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Skype on Fedora 10 - gmrox - 2009-03-15
I joined Skype using Windows XP where it worked ok. I have now installed Skype on Fedora 10 which opens the account, takes calls and plays sound but doesn't produce a webcam picture. (Creative Live! Cam which works ok in Fedora's Cheese Webcam Booth) When I open Options/video in Skype and click on Test picture the Skype program disappears leaving just the log-in screen. Can anyone advise me how to fix this?
Cheers, GM
Skype on Fedora 10 - anyweb - 2009-03-15
as a test, try running skype from a terminal that you have logged in as root to (applications/system tools/terminal)
do the same thing, does it work as root ? if not do you see any error messages reported in the terminal ?
Skype on Fedora 10 - gmrox - 2009-03-15
Quote:as a test, try running skype from a terminal that you have logged in as root to (applications/system tools/terminal)
do the same thing, does it work as root ? if not do you see any error messages reported in the terminal ?
Thanks -- running skype from the terminal and doing the picture test produces the same result (no picture), with the following report:
Alsa lib pcm.c:2202:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi (This line appears 6 times)
Starting the process...
skype xv:xv ports available: 32
skype xShm: xShm support enabled
skype xv: Using xv port 57
Is this report useful? Cheers, GM
Skype on Fedora 10 - anyweb - 2009-03-15
doesnt help sorry, did you try running it as root or as a normal user ?
Skype on Fedora 10 - gmrox - 2009-03-16
Quote:doesnt help sorry, did you try running it as root or as a normal user ?
Thanks. Running the test as root produces the same result with the same report.
Cheers, GM