Skype multiplication of windows when chatting

Forum: Apps
Topic: Skype multiplication of windows when chatting
started by: ZoOp

Posted by ZoOp on May 12 2006,08:34

Dear all,

I run dsl 2.4RC2 on a PII, with 256 RAM and 800 Ghz.

I recently have experienced a problem with skype download from the mydsl repository. I have the last version from mydsl repository and I always log in as root.

When chatting with a friend, I get from three to four windows opened when I get one chat message from him, typically when my friend answers to my message.

I loged out and loged in once again as root, same problem; I loged as normal user, the problem remains. I have to shut down or to reboot my machine, mydsl skype and relog in order not to have this problem again.

Has anyone experienced the same, who could give me support?

Other problem: The oral communiction with skype is bad; all my partners in communication don't want to phone me again, because they don't hear me well enough. They say that there is too much noise in the communication (background noise) and that they can hear their echo when they speak to me.

Tweaking dmix at my side didn't bring anything. For those who would kindly like to tweak their sound controller when communicating with me, they didn't get a better result, too.

I thank you a lot for bringing me more light on this.
yours
z

Posted by jls legalize on May 12 2006,14:18

are u using the one in the testing area ?

Posted by ZoOp on May 12 2006,17:10

I use the skype-0.93.tar.gz (in the 'net' repository)
yours
z

Posted by ZoOp on May 24 2006,04:53

I figure it out!
skype won't really shutdown when you shut the app down; it remains loaded, and I don't know why; so that after using skype once, and closing it, when you open a new skype session by running the app, skype which is actually already running opens a second session; and when someone send you a message, it appears in the first opened window which you believe to have it closed, and in the second one in the session you have just opened. In order to solve the problem, you have to shut the computer down or to reboot.
yours
z

Posted by dtf on May 24 2006,13:07

ZoOp - Can't you just kill off the current running process without restarting the computer? Just trying to understand if on starting skype a frontend script could be run to kill any currently active skype processes.

Posted by ZoOp on May 24 2006,15:21

Hi dtf,

I would like to, but I don't know how. I am looking further for such a solution and would very like listen to you if you know the answer.

yours
z

Posted by jls legalize on May 24 2006,17:09

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Posted by ZoOp on May 24 2006,17:19

jls
I am just very grateful to you!
yours
z

Posted by piccolo on May 24 2006,19:49

I have a problem using Skype, still using two different sound chipsets (VIA 8233 and Opti 82C931).
A strong humming noise superposed on audio output.
Then I switch to ALSA driver and the audio work fine with VIA 8233 chipset. But unfortunately I have not been able to install ALSA with the Opti 82c931 chipset on another computer.
Any idea about this problem between Skype and OSS drivers?