Talk:Skype

Is there any way to get video working?

I understand that to get skype video working you would need to use unfree codecs, which OLPC cannot distribute. However, has anyone figured out how to do this?

on joyride builds...

I'm running on a development (joyride) build of the OS. Skype runs and I can hear the noises, but all calls result in "Problem with audio". This is obviously a permissions problem with the microphone device, because if I run Skype (briefly) with sudo it works fine. My options:

Run skype with sudo, and also hang out a giant 'hack me please' sign on my front door.

Try to find the microphone in the /dev directory and chmod it, get into a permissions war with my own OS. (Best case: all security except the LED that apps can't spy on me ... is blown. Worst case: I also have to repeat this step who knows how often.)

Figure out how to wrap skype so that Sugar gives it the right permissions.

Homunq 16:41, 10 January 2008 (EST)

No, that's wrong. sudo has nothing to do with it. The first call works, subsequent ones don't. Go figure. Homunq 16:46, 10 January 2008 (EST)