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

[Andrew Miller (Spode)]

As James says, eeeuser.com is a great site. IMO probably the best Eee PC 
resource at the moment.

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=7883

This thread suggests that a simple update using the Add/Remove programs 
now adds in the Video functionality.

Spode

James Dayborn wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:mike at tandem.f9.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     sireth at blueyonder.co.uk <mailto: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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