Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] 'Please install a sound card or Quicknet card'

[John Francis Lee <jfl robinlea com>]

Thanks again for the help.

I get the same message running as root. In fact I've only ever tried to
run gnomemeeting as root.

Truong asked for the results of cat /proc/ixj :

[root gw root]# cat /proc/ixj
 $Id: ixj.c,v 4.7 2001/08/13 06:19:33 craigs Exp $
 $Id: ixj.h,v 4.1 2001/08/04 14:49:27 craigs Exp $
 $Id: ixjuser.h,v 4.1 2001/08/05 00:17:37 craigs Exp $
 Driver version 1.0.1
 sizeof IXJ struct 21144 bytes
 sizeof DAA struct 642 bytes
 Using old telephony API
 Debug Level 0

 Card Num 0
 DSP Base Address 0xe800
 XILINX Base Address 0xe810
 DSP Type 8022
 DSP Version 01.17
 Serial Number 5119038a
 Card Type = Internet PhoneJACK PCI
 Readers 0
 Writers 0
 Capabilities 13
 DSP Processor load 0
 Caller ID data not sent
 Play CODEC NO CODEC CHOSEN
 Record CODEC NO CODEC CHOSEN
 AEC Off
 Rec volume 0x100
 Play volume 0x100
 DTMF prescale 0x40
 Hook state 0
 Port POTS
 SLIC state RINGING
 Base Frame 00.00
 CID Base Frame  0
 Timer Checks 731947
 RX Ready Checks 731947
 TX Ready Checks 731947
 Frames Read 0
 Frames Written 0
 Dry Buffer 0
 Read Waits 0
 Write Waits 0
 Status Waits 82
 Status Wait Fails 0
 PControl Waits 0
 PControl Wait Fails 0
 Is Control Ready Checks 0
 Is Control Ready Check failures 0

Maybe I've got the wrong idea. 

I imagine I can plug a regular telephone handset into my quicknet card
and use it to dial a phone number and have the conversation.

I need gnomemeeting because quicknet has decided that gnomemeeting will
be the vehicle allowed to access guicknet's microtel accounts via their
quicknet card on the linux platform. 

I don't see how latency over the lan will affect my phone conversation.

Am I misunderstanding the whole business here?

I cannot run gnome on the machine in question. I thought I'd made that
clear in my first message. I'm sorry I did not.

I think I have not installed all the components I need for gnome, but I
don't know what those are. X windows runs, and vncserver runs, and
vncviewer connects to vncserver, but all I see is an xterm with no
widget adornments, no window manager, and a hatched background.

I guess my question is what is the minimal list of packages that will
allow me to make telehone instrument to PSTN voip calls via the quicknet
card under linux? 

I know I need to run gnomemeeting, so I believe my question boils down
to what are is the minimal list of components I need to run
gnomemeeting?

Thanks again for all your help.


On จ., 2003-02-10 at 01:46, Damien Sandras wrote:
> the message indicating that GnomeMeeting can't be run without audio
> device or without Quicknet cards means that GnomeMeeting didn't detect
> any device. I guess it is a simple permissions problem. Check if it runs
> as root, if it runs as root but not as a normal user, then your
> permissions are wrong for that user.
> 
> That should be that simple.
> 
> 
> Le dim 09/02/2003 à 06:41, John Francis Lee a écrit :
> > Hello Stefan...
> > 
> > Thanks for the help.
> > 
> > I installed the quicknet card on gw, the machine which connects to the
> > internet.
> > 
> > I am trying to run gnomemeeting on gw, over the wire from my workstation
> > using vnc. 
> > 
> > The quicknet card, gnomemeeting, and the vncserver are on gw.
> > 
> > I am on a workstation, trying to run the gw/gnomemeeting in a vncviewer
> > window on my workstation.
> > 
> > I must run gnomemeeting on the gw machine because it has the hardware
> > and, as you point out, I cannot forward the hardware :-). 
> > 
> > I could run gnomeeting on gw itself or via vnc on my workstation if I
> > could run gnomemeeting on gw at all. But I can't. It is my understanding
> > that the gnomemeeting session must be on the machine with the hardware,
> > right?
> > 
> > Thanks again for your help.
> > 
> > 
> > On อา., 2003-02-09 at 12:13, Stefan Bruens wrote:
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> > > 
> > > Am Sonntag, 9. Februar 2003 05:27 schrieb John Francis Lee:
> > > > Dear gnomemeeting,
> > > >
> > > > Greetings. I'm very excited about PC-Phone telephony!
> > > >
> > > > I just installed my new quicknet pci card in the machine I'd like to us
> > > > for internet telephony.
> > > >
> > > > The card was recognized during the boot sequence (2.4.20 kernel):
> > > >  Linux telephony interface: v1.00
> > > >  ixj: found Internet PhoneJACK PCI at 0xe800
> > > >  $Id: ixj.c,v 4.7 2001/08/13 06:19:33 craigs Exp $
> > > 
> > > You installed the card in your Workstation, am I right?
> > > 
> > > > but when I try to start Gnomemeeting I get
> > > >  GnomeMeeting can't be used without audio devices.
> > > >  Please install a sound card or a Quicknet card.
> > > 
> > > and this is your Gateway where you are starting GM remote via a terminal?
> > > The message is correct, this machine has no useable device, and forwarding of 
> > > hardware is not yet supported, not even on Linux :-)
> > > 
> > > > I have just installed X on the machine in question.
> > > >
> > > > It is the gateway machine on our lan, and the only one that may get a
> > > > public ip address.
> > > 
> > > This should be no problem, just start GM on your Workstation, forward the 
> > > needed ports (see the FAQ for details), activate IP translation, and 
> > > everything should be fine.
> > > 
> > > >[...]
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for all your help.
> > > 
> > > Hope this was helpful,
> > > 
> > > Stefan
> > > 
> > > - -- 
> > > Stefan Brüns  /  Kastanienweg 6 - Zimmer 1206  /  52074 Aachen
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