Re: [Ekiga-list] Setting up ekiga

[alexander <mail alex-sk de>]

I have version 3.2.5 that was automatically chosen by "ubuntu karmic"
and since the echo-test didn't work I was looking around what could be
the problem. The confusing information about the "oss" plugin
installation needed comes from here:
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Audio_setup

They're talking about ubuntu 9.04 while I'm using 9.10. I have three
computers here ;-) so on the one where I'm right now that package has
not been installed, but it doesn't work anyway. I was also able to
choose "/dev/dsp (PTLIB/OSS)" from the drop-down instead of the "Default
(PTLIB/ALSA)". Any which way the echo-test doesn't work. I will remove
the faulty package from the other computer and wait for the echo-server
to work, or find somebody for the testing. But would you say, according
to the debugging information, that everything is set-up well here? I've
also entered ports according to this:
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_router
i.e. "3478" as trigger and "3478-3479,5000-5100" as public.

Last but not least I think it shouldn't be difficult to implement an
error-message that tells me what's wrong instead of leaving me guessing.
But maybe that was programed by a woman ;-)


Am Samstag, den 20.02.2010, 23:10 +0100 schrieb Eugen Dedu:
> alex wrote:
> > I have installed "Ekiga" under "ubuntu Karmic", installed the missing
> > package "libpt-1.11.2-plugins-oss" (I'm wondering why it doesn't install
> > automatically as it seems to be a dependency??) and executed these
> 
> What version of ekiga do you use?  If you use v3, you do not need that
> package, which is very old.  "dpkg -l ekiga" should tell it.
> 
> > commands:
> > 
> >  $ gconftool-2 --set /apps/ekiga/devices/audio/input_device --type string "/dev/dsp (PTLIB/OSS)" 
> >  $ gconftool-2 --set /apps/ekiga/devices/audio/output_device --type string "/dev/dsp (PTLIB/OSS)"
> >  $ gconftool-2 --set /apps/ekiga/general/sound_events/output_device --type string "/dev/dsp (PTLIB/OSS)"
> > 
> > But I still cannot establish the sip:500 ekiga net connection. So I
> 
> There was/is a problem with ekiga.net server concerning calling 500.
> 
> > found out how to get the debug informations and here they are. (But
> > anyway it would be much nicer if the program itself would tell me which
> > problems it has and what I'm supposed to do about it, as from the debug
> > informations it must know which problems it has. It seems to be that
> > there's an "internal server error" and the problem is not on "my"
> > side??? For someone who is installing this for the first time, it's very
> > confusing and annoying not to know what the problem is and spending
> > hours in "Google" just to find out nothing...)
> 
> You're right, but it is not easy and we lack the manpower to do it now.
>