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

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Jim Diamond wrote:
> 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

The main error is here.  What is the error with dbus enabled?

> 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 think dbus is mandatory for device discovery.  Could someone confirm?

> 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.

Have you libv4l library installed?  If yes, please send the -d 4 output...

> 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
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Eugen