Same to me. I tried both versions and it freezes everytime I start calling. I'm using Gentoo with Kernel 2.6.14 and a Maestro2 soundchip. When I use OSS instead of ALSA it will not freeze, but it keeps connecting forever.

So what about my post? Seems it was ignored. Are detailed bug reports not welcome here?

In FC5, I have two soundcards. Both appear under options --> sound devices, but Skype uses the system default card regardless of the device I choose. I use my SB Live card for everything but Skype, and have a headset plugged into the onboard Nvidia card. Skype will only use the Nvidia device if I make it the default through system-config-soundcard, which defeats the whole purpose of having two sound devices, one of them dedicated to Skype.

We have a BetaTester with the exact problem you describe. We are looking for a solution to this problem.

Hi and thanks for ALSA support - it was about time, wasn't it? ;-)

So, things work somehow, but not as they are supposed to be. When I call 'echo123' or other nice robots, I can listen to what I've said. Result: My voice is played back very slow, distorted and constantly pitch shifting, like on some broken tape.

I have ALSA 1.0.11 on Linux 2.6.16.18, KDE's artsd is disabled. My soundcard is an ancient Soundblaster Live!, recording and playing back my voice with KRec works flawlessly.

Anyone here with similar experiences? Hints?

Kind regards,
basquiat

It looks like network problems. What is you internet connection?

On my SUSE 10 64 bit, alsa 1.0.10 packman rpm:
1. Using skype with OSS (after restart of the program) leads to stable sound for the other party
2. Using skype with ALSA - the other party has serious problems of understanding me most of the time (the sound for them is chopped, they hear partial words, etc). It's interesting that in the meantime I hear them well.
3. Using skype with OSS thru aoss - like 1. (I use .asoundrc as in http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=481...asc&highlight=)
4. Using skype on WinXP - no problem at all

I believe you have the same .asoundrc when playing thru pure ALSA. Please try removing it.

Upgrading alsa to 1.0.11 might also help (remove .asoundrc nevertheless).

No, in the beginning I still had the problems, but there was no .asoundrc in my home folder. I added the .asoundrc just for the test with aoss.

I was thinking of changing the alsa but there is still not rpm package for 1.0.11 for SUSE 10. Obviously, I'll have to overcome my laziness to do it by the hard way.

I had alsa skype problems with SUSE 10 before, but since I switched to Arch I have no alsa problems anymore

It's a 16mbit DSL-connection with about 900kbps upstream. As it worked a few hours before on my laptop, using the same connection (but of course a different soundcard), I doubt that it is a network problem. Anyway, I will try again later, maybe there was a bottleneck somewhere else.

Kind regards,
basquiat

Yes. Also would be nice to specify what soundcard was before and what was after (when you experienced problems), might be related to hardware support.

I'm also encountering the call hang problem. Basically I call any contact in my call list, it opens a new tab and says "Connecting..." and just sits there forever. I can't even cancel the call (has no effect) and upon trying to close skype it just freezes completely.

My sound card is an Intel chip, my driver the Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD/ALi AC97 Controller built into my 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 kernel but I have another alsa module loaded that supports my winmodem. I can send more info if that's required.

I already posted my issue here: http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=57471 but obviously this is the right thread for beta bugs.

This happens on ArchLinux with kernel 2.6.17.1. The headset is a "Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:0a01 Logitech, Inc." I hope this can be fixed somehow for the final release. I would love to have native alsa support in skype.

Hi,

I installed the new Skype version on an IBM Thinkpad T22 (Fedore Core 5 with all updates) and did everythig that was mentioned on the forum (activated the Capture, Microphone, played with all sliders and so on). Logged on as root.

No way to make Skype record/encode my voice. I can start Skype, make a call, hear everything that the other discussion partner says, but cannot make myself heard. :evil:

What can I do next to make the thing work / to test if it can work? I am out of ideas. Have you got any tips? Any help would do. Thanks a lot!

