<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000}</style></head><body>I have just obtained an eee for "development" at work so I have been playing a bit and found this site that may be of use if you have not hit it yet :<br><br>http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:customization<br><br>There is some info on Skype 2.0 beta there that might apply. I have not tried it yet though.<br><br>James<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Colin McCarthy" <binarysignal@gmail.com><br>To: "Kent Linux User Group - General Topics" <kent@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Sent: 04 January 2008 15:01:34 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London<br>Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Asus Eee PC no video on linux Skype<br><br><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/4/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Evans</b> <<a href="mailto:mike@tandem.f9.co.uk" target="_blank">mike@tandem.f9.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="mailto:sireth@blueyonder.co.uk" target="_blank">sireth@blueyonder.co.uk</a> wrote:<br>> Asus Eee PC<br>><br>> Hi,<br>> This is my 1st posting here and I'm quite new to Linux so please be nice.<br>We're (almost) always nice :)
<br>><br>> I'm very interested in the new Asus Eee pc. My first intention was to use<br>> it for video VOIP calls through Skype. This would be a great idea if only<br>> Skype supported the use of web cams with their Linux based software.
<br>><br>Now then - someone on here recently got an eee - someone I was chatting<br>to on the IRC Channel. </blockquote><div><br><br> I have got an eeePC and it works perfectly with the preinstalled Skype client. I recently made a call to a European mobile using my eeePC connected to my old
802.11b wireless access point and the call was perfectly clear.<br><br>I did try installing the beta Skype client with video cam support but it would always error for me, and when I went back to the Skype website to download the beta again it had been removed. So I am guessing there are a few problems. Although Alan Pope got the beta installed and apparently the video camera works fine, after a bit of tweaking to get it switched on.
<br><br>Colin<br></div><br><br>
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