Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga on Asus EEE / PC900 ?

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le lundi 25 août 2008 à 14:47 +0000, D Webb a écrit :
> 
> 
> > From: dsandras seconix com
> > To: ekiga-list gnome org
> > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:39:38 +0200
> > Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga on Asus EEE / PC900 ?
> > 
> > Le lundi 25 août 2008 à 12:59 +0000, D Webb a écrit :
> > > I have working webcam on another machine. Sound device works fine 
> > > with everything else except Ekiga. You maybe recall I brought up
> the 
> > > PCM problems several moons ago? Still no fix in sight. Since this
> is 
> > > pretty standard Linux (Slackware) install, I reckoned it affected
> a
> > > lot of 
> > > people trying to use Ekiga. I still wonder what Linux distro, etc
> > > actually 
> > > works with Ekiga.
> > > 
> > > That left me asking about specific hardware and Linux
> installations.
> > > The 
> > > Asus EEE is very convenient because a huge number of people
> bought 
> > > this, so we would all be talking about essentiall y same hardware
> and 
> > > software. Potential replacement for mobile phones!
> > > 
> > > Damian, I know you're in here... it would be nice to see a
> working, 
> > > factory installed Ekiga on this toy.
> > 
> > I'm sorry, but I don't know what PCM problems you are talking
> about...
> > I suppose that if there was a bug affecting so many Ekiga users,
> they
> > would complain.
> > -- 
> > _ Damien Sandras
> > (o- 
> 
> The one you and I discussed on this list several months back. You
> asked me to 
> post a bug report and I did:
> 
> Ekiga: sndrv_pcm_hw_params: Assertion `err >= 0' failed
> 
 <‏Maybe now you remember? I think a lot of people did complain about 
> this, but maybe not to this list. You commented that this is not an
> Ekiga 
> problem, but clearly knew it was happening. At least on my box, this 
> was happening together with Ekiga crashing. Never got Ekiga working 
> on my box.

Ah, now yes, I remember.

It is a shame ALSA people did not fix it yet!
-- 
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(o-      
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