Calin

In further testing of the new Linux beta Skype I am finding that about once a day that Skype sound quality starts getting clipped. Just like internet congestion. I have a very fast connection though and never experienced this previously. I have a sound-blaster-live sound card and am using SUSE 10.1. I simply close down Skype and restart it and all is well calling the same person. I have 1-gig of ram. 2.4GHZ Pentium IV.

I am convinced this problem is with the beta but don't know how to help further. Perhaps the next time it happens I'll looka t my memory usage and see if I can detect a potential memory leak or something. If I can help in someway shout.

Cheers,
Bob

Seems I'm a bit of a latecomer. Oh well...

First, a massive thank-you to Skype for resuming Linux development! I like the latest version, like previous versions it shows a lot of potential. Alsa support is nice to see, maybe in future we'll be able to select which soundcard input to use (i.e. HW:1,0 vs 1,1 etc)? It also looks even more polished than the previous version.

Second, a bug report/moan: support for my second sound card is still broken! Skype will happily use either card, but it insists on using the same sound card to ring as it uses for speech, so I get the choice of (a) missing calls as I don't wear my headset all the time or (b) sharing my calls with anyone else in the room, unless I juggle headphones every time a call comes in. To make matters worse, the "ring PC speaker" option still doesn't work either. I saw it in the bufix list, but it is not fixed.

I really like Skype. I like the call quality, I like SkypeIn/Out, I like the fact that it works easily on several platforms, and in the past I've recommended it to loads of my friends, but as mathiaschulzeI has commented, a phone that doesn't ring is not a lot of use. If this one bug was fixed, I would happily start paying for SkypeIn again. Will it be addressed in the near future? Pretty please?

[quote=berkus][quote=basquiat]Anyway, I will try again later, maybe there was a bottleneck somewhere else.[/quote]

Yes. Also would be nice to specify what soundcard was before and what was after (when you experienced problems), might be related to hardware support.[/quote]
As you already guessed, I really seem to have a huge problem with my network connection. Although my line is supposed to be pretty fast (in relation to what we usually have here in Germany), I encounter a send packet loss rate of about 5% to even 20% or more. Round trip time is ok with 30ms. It seems I was just lucky when doing my first evaluations on my laptop, so it's not a matter of different sound cards.

The packet loss rate changes frequently, and it get's a little better (but not usable) when connecting my boxes directly to the DSL modem, not via my Linux router. Does anyone have any hints on how to measure my line's quality regarding these issues, so I have some more things on my hands when calling my ISP's support?

Edit: I had another try, now with a sudden send packet loss rate of <1%, but I was still getting this metallic and slowed down voice, just for myself, not for the lovely voice of 'echo-123'. I'm a bit confused, but since the send packet loss rates are changing that often, I still guess it's a connection related problem.

Kind regards,
Jens

[quote=mirogger.tin.it][quote=bamyasi]Doesn't work at all for me. Everything is fine upon startup: GUI is perfectly drawn, connects to server, login successful, but as soon as I push Call button it simply hangs, apparently on the first attempt to access a sound device, and then can only be killed. Last file it opens before it hangs (confirmed by lsof) is /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p, which looks reasonable, e.g. this is my second sound card's PCM output (it's Logitech USB headset actually). I tried switching between ALSA and OSS sound devices in Skype config but it makes zero difference. Old Skype continues to work flawlessly.

My main soundcard is configured with ALSA OSS emulation (kernel) and KDE uses artsd via ALSA but I think it's irrelevant, since skype uses USB headset which is a separate audio device (both in ALSA and in ALSA OSS emulation layers). USB headset is correctly recognised and labeled with skype Sound Device/ALSA config option as Logitech USB Headset. My kernel version is 2.6.16, alsa 1.0.11.

What else can I do to debug the problem?[/quote]


I have exactly the same problem!!!

I cannot make a call, skype hangs until i kill it.

I tried the static version, and with this version I get no freeze.

Can anyone help?


