Skype

[Vermilion]

I just installed skype via AppCafe under PC-BSD 9 RC2 (32 Bit, KDE) and got the following error message when trying to start.

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
/usr/pbi/skype-i386/share/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/pbi/skype-i386/lib/libSM.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

[bgalakazam]

Just want to say the PBI for AMD64 works fine, so issue must be with i386 only, if anyone can confirm.

[sami12]

i just installed Skype from Appcafe but when i try it it will give me this message.

"Cannot execute command '/usr/pbi/skype-i386/.sbin/skype'. "


same problems with tor and Vidalia ,

" KDEInit could not launch '/usr/pbi/tor-i386/.sbin/vidalia'. "

any clue ?


My laptop:
Acer Aspire 5920G
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5850(2.16GHz,667MHzFSB,2MB L2 cache)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
1534 MB Total available graphics memory

Network Adapter:
Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
PC BSD 9 Isotope video , sound and internet are excellent

[drulavigne]

This appears to be fixed now (just tested on 32-bit RC3). Please let us know if you still have an error.

[ArtfulBodger]

First let me say that I am really impressed with PCBSD. I am coming from the Solaris 10 world so I have a bit of a learning curve, but what I have seen thus far, PCBSD is really put together quite well. Nice job!

Anyway, I am running PCBSD 9 RC3 as VirtualBox guest (Win 7 64bit host) and I am getting the same error as described in earlier posts.

Any ideas?

[Beanpole]

We just released the latest version of Skype into the AppCafe, which should fix the "ELF file OS ABI invalid " error for 32-bit. You might have an error with the audio playback on 9.0-RC3 with the new version (so don't upgrade if it already works for you), but the source of the problem for this has already been fixed for 9.0-RELEASE (which should be coming very soon). So once you upgrade to release, the new Skype PBI should work perfectly.

[Peter2121]

No video since upgrade to the updated 2.2 version
It worked in previous version...

Still no microphone - it is connected to another mixer than playback device and I cannot choose mixer in Skype.
OK playback after alsa-oss package installation.

[ArtfulBodger]

Thanks for the update. Skype loaded up just fine.

Unfortunately, the audio doesn't work - it might be a VBox issue or it might be the issue you described re: RC3. I am going to update to the release as soon as it is available.

Thanks for all your help.

[Peter2121]

Still no video after update to RELEASE.
Webcam is working fine - i've tested it in VLC Player, so it's a Skype issue. I can choose /dev/video0 but there is no flux video.

Please, help.

[Bourbon]

Hi All

I add myself to this topic because I have the same problem about webcam: on PC-BSD 9.0 32 bit KDE, with Skype installed using AppCafe, the webcam does not working (no problem about audio/microphone).
Using the Kopete's test and online (Chatroulette test) the webcam works.

Kind Regards