[Klug-general] Asus Eee PC no video on linux Skype

[James Dayborn]

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 : 

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:customization 

There is some info on Skype 2.0 beta there that might apply. I have not tried it yet though. 

James 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McCarthy" <binarysignal at gmail.com> 
To: "Kent Linux User Group - General Topics" <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
Sent: 04 January 2008 15:01:34 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London 
Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Asus Eee PC no video on linux Skype 

On 1/4/08, Mike Evans < mike at tandem.f9.co.uk > wrote: 

sireth at blueyonder.co.uk wrote: 
> Asus Eee PC 
> 
> Hi, 
> This is my 1st posting here and I'm quite new to Linux so please be nice. 
We're (almost) always nice :) 
> 
> I'm very interested in the new Asus Eee pc. My first intention was to use 
> it for video VOIP calls through Skype. This would be a great idea if only 
> Skype supported the use of web cams with their Linux based software. 
> 
Now then - someone on here recently got an eee - someone I was chatting 
to on the IRC Channel. 


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. 

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. 

Colin 


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