I use gentoo with 2.6.16


Greets from Italy
Rogger[/quote]

I got the same issue on Gentoo, but running Skype by "root" works like a charm... a Gentoo or a Skype bug?

Andrea

[quote=PaStIcHiO]

I got the same issue on Gentoo, but running Skype by "root" works like a charm... a Gentoo or a Skype bug?

Andrea[/quote]
sounds like your profile is messed up. Try:
mv ~/.Skype ~/.Skype.old (moves and backup your profile-folder to .Skype.old)

...and start Skype as non-root, with a new profile.

[quote=Rattlesnake][quote=PaStIcHiO]

I got the same issue on Gentoo, but running Skype by "root" works like a charm... a Gentoo or a Skype bug?

Andrea[/quote]
sounds like your profile is messed up. Try:
mv ~/.Skype ~/.Skype.old (moves and backup your profile-folder to .Skype.old)

...and start Skype as non-root, with a new profile.[/quote]
Already done, but unfortunately does not work... ;-(

Hello!

I have set Skype 1.3 up and running, and want to share some bugs with developers, because I am developer myself and know, how difficult is to track all small irritaitng things down.

I am testing Skype for linux 1.3.0.30-fc4:

1. If we install and later remove the RPM:

Two files are left in /usr/lib/skype/import_plugins:

They lead to postinstall script errors when trying to install skype rpm again.

2. When Toolbar icon size is set to Medium or Large, the height constraint of Contact list is not calculated correctly: one can not make it less than approx 475 pixels, while all my Contact list is approx. 305 pixels tall. After selecting Small Toolbar icon size, exiting, and starting Skype again, Contact list can be resized to be approx. 215 px tall. Then, upon selecting Medium Toolbar icons again, Contact list grows to 475 pixels and can not be reduced.

3. Area at the bottom of Contact list is not always repainted correctly, especially when showing Skype ads just below the Contact list. Plus, Skype window is not resized correctly, and, with Skype ad. shown, strings "No new events" and "(S) Services" do not fit in the place between the top Skype ad. and address bar.

4. When upgrading from Skype 1.2 to Skype 1.3, files in .Skype directory are not converted correctly. During the test call to echo123 I can not hear my voice played back to me. However, if I delete the whole directory and Log into my account againg, echo123 starts working.
If one does not want to lose oneselves call and chat history, here is the way to upgrade:
a. Copy the contents of .Skype directory to some safe place.
b. Stop Skype, remove .Skype directory.
c. Start Skype and Log into all accounts again. This will create subdirectories for each account in the .Skype directory, and shared.lck, shared.xml files.
d. Replace files in account subdirectories with that saved in step a, except for config.lck, config.xml files, which should remain intact.
e. Start Skype.

6. In Search for Skype users, Advanced form. It is too difficult to select a country, because multicolumn country list is shown, and (for example, with my font settings), only items from All countries to Nigeria fit into my 1280x1024 screen. I can select Russia only selecting the list and scrolling it with keyboard. It should be done with a drop-down list with scroll, I think.

And last: everything, that is already told about removing old /etc/asound.conf. Before that I had noisy and quiet sound played back by echo123. After - everything is OK. I think, it is the main direction for improvement, because users do not know anything about what ALSA is and how to configure it, they will just hear, Xine, Mplayer, amaroK working, and see, that Skype does not. Why not make ALSA driver more intellectual than the user? For example, Skype can somehow detect all these: 44100/48000Hz, dmix, and other stuff and make decisions based on this. Or, at least, give user a broader choice. It is not fair enough to change or remove system settings for just one application.

However, it is really a Great work!

