Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Jaba the hut sound using Gnomemeeting

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le jeu 15/01/2004 à 11:33, Nick THOMPSON a écrit :
> Gnomemeeting hangs (0.98.5 I think) if artsd is running, so I am forced
> to kill it. I don't think the camera actually hangs, it just that the
> video device is left open after I kill GM, so I can't reuse it once I
> get GM running properly. I guess there is a more intelligent way to free
> it up without a reboot, but it eludes me. Having GM exit cleanly would
> probably fix this issue for me. I will consider an upgrade from CVS or
> live with it until the next release for Mandrake.
> 

I think we have Mandrake CVS RPMs, but they might be outdated. It would
be interesting to know if you still have the problem.


> I have tried rmmod to get the camera driver restarted, but the device is
> busy so I can't remove it.
> 

That's really a driver bug... 

> Thanks,
> Nick.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 10:06, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > Le jeu 15/01/2004 à 11:02, Nick THOMPSON a écrit :
> > > You didn't mention how you invoke GM. Do you kill artsd before running
> > > it or do you use artsdsp. I always kill artsd* and GM works fine. I have
> > > heard it is possible to use artsdsp as a wrapper, though it gives bad
> > > results.
> > > 
> > > * actually, I usually forget and GM hangs and locks up my camera, so I
> > > have to reboot :-(
> > > 
> > 
> > Do you mean that not killing artsd hangs GM, and that it actually
> > crashes your camera?
> > 
> > There are 2 bugs :
> > - GnomeMeeting shouldn't hang, it should just report that the device is
> > busy (that bug has been fixed in CVS).
> > - The camera shouldn't crash your machine in that case, but that is a
> > camera driver bug.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Nick.
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 09:53, Brian Kreulen wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > I've got a small problem using Gnomemeeting that I just can't seem to
> > > > resolve. I've tried looking at the online FAQ, but there were no answers
> > > > there.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm trying to communicate with a friend, both of us using Gnomemeeting.
> > > > We connect, but our voices sound completely awful, like Jabba the hut
> > > > through a megaphone with weak batteries. We can tell there's someone on
> > > > the other end, but it's completely unintelligable.
> > > > 
> > > > We've both got kernel 2.6.1 (Gentoo). We're both connected directly to
> > > > the net, and our firewalls have the correct TCP and UDP ports opened up.
> > > > We don't have 5010-5013 open, but we're not connecting to a gatekeeper,
> > > > so that doesn't matter. We both are using OSS (ALSA gave me microphone
> > > > problems using Gnomemeeting) and we're both running KDE (does that make
> > > > a difference? I wouldn't think so). We're both on broadband connections,
> > > > so it shouldn't be a bandwidth problems. When running the configuration
> > > > druid, there's no problem with the full-duplex setup and the voices
> > > > coming out sounds clear (ie, the microphones are working and are being
> > > > recorded properly).
> > > > 
> > > > During a call, sometimes the packet loss gets up to 95%, sometimes it
> > > > remains at 1-2%, but in every case the sound is awful. 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm at wit's end with this, and it further aggrevates me that everyone
> > > > else seems to be running Gnomemeeting perfectly. Can anyone give any
> > > > suggestions? Thanks!
> > > 
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