Re: [Ekiga-list] Newbie questions

[Tron <tron hotbox ru>]

Any progress on this so far?


On 3/11/2013 6:08 PM, Tron wrote:
> Hi Eugen and thank you again for your persistence in this matter :).
>
> Since I do not want to repeatedly install one version of Ekiga over 
> the other and repeat the same tests over and over, I will just say 
> that each test was repeated MANY times in each mode on each version of 
> the program.
> The exact chronology of the actions taken and results observed is 
> depicted exactly in this thread.  Reading all entries from the start 
> should answer your questions.  But, for your convenience, here are my 
> answers again:
>
>
> On 3/11/2013 10:21 AM, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > Polaris, you wrote that ekiga 4.0.0 works, but ekiga 4.0.1 does not.
> 4.0.0 worked better than 4.0.1.  01 couldn't even register to 
> Ekiga.net and not even an echo test worked.  But 00 never worked fully 
> either - echo and call back tests worked (with video present) but 
> calls to another person (only one person was called and calls were 
> recieved from him multiple times within 30 minutes) only worked 
> without video (ie: voice only).  Only once, for a brief instant I saw 
> an image of the other person at the very beginning of the call. After 
> that the image disappeared and the call continued in voice only.  The 
> results of that test were described in February's thread: "Ekiga test 
> today".
>
> > Do you always or most often receive the dialogue box about "Ekiga did 
> > not manage to configure..." when starting ekiga 4.0.0?  But with 4.0.1?
> The dialogue box about Ekiga not configuring ports was appearing EVERY 
> time Ekiga started for BOTH 4.0.0 and 4.0.1.  This was the case on 
> BOTH computers tested (desktop and laptop both of which were behind 
> the same firewall of my gateway).  The required ports on my firewall 
> (m0n0wall) were opened manually and verified as being open with PF 
> Port Checker from both computers.
> > With 4.0.0, has it worked with several outgoing and incoming calls, 
> > or you have tested only once (calling once 500 ekiga net for ex.)?
> After I first installed 4.0.0, both echo and call back tests always 
> worked with video (repeated MANY times).  After I installed 4.0.1 over 
> 4.0.0, nothing worked even once.  Then two things were done: I 
> installed Skype and installed 4.0.0 over 4.0.1 (don't remember which 
> was done first).  The roll back was done as per your request to run 
> the -d 4 log on 4.0.0.  But after the rollback, 4.0.0 didn't work as 
> before.  The echo test now always works with audio only (never with 
> video) and the call back test now never works: Ekiga hangs as soon as 
> I "pick up" after the system calls me back and this happens every time.
> > Please do several tests, call and receive calls, and only afterwards 
> > answer this e-mail.
> >
> > I ask this because I am told that BOTH releases do not work for you 
> > in fact.  As soon as the dialogue box appear (if it appears 
> > occasionally, say 10% of the time, then this is not a problem), the 
> > port forwarding does not function properly.  In this case we try to 
> > PREVENT you from registering, since even if you do register, you will 
> > certainly have communication problems (non audio/video most of the 
> > time when calling or when called).