skype (Was: Re: flash and firefox)

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Graham Todd <gtodd at bellanet.org> wrote:
> 
>> One other compat application that rarely works correctly on FreeBSD for
>> me is Skype. It could be a problem between screen and chair of course,
>> but if anyone with a working setup for these apps has thoroughly
>> documented how they did things, I'd gladly RTFM :)
> 
> Which FreeBSD version, which sound driver, which problems?
> 
> If you experience "strange sound" problems, and you don't use a recent
> RELENG_6 or -current ("recent" as in "with the improved sound system as of
> 2-4 months ago"): upgrade to RELENG_6 or a recent -current.
> 
> If you have a recent RELENG_6 or -current and still experience strange 
> sound
> problems, please tell us on multimedia@ which soundcard you use and which
> strange sound problems you have.

I've been experiencing a "strange sound problem" with skype. I don't get 
any audible alerts when I have incoming calls or chat messages. The 
device is correctly defined (/dev/dsp), the sound files are installed in 
/usr/X11R6/share/skype/sound, yet they don't seem to get played. The 
voice calls work great though.

Cheers,

Panagiotis