I'm
using Ekiga 2.0.3-0ubuntu8 on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) and I'm
hoping you can answer the following (NB non-technical beginner's
language would be much appreciated!):
- I downloaded Ekiga simply
via the “Add applications” facility. I'm perplexed why Ubuntu
doesn't appear in the “Choose your distribution” list (along with
Fedora, Opensuse, Sources & even Windows) on your Home Page. Can
you please confirm that Ubuntu is still suitable for Ekiga softphone
and that the above version I have loaded is in fact the latest.
-
On the download page you stipulate “You
need to download and install the OPAL and PWLIB libraries before
Ekiga”. Does this also apply
to Ubuntu (even though Ubuntu isn't listed on that page and these
libraries don't appear to be available via my Synaptic Package
Manager)?
In
the latter, the nearest I can find are:
“Opalmod
package” (latest
version 0.1.14), a set of Perl modules for Exception handle
emulation; Simplified file and command read functions & Simplified
debugging support.
“Pxlib-1”
(Library
to read and write Paradox DB files)
Am
I right in saying that these are irrelevant?
- When I was
setting up Ekiga and I did the echo test, I could hear the automated
voice perfectly but my voice sent back after a 4 second delay sounded
far too distant (as if I were on the moon!). On trying to call the
echo test again (by calling sip:500 ekiga net),
nothing happens and I see the message “Security Check failed”. Is that
normal ie can you only listen to the echo test on setting up
Ekiga?
- I tried calling friends' Hotmail addresses when they
were logged into Windows Messenger Live; Ekiga would ring the dial
tone twice but then cut off (with a message “could not connect to
the remote server). Can you confirm that there should be NO problem
in speaking (& text chatting simultaneously) between my Ekiga
(using Feisty Fawn) & their Windows Messenger (as stated in your
product descriptions)? In the SIP to call box, I simply inserted the
standard Hotmail address - are Hotmail email addresses registered
with Windows Messenger Live automatically SIP addresses?!
- I
also tried several Ekiga “SIP” addresses (from your “white
pages” where subscribers invited test calls, including
dsandras ekiga net ); Ekiga
rang the dial tone for much longer but my call was either “rejected”
or the “caller was unreachable”. As I personally don't know
anybody with an Ekiga address, do you happen to have any suggestions
of any Ekiga subscribers I could call?
Mine is
sip:iangrace ekiga net
- Is my computer suitable for use with Ekiga (audio and
video)? It has an AMD
Duron 600Mhz,
416Mb Ram,
(40Gb HDD) and am I correct in thinking that ESS Technology ES1969
(Solo 1) AUDIODRIVE (as listed in my “device manager”) is my
Sound card? ( The graphics card is Voodoo3 AGP)
Ref
the sound card, I'm also confused, as my “Input & Output”
devices (in the “Preferences section”) are listed as ESS ES1938
(Solo-1). The model numbers apparently don't match, so do I have to
reconfigure something?
Thanks very much
Ian
