(A bit off-topic) chess via Skype in Linux. was: Re: Skype sound problems

[Dvir Volk]

Skype extras (plugins) are AFAIK platform specific.
While skype for linux does support them, from what I see on their
site, the list for linux is pretty lame:
https://extras.skype.com/categories/19/good
>From looking at the source of one of them, they seem to be written in
C++ using Qt, which actually means that porting an existing Qt based
chess game to skype shouldn't be that hard.
But AFAIK the windows stuff is not written using Qt, meaning porting a
windows extra to Linux is not trivial, if the source is even
available. CMIIW.


On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Dan Shimshoni <danshimsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> While we are @skype, I want to offtopic this :
>
> I heard that on windows you can play chess via Skype.
>
> I wonder: did anybody tried it successfully on Linux ?
>
> (and forgive me for this off-topic interrupt)
>
> Rgs,
> DS
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Noam Rathaus <noamr at beyondsecurity.com> wrote:
>> Moshe,
>>
>> I had the same issue today with Ubuntu 8.10
>>
>> I tried:
>> http://www.blog.arun-prabha.com/2008/05/23/skype-microphone-problem-and-complete-pulse-audio-setup-in-ubuntu/
>>
>> And it worked ok.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday 25 February 2009 12:51:53 Moshe Brace using Yahoo wrote:
>>> Regarding Sound.
>>> Sometimes I find I get the warning "There's a problem with the Sound" even
>>> though ALSA appears to be configured OK in Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Desktop. I
>>> have an CMedia PCI card installed. I have not tried the Via. Other
>>> programmes work fine regarding sound without problems. To fix I log out and
>>> login then the problem appears fixed or reboot. However Mandriva appears
>>> not to save the settings.
>>>
>>> I have tried setting the Skype Options to Pulse but the sound isn't good,
>>> or it won't work. Skype I know needs ALSA. I have tried also tried through
>>> the Webcam but as likewise no video it doesn't input sound.
>>>
>>> I have also tried:
>>>
>>> "alsactl store" and "alsactl restore"
>>>
>>> Anyone have any ideas how to get over this problem?
>>> Moshe
>>
>>
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