On 2011/04/07 14:02 (GMT+0200) C composed:

Hmmmm... Comparing file size.. .mine has a smaller number - ie it's not the full 21.9Mb. I guess that shows the issue. I didn't think to verify the file size after downloading and redownloading about 8 times. Oddly it's breaking at the same point on each file. Maybe something it broken on my office net connection. Yup, just tried again, and the download appeared to complete, but it's actually very incomplete.

You're downloading with a web browser rather than a downloader, right? Try wget, curl or kget instead, real downloaders with real error checking and correction and more that can ensure you get what was on the server rather than something modified in transit. Or, set up a repo for the Skype download site and let zypper take care of the whole ball of wax. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

I built myself opensuse rpms http://teodori.org/repository/utilities/opensuse11.4/current.html, and made them available for download. If the problem persists, feel free to download my packages. Regards Francesco On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:39 PM, C <smaug42@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:23, Felix Miata  wrote:

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You're downloading with a web browser rather than a downloader, right? Try wget, curl or kget instead, real downloaders with real error checking and correction and more that can ensure you get what was on the server rather than something modified in transit.

Or, set up a repo for the Skype download site and let zypper take care of the whole ball of wax.

Yes I was using Firefox4 to download the RPM.  I could have used wget... had I initially twigged on the fact that the downloaded RPM was slightly too small and was incomplete.  I didn't notice that important little fact (heck, I didn't even notice at first that Skype was a new release instead of the same 2.1 Beta from the last 3 years), and generally, going the route of using curl, wget or configuring a pseudo repository is more trouble than I care to deal with (at least on my work computer).  I know how to use those tools, but there is a reason I use a Window Manager and not a Terminal all day. :-)

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Dnia czwartek, 7 kwietnia 2011 o 19:50:46 Karl Sinn napisał(a):

Hi,

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I built myself opensuse rpms http://teodori.org/repository/utilities/opensuse11.4/current.html, and made them available for download. If the problem persists, feel free to download my packages.

cool, unfortunately there is no new skype package for 11.2. Where did you get the skype source? Or better: where can I get the skype source to build myself?

There is no source for skype. You can extract files from rpm or use tar archive (dynamic linked) from skype website.

Thanks Karl

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On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:49:12 +0530, Karl Sinn <news@budostore.de> wrote:

So how did Francesco "build" a 64 pakage? Or does this mean that even in his 64 package is "only" the 32 build from the skype website?

one easy way to find out: look into his OBS project. i'm sure he used the available x32 build from skype, adding the necessary 32bit wrappers for x64 systems. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hi, skype source is not available. I simply packaged the statically linked binary files available from skype website, after applying some simple workarounds for a better integration with the openSuSE distribution. I did that for personal use. Some friends of mine found those packages useful reason why I decided to make them available from my website. I explained what I did, when I published the packages for the first time: http://www.teodori.org/newsflashes/repository-news/skype-1.4.0.74-rpm.html Regards, Francesco On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Mariusz Fik <fisiu82@jabster.pl> wrote:

Dnia czwartek, 7 kwietnia 2011 o 20:19:12 Karl Sinn napisał(a):

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Hi,

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cool, unfortunately there is no new skype package for 11.2. Where did you get the skype source? Or better: where can I get the skype source to build myself?

There is no source for skype. You can extract files from rpm or use tar archive (dynamic linked) from skype website.

So how did Francesco "build" a 64 pakage? Or does this mean that even in his 64 package is "only" the 32 build from the skype website?

I guess, yes. But let him answer and explain ;)

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Thanks Karl

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[much snippage...] It seems that more and more ISP's are using cacheing web proxies between their customers and the internets and many are not configuring them properly. Such proxies often seem to cut files short and then send the same truncated file from cache until the cache expires, whenever that is. And some are so misconfigured as to regard any files with the same name as identical regardless of the source. Unlike Firefox, wget typically complains when an http transfer is cut short but apparently proxies will send the size of the truncated file in cache when the transfer is retried. This bad behaviour is extremely annoying and frustrating, naturally. I've been using a vps w/ squid via ssh tunnel to bypass broken proxies with considerable success. There should be other ways around this without having to shell out extra cash. Flashgot for Firefox is convenient: it spawns an instance of wget, curl, or other favorite util to save links instead of the inbuilt downloader. But IIRC it has not yet been updated for FF4. jd -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Bob Williams said the following on 04/07/2011 11:58 AM:

Down Them All works.

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On 04/07/2011 09:29 AM, lynn wrote:

Is this good old ftp we are talking about? curl and wget I've no idea about.

curl & wget fetch files according to the protocol given in the url they are given, whether it be ftp, http, https, or whatever other protocol they are built to support. jd -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:57, stuart wrote:

Which repo are you downloading from?

I usually download from skype home page and rpm -i skype...rpm having satisfied all dependencies first?

No repo. This was downloaded direct from the Skype website, and then I just used zypper to install - I like zypper over rpm -i because zypper will pull in most/all deps on a downloaded RPM. Of course with Skype on a 64 bit openSUSE, it doesn't pull in ANY of the deps... but that's a different issue. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org