skype on fedora 14 x86_64

[Johan Scheepers]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> On 02/01/11 21:14, Johan Scheepers wrote:
>> On 01/02/2011 07:26 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote:
>>> Johan,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Johan Scheepers<johansche at telkomsa.net>   wrote:
>>>> On 01/02/2011 06:52 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Johan Scheepers<johansche at telkomsa.net>     wrote:
>>>>>> Good day,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just installed skype and it is working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can speak to otherside.
>>>>>> Can see the otherside.
>>>>>> Can hear the otherside.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I would like to get a webcam going.
>>>>>>
>>>>> If your webcam is supported, it ought to work out of the box. It's
>>>>> working for me with skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586. You can use the 'cheese'
>>>>> webcam program to test if your webcam works.
>>>>>
>>>> Ok. Got the same skype as above.
>>>> Cheese shows that the webcam can photo, record, multiple photos.
>>>>
>>>> Kindly explain how does it get connected to skype please.
>>>> This is a learning experience to me.
>>> Select options in the pull down menu or "control o" then select "video devices"
>>> Select "Enable Skype Video"
>>>
>>> There should be a window with "test" - select test - you should see yourself.
>>>
>> OK.  Done all the motions as above.
>> Test does not work.
>> The device shown in cheese is the same as the one in skype options.
>> Does this mean there is still something amiss?
> 
> What exactly happens when "Test does not work"? On my system I get a 
> segmentation fault. Is that what you see as well? I can see from skype's forum 
> on video that a ubuntu user on 12/26 reported this very problem.
> 
Just nothing happens