On 04/16/2010 11:18 AM, jack craig wrote: > i had skype installed and working well on my FC11. > my connection is dsl, but still the lag wasnt too bad. > > the version is skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586 > > guess i should try the upgraded version... > > On 04/16/2010 11:13 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> . >> >> Is anyone able to offer some help with Skype. >> >> I installed their Linux RPM version and yum'd the dependencies. It >> works well between Skype users, at least the voice is fine and I can >> see the other persons video although that's not a feature I would use. >> >> But although it will connect to the "plain old telephone system, I >> subscribed to that feature," it doesn't provide a usable connection. >> All I have to test with is my cell phone and only hear weak and >> broken audio, a call to my brother's answering machine gets dropped >> before I can say more than a few words leading me to believe it's >> not hearing me? >> >> To add to the uncertainty my satellite ISP contributes a couple of >> seconds of latency, there is the delay between here and the >> satellite and from there to the earth station plus what ever other >> system delays occur and of course I don't know what effect that >> might have beyond the obvious human reaction to the delayed response. >> >> Any thoughts on the subject appreciated. >> >> Bob >> >> >> > skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586 is the most up to date version. There is no version specific to F12. I've been using skype on Linux for a while and I've observed that skype <-> skype calls work just fine even with video. On the other hand skype <-> land line calls are inconsistent. At times I've experienced delays, noise and drop outs, other times it works fine. Paolo -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines