Colin Murphy wrote:
On Wednesday 10 August 2005 03:03, Sid Boyce wrote:
Donn Washburn wrote:
The person that suggested removing "/home/Your/.Skype" seems to have solved the Voicemail issue.
Hmmmmmm......... I've posted these details to the forum to see if less drastic surgery can cure the problem.
My original problem was not cured by moving ~/.Skype and I am sure there must be something else in my /home directory causing Skype to fail.
I knew my sound system had to be configured correctly because it was working perfectly well with another users log-in. Out of boredom I started going through the Linux sound FAQs in the Skype forums, where I found a description of exactly the same symptoms - Skype wouldn't call out and would lock-up when trying to disconnect- doing so because the sound servers where unavailable to it. So, I tried starting Skype under a wrapper and it started working again.
So, the search is now on to find the file that locks the sound server from Skype on a user by user basis.
I immediately suspect the /.DCOPserver files sitting in my home directory, especially since I don't actually know what they're about. I've not touched them for precisely the same reason!
Could this be a clue?
I've not seen the problem in a while now. Last time it happened "lsof /dev/dsp" showed skype. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks