From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: Skype wont't open Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:25:07 -0500 Message-ID: <4226F413.8010601@gelm.net> References: <20050303095620.CB9D11B503@heisspf> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20050303095620.CB9D11B503@heisspf> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Peter Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hi, Peter: This 'skype' is rather new to me and I only have it working well using Windows 2000 & Windows XP. It 'works' with Slackware v9.1, but the audio is not good. I am suggesting that you try with a fresh install of Slackware so that it will not be confused with a 'rpm' install of libraries from another distribution. Skype 'works' for me when invoked from a Xwindow terminal. My Xwindow environment is Gnome (Slackware v9.1 default). I guess I installed (or it defaulted to) Skype binary into /usr/local/bin. I run Gnome in Xwindows, open a terminal windows and enter 'skype'. Viola! it runs. OBTW, my brother has Skype running on at least one desktop and one laptop under Slackware. I'll BC: him and maybe he can offer some help or hints. John: This is 'linux-newbie'. http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Are there archives of linux-newbie? HTH, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs