skype on fedora 14 x86_64

[Johan Scheepers]

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?

>> Thanks
>> Johan
>>
>> --
> Darlene Wallach