However, when I navigate to the and press an arrow key in the tree table of  Pidgin everything just quits. - i get no notification of Skype wanting to use this plugin, although my dad did click the box saying remember this selection yesterday.
 
I hope this helps and thank you both so much for all your  help with this issue.
 
Take care
 
james
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:33 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype

James...
After you download skype and enter your user name and password are you quiting skype before you launch pidgin? After placing libskype.so in /usr/lib/purple-2 and after entering your user name and password into skype press alt F2 to bring up run application and type killall skype to quite skype. Be sure to check the "sign me in when skype starts" box before quitting skype. Then launch pidgin and look for the skype protycol. I might be way off base so I apologize if I am. I hope you can figure this out. Good luck.
Charlie

--- On Sun, 1/25/09, James & Nash <james austin1984 googlemail com> wrote:
From: James & Nash <james austin1984 googlemail com>
Subject: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
To: orca-list gnome org
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 2:55 PM

Hi folks,
 
Okay, I'm having some real problems with Skype and Pidgin. I followed the instructions on the work around page.
 
After having installed Skype, I copied the libskype.so shared library to /usr/lib/purple-2 but Skype did not appear in the list of availible accounts in Pidgin. I found I had to install the skype4pidgin.deb package and then Skype appeared in the list along with something called Skype D Bus.
 
I removed and re-installed Pidgin to the latest version  which i think is 2.5.3, but I am still getting the problem where  Pidgin crashes when I try to navigate  the table of contacts.
 
What am I doing wrong?
 
Any help would be appreciated pleased. Not being able to use Skype would be a major road block  in my moving over to Linux.
 
PS - My dad did the sighted bit of clicking the button
 
Thank you for any and all help
 
James
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