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      "name": "Egon Willighagen",
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      "url": "https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2006/02/04/skype-on-kubuntu-using-tiptel-usb.html",
      "title": "Skype on Kubuntu using a Tiptel USB telephone",
      "content_html": "<p>Because I wanted to test internet telephony I downloaded <a href=\"http://www.skype.com/\">Skype</a> and tried to get it to work on my\n<a href=\"http://www.kubuntu.org/\">Kubuntu</a> system. Unfortunately, the Skype version is only 1.2.0.18, and it does not work well with\n<code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">arts</code> :( That is, using <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">artsdsp</code> it crashes with segfaults whenever I start even a chat, let alone a phone call. This\ncould be worked around by disabling sound in my KDE session, and then the <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">/dev/dsp</code> is open again.</p>\n\n<p>Better even, I bought a USB telephone yesterday: a reasonably cheap <a href=\"http://www.tiptel.nl/\">Tiptel 115</a>, with\n<a href=\"http://www.skypefoon.nl/skype_telefoon_info.php/products_id/126\">Skype support</a>. Kubunty breezy recognized the USB device,\nadded a <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">/dev/dsp1</code> and after running <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">alsamixer</code> to raise the sound levels, it seems to work fine, though did not have an\nactual phone call yet :) I enabled KDE sound again, which is in the first device, and Skype runs on the second.\nNo more segfaults it seems.</p>",
      "summary": "Because I wanted to test internet telephony I downloaded Skype and tried to get it to work on my Kubuntu system. Unfortunately, the Skype version is only 1.2.0.18, and it does not work well with arts :( That is, using artsdsp it crashes with segfaults whenever I start even a chat, let alone a phone call. This could be worked around by disabling sound in my KDE session, and then the /dev/dsp is open again.",
      
      "date_published": "2006-02-04T00:00:00+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2025-02-13T00:00:00+00:00",
      "tags": ["linux"],
      
      
      
      
      
      
        "authors": [ { "name": "Egon Willighagen", "url": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-0286" } ]
      
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