Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
- From: Aruni Sharma <aruni100 gmail com>
- To: James & Nash <james austin1984 googlemail com>
- Cc: orca-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:35:17 +0530
Hi, I have tried skype plugin on both my laptop and the desktop. I have
even tried it on ubuntu and opensuse 11.0 11.1. I have been able to use
skype without any problems in every case.
1. have you disabled pulseaudio and is alsa working fine?
2. do you know if skype is able to log you in? you get a familiar sound
if you are logged in.
if none of these work, you can try the following:
remove the .skype directory from your home and repeat the whole process.
1. run skype, 2. accept the license. 3 you should have copied the
libskype.so file to /user/lib/purple2 in advance. 4. after accepting the
license, enter your user name, tab once and put in your password. tab
once again hit spacebar, shift tab and enter. you should now hear the
familiar skype telling you that you are logged in.
5. now start pidgin, create your skype account and then take appropriate
action regarding the skype api dialogue boxes. please mind that this
will work only if you are logged in to skype already. you will also
notice that the main skype window disappears as soon as your pidgin
skype is working.
Thanks,
Aruni.
On 01/26/2009 07:52 PM, James & Nash wrote:
Hi Charlie,
This laptop was bought in August 2008, but you are right, it may be
Wooby. Do you have Ubuntu running as the only Operating System on your PC?
Thanks
James
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Charlie Dorff <mailto:cy41169 yahoo com>
*To:* James & Nash <mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>
*Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2009 1:11 PM
*Subject:* Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
It may be your computer or perhaps it's woobi.
Charlie
--- On *Mon, 1/26/09, James & Nash
/<james austin1984 googlemail com
<mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>>/* wrote:
From: James & Nash <james austin1984 googlemail com
<mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>>
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
To: orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org>
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 7:05 AM
Hi Charlie,
Yes I only use this laptop. I am using it with Wooby. I have
found that the only way that I can get Skype to appear in
Pidgin is to install the libskype.so and skype4pidgin files. I
do not know waht is happening.
Thanks
james
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Charlie Dorff <mailto:cy41169 yahoo com>
*To:* James & Nash <mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>
*Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2009 1:01 PM
*Subject:* Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
Hi James...
It sounds like you are doing everything correctly. Have
you tried installing the skype plugin on only one computer?
Charlie
--- On *Mon, 1/26/09, James & Nash
/<james austin1984 googlemail com
<mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>>/* wrote:
From: James & Nash <james austin1984 googlemail com
<mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>>
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
To: orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org>
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 5:26 AM
Hi Charlie and Aruni,
Unfortunately I am still having no joy with Skype.
Here is what I am doing from what I can remeber as I
am now using XP to send this message.
1. I am opening Skype (It is already installed) and
entering my username and password and pressing tab
once then space - without sighted help I asume this is
the remember check box.
2. I am not sure whether or not to login to skype, but
I have then copied the libskype.so shared library to
/usr/lib/purple-2. I have done this before logging in
and afterwards. I then quit skype.
3. I then run Pidgin, but Skype does not appear in the
list of availible protocols. The only way I have found
to make this happen is if I install the
skype4pidgin.deb package, which brings up Skype and
Skype D Bus in the protocols. I have tried both of
these with the same result.
5. I have then done as you suggested Aruni and
selected no proxy in the relevant box. However, when I
navigate to the and press an arrow key in the tree
table of Pidgin everything just quits. - i get no
notification of Skype wanting to use this plugin,
although my dad did click the box saying remember this
selection yesterday.
I hope this helps and thank you both so much for all
your help with this issue.
Take care
james
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Charlie Dorff <mailto:cy41169 yahoo com>
*To:* James & Nash
<mailto:james austin1984 googlemail com>
*Sent:* Monday, January 26, 2009 3:33 AM
*Subject:* Re: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
James...
After you download skype and enter your user name
and password are you quiting skype before you
launch pidgin? After placing libskype.so in
/usr/lib/purple-2 and after entering your user
name and password into skype press alt F2 to bring
up run application and type killall skype to quite
skype. Be sure to check the "sign me in when skype
starts" box before quitting skype. Then launch
pidgin and look for the skype protycol. I might be
way off base so I apologize if I am. I hope you
can figure this out. Good luck.
Charlie
--- On *Sun, 1/25/09, James & Nash
/<james austin1984 googlemail com>/* wrote:
From: James & Nash
<james austin1984 googlemail com>
Subject: [orca-list] Problems with Skype
To: orca-list gnome org
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 2:55 PM
Hi folks,
Okay, I'm having some real problems with Skype
and Pidgin. I followed the instructions on the
work around page.
After having installed Skype, I copied the
libskype.so shared library to
/usr/lib/purple-2 but Skype did not appear in
the list of availible accounts in Pidgin. I
found I had to install the skype4pidgin.deb
package and then Skype appeared in the list
along with something called Skype D Bus.
I removed and re-installed Pidgin to the
latest version which i think is 2.5.3, but I
am still getting the problem where Pidgin
crashes when I try to navigate the table of
contacts.
What am I doing wrong?
Any help would be appreciated pleased. Not
being able to use Skype would be a major road
block in my moving over to Linux.
PS - My dad did the sighted bit of clicking
the button
Thank you for any and all help
James
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