i recently updated from suse 9.1 to open suse which today is pretty similar to suse 10.0. in suse 9.1 i had to upgrade once from version 0.91.0 to version 1.0.0.7, both are available as backuped .rpm-files for me. now i wonder which version is the best to install for the new suse-os?

best regards
ungua

http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/

^^^ yea ... right ....
Maybe you have better luck with this .... I am using 1.2.0.18 and it is well ... unusable. It hugs /dev/dsp so that you have to restart skype after making an audio call (see other posts for solution) . In addition on my system it make some screaching noises after a couple of minutes talking (could be just problem with my particular system ) I dont care to solve these problems , going to look for an alternative skype-like program.

I have a fresh installed SuSE Linux 64-bit System with a similar problem:
$ cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64)
VERSION = 10.0

$ /usr/local/skype-1.2.0.18/skype

Everything works fine (system, system sound) except skype. Chat works. Calls also but after a few seconds the sound get destroyed, crispy and few seconds again it works...

I tried:

$ artsdsp -m /usr/local/skype-1.2.0.18/skype
returns the following messages:
ERROR: ld.so: object '/opt/kde3/lib/libartsdsp.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/opt/kde3/lib/libartsc.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

Skype starts altough this was an AMD64 system very slowly (~10 sec.).

Duffy

Same here on Suse 10.0 x86-32
The strange thing is that Skype works fine (well, at least without the symptoms you described above) on my Suse9.3... and I dont really see the difference at config level.

I have just switched the kernel of suse10 (2.6.13.something) to the kernel of suse9..3 (2.6.11.something) and tadaaaaaa skype stopped lagging. Hmmmmmmm.

pretty funny, using artsdsp, I got Skype working and aoss to make "local" calls. (Since for some reason it gives me problems when only calling Hong Kong and not inside Toronto)

xboxrulz

Have a look here it worked for me

I can select dsp1 from the drop down with this fix

http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=412...100fb3892620cd1

[quote=cloned_person]Have a look here it worked for me

I can select dsp1 from the drop down with this fix
http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=41266&sid=1c4b330ef902a85bf100fb3892620cd1[/quote]

Well, I dont have a second sound card and I dont even want to buy it just because skype and/or Suse10's kernel sucks... so dsp1 is not a chance...

Since 10.0 I also git the problem with blocked device after the first call. DSP-hihacker does the job:
http://195.38.3.142:6502/skype/
BUT: Dont forget to close Skype completey when shutting down the computer, otherwise it restarts without hijacker next time.

hehe...this is worse then expected. in suse 9.1 i finally downloaded one recommended version which readjusted my sound-system with every single use. so i had to screw up some volume here, screw down some volume there. for the last 1½ months i didn't have anything but scratching noise in suse 9.1 when i was trying to listen to .mp3 oder watch any kind of movie file, simply no sound worked. i want to be sure to avoid that before i install skype on the new system! it sounds strange to me that a hijacker is necessary, why is it so hard for skype to develop a working version??

best regards
ungua, without any download right now.

Hmm....seems your sound settings are terribly broken. SuSE 9.1 is not the newest, but it should work with sound.
What you may want to try:
- get apt to update your system in a consistent manner
- check out if the 'noise' is a problem of your MP3-player or of the arts/KDE (assuming you use KDE)
- update to a new ALSA-version (packman.links2linux.org)
- configure your soundcard from scratch (alsaconf)

HTH
Ax

Few experiences about Skype with Suse Linux. Hope these are helpful for someone.

First of all I am using integrated audio device VT82xx (do not remember exact audio chip type). I noticed that I can tweak DXS settings of the sound driver module and enable native mixing of sound channels. That was nice, because I am not using any sound server.

Real problem was that sound recording did not work at all. Not with Skype or for example krecord. Finally I disabled IEC958 Capture Monitor in Alsamixer and recording started to work. This happened with Suse 9.3. In Suse 10 sound recording works even when Capture Monitor is enabled.

If Skype is complaining about missing /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp OSS-emulation have to be enabled. No need to modify modules.conf file. Just set:
LOAD_OSS_EMUL_MODULES="yes"
in /etc/sysconfig/sound

Jaska

[quote=ilab][quote=ilab][quote=Duffy]

I have a fresh installed SuSE Linux 64-bit System with a similar problem:
$ cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE LINUX 10.0 (X86-64)
VERSION = 10.0

$ /usr/local/skype-1.2.0.18/skype

Everything works fine (system, system sound) except skype. Chat works. Calls also but after a few seconds the sound get destroyed, crispy and few seconds again it works...
Duffy[/quote]

Same here on Suse 10.0 x86-32
The strange thing is that Skype works fine (well, at least without the symptoms you described above) on my Suse9.3... and I dont really see the difference at config level.[/quote]

I have just switched the kernel of suse10 (2.6.13.something) to the kernel of suse9..3 (2.6.11.something) and tadaaaaaa skype stopped lagging. Hmmmmmmm.[/quote]

I just checked if the kernel-default-2.6.15 ( from the kernel-of-the-day! ) will solve the problem with the crispy sound (which for me is more annoying than the problem with the hanging dev/dsp because the sound get normal in most cases after making new call) on my SUSE 10 64 bit - no, sadly it does not.

So, probably we'll have to hope that the rumours of upcoming ALSA version of skype are not just rumours!

I had a lot of problems installing skype on SUSE 10.
I' t just didn' t work ( or it just worked the first time ).
I used a plantronics USB headset.

After a lot of searching and trying several solutions ( dsp hijacker etc. ), i tried the following:

I switched my USB headset for a headset that connects to my audio card.

I installed klik ( 1-klik install ) from
http://klik.atekon.de/

I installed skype from the klik website.
I switched off headphone jack sens and line jack sens (KMix, switches tab )
I switched on Mic boost ( KMix, switches tab )
and, ... it works without a problem.
( and this time skype keeps on working ).

maybe this works for somebody else...

a friend of mine is back in germany after several months out and he asked for a skype call tonight. maybe i can get a fast answer: is there any version available now that works without updates, plugins, hijacker or klik? i'd like to have a simple installation.

regards
ungua

edit: did a forum search and burst out in laughter: this easy fix written by young structural is surely supposed to help but why does it always have to be so many steps...!? i am a litte frustrated on how difficult it is to install many things in "nuernberger windows"...

I've installed Skype on OpenSuSE 10.0 (x86-64 SMP and non-SMP) many times without any problems and it was very simple. I just downloaded the .rpm and told SuSE to use that directory as an installation source in YaST. Then I told it to install it. As long as I'm forwarding a port on my router I don't have any more audio issues than I do one Windows.