On 7 December 2014 at 22:49, E. Liddell <ejlddll@...> wrote:
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>
> 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