On 7 December 2014 at 22:49, E. Liddell ejlddll@googlemail.com wrote: <snip>
Skype needs 32-bit audio packages, which may need separate installation if you're running a 64-bit system.
Skype 4.3.0.37 does require either pulseaudio or the apulse emulator ( https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse ). It doesn't require systemd (since it's installable onto a Gentoo OpenRC-based system), but it may want to put some files into /etc/dbus-1/system.d . The full dependency list includes QT4 and some X11 libraries.
Alternatives to Skype for video chat on a desktop PC? Ugh. Google Hangouts, if it works, or the WebRTC support that's gradually making its way into some browsers. Anyone got any better ideas?
E. Liddell
Thanks for the pointer to apulse. It installed okay, but the command "apulse skype" complains "unable to open slave". So I have to check modules and maybe ALSA settings.
Robert