[quote=Robert Lewis]In further testing of the new Linux beta Skype I am finding that about once a day that Skype sound quality starts getting clipped. Just like internet congestion. I have a very fast connection though and never experienced this previously. I have a sound-blaster-live sound card and am using SUSE 10.1. I simply close down Skype and restart it and all is well calling the same person. I have 1-gig of ram. 2.4GHZ Pentium IV.
[/quote]

The very same happens to me, especially after resuming from stand by (lid closed) with a thinkpad A31 (vanilla suse 10.1). I can confirm that shutting down and restarting skype solves the problem...for a while.
thanks,
Mauro

I'm use FC5 and skype-beta run perfect
Thanks

Hallo,
my system is:
Celeron 1.7, 768MB RAM
C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6
Kernel 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 (Fedora Core 5)
qt-3.3.6-0.1.fc5

I've installed skype-1.3.0.30-fc4 rpm file from the download site.

On my system it works just fine (through ALSA). (Well It just did not ring while listening to music with amarok (xine, alsa), but after closing the connection and redialing me...)

But unfortunately I also have the bug with changing ring sounds. Anyway I can change the sounds!!!, but when trying to use /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Beep_Beep.wav( RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 8 bit, mono 7418 Hz) skype shuts down
I also did not manage to run skype on the console and pipe the error output (cause it had some strange dmix problems and it had no sound)

Also the call history I can only see the first 6 (not sure) symbols of the entry descriptions. But when I resize the window they get fixed.
In the technical info popup there is still "/dev/dsp" as input/output
In this pop-up also with the previous version I always have -1 as CPU Usage.

So the new version seems nice. And thus using ALSA I can finally also listen to music ....
P.S: I've just dialed sombody (has skype 2.5 or the last before 2.5 on windows) and the other party also could not hear the "incoming call sound". Perhaps it's not just Linux bug

I have an ALSA free system (because the driver for the Sound Blaster Live in OSS works sooo much better), and when I attempt to start Skype, I receive:
/opt/skype/skype
/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This means unless I have libalsa installed, I can't use Skype. Thought I would bring this to the developers' attention.

Haz

Hi everybody.

The animated emoticons are not very well implemented. It seems that the whole message screen is being redrawn for every frame of animation.
When having the mouse cursor above the message screen, it flickers (even when scrolled to a part of the conversation not containing any smileys.

The same holds for the list of available smileys. It flickers for me, you should use a kind of double buffering here.

Another thing with the list of smileys: When i click the "emoitcons >>" button, the list is first shown at the center of the window for a very short moment and then moved to the proper position above the "emoticons"-button.

The final position of the list is also not always correct. See the screenshot:
http://localhost.li/~oxygene/temp/skype/emoticons.png
This is not easy to reproduce. I can name no pattern, but it happens when you scroll around a bit.

[quote=Oxygene]The animated emoticons are not very well implemented. It seems that the whole message screen is being redrawn for every frame of animation.
When having the mouse cursor above the message screen, it flickers (even when scrolled to a part of the conversation not containing any smileys.[/quote]

Your Qt version, your X version, X video driver name?

I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 without any manual package instalations.

libqt-mt: 3.3.6-1ubuntu6
xserver-xorg: 7.0.0-0ubuntu45
Driver is mga (it's a Matrox G550 graphics card).

If you need more information or want me to test something, just tell me.

[quote=Oxygene]libqt-mt: 3.3.6-1ubuntu6
xserver-xorg: 7.0.0-0ubuntu45
Driver is mga (it's a Matrox G550 graphics card).

If you need more information or want me to test something, just tell me.[/quote]

Yeah, I've never seen such a redraw problem, the emoticons should only repaint where they are animated..... can you also tell your CPU? And probably find me on skype (you know the username) so we can work it out in detail.

I mentioned that auto volume regulation of micropchone is not working propertly.[when using Alsa sound system]
It somentimes mute Capture Device and Mic so micropchone stop working.
Sorry for my English
Greatings Piotreek.

[quote=PaStIcHiO][quote=Rattlesnake][quote=PaStIcHiO]

I got the same issue on Gentoo, but running Skype by "root" works like a charm... a Gentoo or a Skype bug?

