anand Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Mandrake 10.1 CE Can't get to run skype, says sound problems. Any clues ? [split from this thread by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 If I remember correctly skype uses only /dev/dsp. Try making a link from /dev/sound/dsp http://www.skype.com/help/faq/linux.html (looked it up to be sure :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anand Posted October 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Thx, i will work on it rite away. Will post results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anand Posted October 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Ok this is strange now. I tried to work with Skype and it seemed to work without any problems now. Didn't have to do a thing, hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 as a general rule of thumb if you have questions about a piece of software you should as them inside the software section of the forum. everything linux is meant more for news, and you really shouldn't ask for help with a problem in a news post :) just a suggestion ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Thanks, tyme. I've split the thread. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laan97ac Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Hi, I have a similar problem to anand's experience with skype. Mandriva 2006 - Skype is perfectly installed and seems to function except from everytime I try to make a call it says "problem with sound device" I read in another thread about making a link to or from dev/dsp/ But I do not know how to do that. What could this problem be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Try installing aoss (urpmi aoss). If that doesn't help install an earlier version of Skype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laan97ac Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Try installing aoss (urpmi aoss). If that doesn't help install an earlier version of Skype. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I installed aoss, and got an error message, chose yes to continue, and seems nothing has changed. I did not reboot, but restarted skype. Error message: The following packages have bad signatures: aoss-1.0.9-1mdk.i586.rpm: Missing signature ((no key found)OK) libalsa-oss0-1.0.9-1mdk.i586.rpm: Missing signature ((no key found)OK) Do you want to continue installation? (I chose yes) Might need to install earlier version? THANX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Yes try an earlier version. Other thing you can try, shutdown skype, open the kde control center, sound, soundsystem and uncheck soundsystem activated. Start skype again. (the error is about missing signatures. Just ignore them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jza Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 I am a gnome user but for the moment I am triying KDE on the other machine, I found that skype has issues when running in KDE. Also it seems kde uses kde-sound libraries and that block ALSA or OSS. I can't listen to xmms, flash and other sound devices based there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Skype normally works fine for me in LE2005 but last night I got the "problem with sound device" message. I closed Skype, closed Kmix, became root in a console, ran "alsaconf" and then restarted Skype. Worked for me. I've never had to do anything with /dev/dsp and /dev/sound/dsp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalex20 Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Go to "Skype for Linux" at forum.skype.com and rejoice :( - you're not the only ones having this "problem with sound device". Latest versions of Skype for Linux are a bit buggy in this regard, to say the least. Upon entering the forum, look for "skypedsphijack" - it provides some workaround. http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=322...er=asc&start=90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photoworks Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 If I remember correctly skype uses only /dev/dsp. Try making a link from /dev/sound/dsp http://www.skype.com/help/faq/linux.html (looked it up to be sure :) ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> how do you make a link from /dev/sound/dsp ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photoworks Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 i tried to uncheck sound system but it does not work either. i sstill have pbrpblem with sound. i am using mandriva le 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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