Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] still startup stuff

[Neon Dog <neondog hightec com>]

morten wrote:
> hi again
> I upgraded to gnomemeeting 0.85 on both computers, but the problem is still
> basicly that connections are shady.
>
> The sound cards:
> It was suggested that I might be listening to interference instead of what the
> real signal from the microphones. But I have checked and it is the real signal
> I get.
>
>
> > 1) check the history to see if you are transmitting or not
> looking at "history" I get "call completed" less than a second after opening
> the connection
>
> I initiate:
> 18:10:03 :  Call 1: calling 192.168.1.15
> 18:10:15 :  Started New Logical Channel...
> 18:10:15 :  Sending MS-GSM{sw}
> 18:10:15 :  Enabled silence detection for MS-GSM{sw}
> 18:10:16 :  Fast start enabled
> 18:10:16 :  H.245 Tunnelling enabled
> 18:10:16 :  Connected with morten [192.168.1.15] using gnomemeeting 0.85.1  
> 9:0:61
> 18:10:16 :  Call completed
>
> "the other guy" initiates.
> 18:40:24 :  Call from morten [192.168.1.15]
> 18:40:30 :  Started New Logical Channel...
> 18:40:30 :  Sending MS-GSM{sw}
> 18:40:30 :  Enabled silence detection for MS-GSM{sw}
> 18:40:30 :  Fast start enabled
> 18:40:30 :  H.245 Tunnelling enabled
> 18:40:30 :  Connected with morten [192.168.1.15] using gnomemeeting     0.85.1 
> 9:0:61
> 18:40:30 :  Answering incoming call
> 18:40:30 :  Started New Logical Channel...
> 18:40:30 :  Receiving GSM-06.10{sw}
> --> here I terminate because I don't hear anything.
> 18:41:10 :  Stopping current call
> 18:41:11 :  Call completed
>
> The other end still didn't know I ended the connection 10 minutes earlier.
>
> In both ends, we use GSM-06.10{sw} so that shouldn't be the problem. I've seen
> that you may have trouble getting through a firewall, but I'm a LAN so that is
> not it either.
>
> I have also noticed that I don't get the ringing sound whenever someone tries
> to initiate a connection.
>
> It was also suggested that I should check whether anything was transmitted or
> not. Where do I do that? is there some kind of transmit status, except by using
> the -d option which generates a couple of thousand lines per connection
> attempt. 
>
> I have also tried using windows netmeeting. I installed the GSM from the
> gnomemeeting site, but it appears that I still connect to netmeeting using
> G.711 (which is not installed as codec in netmeeting - according to the codec
> list).
>
>
> > 2) check the cat /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp trick
> I get "device busy" 
>
> I have the impression that I miss something fundamental. Enlighten me please.
> mo
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> Date: 18-Mar-2002
> Time: 16:04:52
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To check if anything was transmitted you might want to use a packet 
sniffer and see if your packets are moving outbound to the destination 
IP.  Ethereal is one that works with the Gnome desktop and doesn't take 
rocket science to interpet