Andrea[/quote]
sounds like your profile is messed up. Try:
mv ~/.Skype ~/.Skype.old (moves and backup your profile-folder to .Skype.old)

...and start Skype as non-root, with a new profile.[/quote]
Already done, but unfortunately does not work... ;-([/quote]

Yesss! Tried it with the root account here under ALTLinux and it worked too! Needless to say I also tried removing/moving old ~/.Skype settings folder several times while trying to run under a user account but this never helped. Under root however everything simply works -- ALSA, OSS, switching between my USB headset and sound card, everything.

[quote=bamyasi][quote=PaStIcHiO][quote=Rattlesnake][quote=PaStIcHiO]

I got the same issue on Gentoo, but running Skype by "root" works like a charm... a Gentoo or a Skype bug?

Andrea[/quote]
sounds like your profile is messed up. Try:
mv ~/.Skype ~/.Skype.old (moves and backup your profile-folder to .Skype.old)

...and start Skype as non-root, with a new profile.[/quote]
Already done, but unfortunately does not work... ;-([/quote]

Yesss! Tried it with the root account here under ALTLinux and it worked too! Needless to say I also tried removing/moving old ~/.Skype settings folder several times while trying to run under a user account but this never helped. Under root however everything simply works -- ALSA, OSS, switching between my USB headset and sound card, everything.[/quote]

I can confirm the same problem on my Gentoo system. Moving/removing ~/.Skype made no difference, and when I run Skype as root everything is fine.

I have tried the gentoo ebuild and the static binary from the Skype downloads and both have the same problem.

On the positive side, when running as root everything is working well and with ALSA sound support I am a happy camper. This is a beta after all, so I don't mind a few small problems. Well done guys, it will take some effort to undo the pain of the past 9+ months but this is a good start.

[quote=babouyes][quote=danone]Hi babouyes,

I had the same problem (non-working recording) here using skype beta.

I had to switch _on_ "CAPTUR" on the capture channel in alsamixer (use space-bar on that channel). I did not need to pull the level up as this is done automagically by skype itself (on demand) - just watch alsamixer while talking on skype...

btw it didn't work using kmix, the capture flag of the capture channel got reset all the time - only alsamixer itself worked!

So now that it works I think quality of sound is much improved. although I only tested it via echo123...

danone[/quote]


Hi danone and spaceman_77

i solved the problem. now it is working really good!!!!!! did you know, that it is cheaper to use skype (for me) than to call via celular (and i don't have other phone)... thats why i'm soooooo hapy abbout that!!!!![/quote]

Did you simply follow the instructions above to solve your problem?

I initially tried using skype with the pervious version, but had the problem that when using echo123 I only heard the voice for 2-3 seconds and was unable to record my voice. I saw that this new release was made available and tried it, and was pleased to find I now am able to hear the entire message, but I am still unable to record a message. I turned on capture in alsamixer, and was able to see the level rise when I tried skype, but I still cannot record sound. Are there other settings in alsamixer I should check? Any help would be appreciated.

I should mention I am running Scientific Liniux 4.3, on an IBM T21.
The audio device I see when I look at skype appears to be correct, a sound fusion CS46xx.

I just found a minor bug. I have Skype log in automatically when my window manager starts, but after downloading the beta I started a second Skype instance and logged in with a different username to see how it behaved with my soundcards.

I was careful not to let it log in automatically with the second name, and only used that login once, but the next time I booted, Skype logged in to the second username instead of my normal account. In other words, it logged into the wrong account without asking for the password, which could theoretically lead to a security problem if I'd been using a shared computer.

Two problems:
1º I can't send files from long path or with characters like é, ó, etc. in previous version i don't have that problem.

2º If i have a conversation window minimized i can't see flash or something to know that the other person sent me a message. In previos version i don't have that problem.

[quote=Fenix-TX]2º If i have a conversation window minimized i can't see flash or something to know that the other person sent me a message. In previos version i don't have that problem.[/quote]Check Tools -> Options -> Notifications. Make sure that there is a checkmark in front of "starts a chat with me".

