Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] still startup stuff

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 20:23, 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" 
> 


That is the problem. Try to see if no program is blocking the soundcard.
That small test should at least work if you want to make gnomemeeting
working.

You can also try "rec" to test recording from a sound device (rec is
provided with sox.

> 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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