audio with skype v. 1.4.0.118 on lenny w/oss?

bezdomny · 07-11-2008, 09:00 PM

Anyone have success with audio in Skype on Debian lenny with oss? I've checked multiple solutions in Google, but still no joy.

I'm running OSS and all mixer settings are correct. For example, playback works in xmms, and mic-record works in audacity. However, I can't get playback or record in Skype. The attempt to place a test call to echo123 in Skype fails with error "call failed. problem with audio playback".

Skype sound devices dialogue, the "sound in", "sound out", and "ringing" drop-down lists offer choice between "default" and the microphone in my USB webcam. However, /dev/dsp does not appear as an option in any of the drop-down lists.

I believe this version of skype supports oss. Perhaps I need to find a way to get "/dev/dsp" to show up as a device in the Skype sound-devices drop-down lists?

vital stats:

skype= v. 1.4.0.118

cat /proc/version=

Code:

Linux version 2.6.25.9 (root@bezdomny) (gcc version 4.3.1 (Debian 4.3.1-2) ) #1 SMP Fri Jul 4 19:52:20 PDT 2008

cat /proc/asound/cards=

Code:

 0 [U0x46d0x8b3    ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x8b3
                      USB Device 0x46d:0x8b3 at usb-0000:00:1f.2-1, full speed

lspci -v=

Code:

02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs Ectiva EV1938
	Subsystem: Creative Labs Unknown device 5938
	Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23
	I/O ports at de80 [size=64]
	I/O ports at df80 [size=32]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

cat /proc/cpuinfo=

Code:

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 15
model		: 1
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
stepping	: 2
cpu MHz		: 1594.822
cache size	: 256 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 2
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm up pebs bts
bogomips	: 3193.52
clflush size	: 64

desktop environment=kde

RAM=1gb

box=Dell Dimension 4400

Thank you for your consideration and best regards from (smoky) Northern California USA,

bezdomny

simonapnic · 07-12-2008, 09:01 AM

Isn't OSS deprecated ?
They recommend ALSA when building your kernel and most people use that.

bezdomny · 07-12-2008, 01:11 PM

Thanks, simonapnic. Yes, I understand. However, I've spent weeks unsuccessfully trying to get this new soundcard to work under ALSA (check my other recent posts here at LQ, for instance!). Presently I'm working with one of the developers at ALSA.org to get that done; in the meantime, we've managed to get OSS running and I'd like it to support Skype if possible.

Best regards,

bezdomny

bezdomny · 07-13-2008, 04:26 PM

And the video is cool! Anybody know how to enable OSS audio in version 2?

Thanks! and best regards from Northern California USA

bezdomny

bezdomny · 07-15-2008, 07:39 PM

Anybody?

The trick, I guess, is to get /dev/dsp to show up in the drop-down boxes at Skype>Options>Sound Devices.

By the way, the USB device mentioned at cat /proc/asound/cards is the mic in my USB webcam. I have a PCI soundcard functional in OSS (see the output of lspci -v) and it is indeed detected as /dev/dsp by Audacity.

And in the meantime, I've upgraded to Skype 2.0.072 and the video is cool.

Anybody? Thanks!

best regards from Northern California USA

bezdomny

bezdomny · 07-18-2008, 04:32 PM

Now have /dev/dsp and incoming and outgoing sound in Skype

The solution:

Code:

ossdetect -d

Code:

ossdevlinks -v -r

then download and install Skype 2.0.0.72-oss (emphasis on *oss"!) from

Quote:

http://download.skype.com/linux/skyp...72-oss.tar.bz2

according to the instructions in its ReadMe file.

Now I'm a happy voice-chatter!

best regards to all from North-Central California,

bezdomny