[quote=ppmotskula][quote=Fenix-TX]2º If i have a conversation window minimized i can't see flash or something to know that the other person sent me a message. In previos version i don't have that problem.[/quote]Check Tools -> Options -> Notifications. Make sure that there is a checkmark in front of "starts a chat with me".[/quote]

With that option i see a window notification with the message but i don't want that. I want to see some flash on my task bar, like msn or like the previous version.

Hi,

Thank you very much for making skype avalible with ALSA, it really works fine.

A lot of people were asking about how to configure ALSA to accept microphone under FC5 - it took me a long time to figure out as well.

Set your Kmix Input tab like on the picture

Note: What matters is emhasized with a dark tint. This solution works on Gnome and other Desktop Envirenments than KDE as well.

Set your Kmix Switches tab like on the picture

[quote=marcusatwebify][quote=bamyasi][quote=PaStIcHiO][quote=Rattlesnake][quote=PaStIcHiO]

I got the same issue on Gentoo, but running Skype by "root" works like a charm... a Gentoo or a Skype bug?

Andrea[/quote]
sounds like your profile is messed up. Try:
mv ~/.Skype ~/.Skype.old (moves and backup your profile-folder to .Skype.old)

...and start Skype as non-root, with a new profile.[/quote]
Already done, but unfortunately does not work... ;-([/quote]

Yesss! Tried it with the root account here under ALTLinux and it worked too! Needless to say I also tried removing/moving old ~/.Skype settings folder several times while trying to run under a user account but this never helped. Under root however everything simply works -- ALSA, OSS, switching between my USB headset and sound card, everything.[/quote]

I can confirm the same problem on my Gentoo system. Moving/removing ~/.Skype made no difference, and when I run Skype as root everything is fine.

I have tried the gentoo ebuild and the static binary from the Skype downloads and both have the same problem.
[/quote]

Exactly the same here.

Daniel

[quote]
I have tried the gentoo ebuild and the static binary from the Skype downloads and both have the same problem.
[/quote]

Is your user in audio group? What are file permissions on /dev/snd/* ?

Thanks for the new Skype! And for ALSA support in it.

But unfortunatelly ALSA support - as is - didn't solve all problems:

First problem:

I have problem similar to described above: I can use first sound card, but does not hear anything when trying second.
First "C-Media PCI CMI8728-MC6", second is "SB Live 5.1 [SB 0220]".
Of course trying through Skype's ALSA driver.
All mixer settings are all right.
Configuration works with Skype 1.2.0.18 and skype_dsp_hijacker.

Second problem:

The new implementation seems not to address major feature requests:

1. There is not option to select 'virtual' ALSA sound devices. The selection list in Skype options consist only of hardware devices.
So there is still no support to microphone connected to other sound card than the speakers (headphones). Such configuration could be easily prepared in ALSA configuration (/etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc), but there is no way to select it in Skype. See the xmms ALSA configuration for a working example.

2. Ringing device is still greyed out.

[quote=brashley46]Thanks, guys, the .deb installed perfectly on my Xandros 3.02 OCE box, I had to power up the microphone just a tad. Will check it out tonight with a birthday call to my son.[/quote]

So far, it's working perfectly. Not a problem with repeat calls. For the record, I'm running XandrOS 3.02 OCE on a HP Kayak XM600 with a Cirrus Logic Sound Fusion CS46xx sound card.

I'm going to be upgunning to XandrOS 4.0 in a week or so, will report back with any problems.

[quote=berkus][quote]
I have tried the gentoo ebuild and the static binary from the Skype downloads and both have the same problem.
[/quote]

Is your user in audio group? What are file permissions on /dev/snd/* ?[/quote]

I am in the audio group and /dev/snd/dsp was set to crw-rw---- (root:audio). Doing "chmod 777 /dev/snd/*" did not change anything. I had an /etc/asound.state file, moving this away did not change anything either.

