Re: [Ekiga-list] ANNOUNCE - Ekiga 3.2.5 [STABLE] available

[Jim Diamond <Jim Diamond acadiau ca>]

On Tue, Jul  7, 2009 at 05:53 (-0400), Volker Bradley wrote:

> Installed it easily in Kubuntu Jaunty:
> wget ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ekiga/3.2/ekiga-3.2.5.tar.bz2
> wget ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/opal/3.6/opal-3.6.4.tar.bz2
> wget ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/ptlib/2.6/ptlib-2.6.4.tar.bz2
> sudo dpkg -r libopal3.6.1-dev libopal3.6.1
> sudo dpkg -r libpt2.6.1-dev libpt2.6.1 libpt2.6.1-plugins-v4l2
> libpt2.6.1-plugins-alsa
> sudo dpkg -r ekiga
> tar jxvf ptlib-2.6.4.tar.bz2
> cd ptlib-2.6.4
> .configure
> make
> sudo checkinstall
> cd ..
> tar jxvf opal-3.6.4.tar.bz2
> cd opal-3.6.4
> ./configure
> make
> sudo checkinstall
> cd ..
> sudo apt-get install intltool libgtk2.0-dev libgconf2-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev
> libgconf2-dev libebook1.2-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libxv-dev
> libdbus-glib-1-dev -y
> tar jxvf ekiga-3.2.5.tar.bz2
> cd ekiga-3.2.5
> ./configure
> make
> sudo checkinstall
> sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libpt.so.2.6.4 /usr/lib
> sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libopal.so.3.6.4 /usr/lib
> Installed in minutes.

Volker,

thanks for the instructions.


Volker et al...


I tried compiling this on Knoppix 6.0.1

In the end I could not convince Knoppix, apt-get and ekiga's configure
script to see eye-to-eye regarding dbus, and had to configure it with
	--disable-dbus
After that it compiled smoothly enough; the entire configure line was
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/man --disable-dbus --disable-gnome --disable-gconf --disable-avahi --disable-gdu --disable-eds --disable-xcap --disable-kde --disable-kab --disable-gstreamer --disable-static --build=i486-slackware-linux



Problem 1
---------
Unfortunately, it is unable to see any audio or video devices this
way.  Does it use dbus to figure out the a/v devices, or do the
assembled masses think my problem is unrelated to that?



I also compiled it on Slackware 12.2 (an infinitely simpler process
than for Knoppix, as it turns out, using slight mods of the SlackBuild
scripts on www.slackbuild.org).

Problem 2
---------
On Slackware ekiga refuses to see my ov511 web cam, although it is
happy with my Logitech web cam (a pwc-based web cam).  Has ekiga given
up on older web cams?  This web cam works happily with other video
applications on that system.



Problem 3
---------
Ignoring problems 1 and 2, with the Logitech web cam on the Slackware
system, I connected from the Slackware system to the Knoppix system with
	h323:192.168.1.10
Although the call goes through, the video does not show up on the
Knoppix system.  Instead, the gui on the Slackware system goes
berserk, quickly switching between the small moving logo and the
larger (320x240) image from my web cam.  Since they are different
sizes, the window keeps changing size.

If I connect with sip:user 192 168 1 10 the Knoppix end sees a small
version of my video, rather than the 320x240.

In both cases it is using Speex and H261.  The Slackware version was
compiled with other codecs, the Knoppix version only has that video codec.


If I connect from Knoppix to Slackware, with sip it works the same as above.
With h323, there is no flashing as above, but the (small version) of
the video is shown at both ends.


Can anyone suggest any solutions to these problems?


Thanks.
			Jim