Daniel

Yes, this message is a flame, but only because dear god, Skype refuses to pay attention to us:

Ok guys, this is ridiculous,

Us users have been begging and pleading for a new version of Skype, since the last release roughly 9 months ago, and what have we gotten? Oh look, ALSA sound card support, we should be happy, Right? We should be happy we get ANY ATTENTION AT ALL, Right?

This is not a slight against the guy who actually attends these forums and posts, thank you so much for trying to help us as best you can.. I know the developer man power is limited, but this needs to change,

why? because the windows version is SEVERAL LEAPS AHEAD!

Why should we be left in the dust, because we chose a different operating system than Windows?

I'd rather have not had Skype at all, because it's like you're holding chocolate in front of our faces, and then saying, oh, we just ran out, here's a carob bar instead!

But why am I running it? in short, because I have to, because I have tied considerable amounts of money into the system. why? because I believe it is a much better design than the vast majority of VOIP solutions out there (I spent the better part of a decade providing them!), but if this keeps up, I will have no choice, but to scrap it all, and re-start from scratch, with Asterisk, and IAX.

So, what's missing? Now that you guys have done ALSA support (and yes, believe me, I do understand the problems you've had in getting the CODEC stack working under ALSA), let's work on:

* being able to use the ring tones we bought from the skype store
* being able to use the skins we bought from the skype store
* call forwarding
* being able to select a separate ring device
* BEING ABLE TO COMPLETELY USE A USB PHONE!!!

then when we have all that, maybe we can work on proper video conferencing...

oh one more thing, Why is the default behaviour regardless of whether i click on a skypeout contact or a regular skype-to-skype contact to open a chat window? DO YOU HONESTLY THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO USE CHAT ON A REGULAR PHONE?! come on guys, that's pretty bone-headed behaviour. Maybe you guys need the UI people from the windows side to come down every once in a while and test your product.

I am submitting this, because quoite frankly, I am on my last thread of hope with you guys. I look at all the posts from various users on this forum, and every post, is an ounce of frustration, that adds up, and adds up, until we simply go use something else. I have sat back and watched this for two years now, and I am tired of being treated like a second class citizen by "upper management."

-Thom

P.S. if you guys want a _USABLE_ version of skype, do the following:

(1) install the latest version of Crossover Office
(2) install the Windows Version of Skype
(3) use it, it works!

here's a screenie:


-Thom

[quote=tschak909]why? because the windows version is SEVERAL LEAPS AHEAD!

-Thom[/quote]

Get your fcuking ass up to jobs.skype.com and apply for Linux Skype UI developer position NOW. Only then whine.

I've really had enough of this stupid guerilla screaming. Go fucking do fucking something useful you shmuck.

ps/ If you ask - this is solely my personal opinion. Please be constructive instead of whining. Subsequent messages in this vein will be moderator-killed.

It is not whining, I told you guys what you needed to do, and offered a way for everybody else in the mean time to run a usable version of skype on their systems...

did I touch a nerve?

i am SO sorry, but since you are TIRED of hearing these things, don't you think you should do something about it? Maybe let the upper management know that people are not only VERY disappointed, but seriously pissed off?

P.S. I have applied.

-Thom

I am not sorry for the content of my posts... but I am sorry for the way they come across.

Well, if this is not unexpected :shock:

I lost interest in checking the homepage of Skype a few month just to find out every single time that there are absolutely no news about the developement of the Linux version for Skype. And now I just got here again just because I got bored waiting for something and what do I see?? A real Beta of a new version for Skype for Linux! So wonders truely sometimes happen...
If now also video support would be put into the Linux version, I might even consider to return to Skype completely

Right now I use Skype only to stay in contact with a few friends I couldn't talk into using using Wengo Also for all paid services I use Wengo right now because I had the feeling that Skype didn't care about me anymore, so why should I care about them

But I don't want to complain, this is really a great update and I am happy that Skype for Linux wasn't burried for good. But now you just should really add webcam support in it, so that Skype for Linux is at least close to Windows version

Thanks again and good job so far, now just complete it and never let usstand alone in the rain so long again!

althena77