[Freeswitch-users] Building Skype Issues
Mitch Capper
mitch.capper at gmail.com
Wed Aug 8 02:42:27 MSD 2012
Sorry also keep i mind that FS welcomes development so if you do make
it work in other environments or want to put a bounty towards your
requirements its always appreciated.
~Mitch
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Mitch Capper <mitch.capper at gmail.com> wrote:
> Skype does not allow 3rd party apps to do what giovanni has so
> amazingly been able to get working quite smoothly with skypopen so
> most of us don't consider the requirements too harsh. You should not
> be running a production PBX on a server running a desktop and that
> also does audio playback. The best solution is a standalone server a
> virtual server may work but running audio through virtual servers is
> not always the best experience. In addition the host OS is still
> running as a desktop which is not good to start. Desktops and audio
> playback are meant to be user preempted and ultra responsive where as
> on a server you want to make sure everything has a fair time slice.
>
> To answer the question feel free to try and hack around the
> requirements for skyopen but they are stated (twice) by the author so
> if you run into audio gliches or other problems beware that getting
> support in less than likely in an unsupported environment.
>
> ~mitch
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, toddbailey <toddb at toddbailey.net> wrote:
>> Sounds like skypopen needs to be expanded to play nice with others.
>>
>> Will creating a virtual machine and running a server command line only
>> version of a "supported" os resolve the snd module issues?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 13:37 -0700, Giovanni Maruzzelli-2 [via
>> freeswitch-users] wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:19 PM, toddbailey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Mint 13 LST is a long term supported product based off Ubuntu
>>> 12 so it
>>> should supported at least for the most part. Any minor
>>> nuances I can
>>> deal with.
>>>
>>> What exactly do you mean do not use a desktop distro ?
>>> I need the gnome desktop for other activities.
>>>
>>>
>>> a desktop will not work with skypopen, skypopen is designed to run on
>>> a server distro.
>>>
>>> If you want to explore, try to understand what is starting the oss
>>> (open sound system) alsa emulation on your system. Sorry, I don't know
>>> which modules you'll have to unload. You probably need to modify the
>>> settings of pulseaudio too.
>>>
>>> Ask in alsa and puleaudio forums how you can unload the OSS emulation.
>>>
>>> I repeat, you'll end up trashing a lot of time and be very frustrated.
>>>
>>> I will no more step up in this, use a server install - I told you
>>> twice ;). (I'm the developer of skypopen)
>>>
>>> -giovanni
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> yes, rmmod all the snd* (but, why are there?)
>>> Because other applications installed use sound modules.
>>>
>>> This is a multipurpose server that provides many different
>>> functions, a
>>> pbx is just one of several functions.
>>>
>>> Should I consider building a virtual machine and running free
>>> switch in
>>> it instead on the core os?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 13:08 -0700, Giovanni Maruzzelli-2 [via
>>> freeswitch-users] wrote:
>>>
>>> > you better follow the wikipage, that tells you to use centos
>>> 6.x or
>>> > ubuntu, server installations, at 64 bit, or windows.
>>> >
>>> > If you choose to use a different OS, you need to know how to
>>> deal with
>>> > it.
>>> >
>>> > 1) do not use a desktop distro, it will not work
>>> > 2) yes, rmmod all the snd* (but, why are there? You want
>>> them not
>>> > loaded at all. Uloading is a hack)
>>> >
>>> > so, to avoid frustration, use a supported OS.
>>> >
>>> > In all other cases, you are going to use an awful amount of
>>> time and
>>> > get lot of frustrations, I can guarantee you ;).
>>> >
>>> > -giovanni
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:53 PM, toddbailey <[hidden email]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > After a dreadful several weeks of trying to get my
>>> Fedora 17
>>> > upgrade from
>>> > F14 to cooperate, I'm now running Mint 13 LST x64 as
>>> my
>>> > primary server.
>>> >
>>> > Now that most of the drama has past, I'm back to
>>> trying to get
>>> > mod_skypopen
>>> > to install.
>>> > Before F17 I was running F14 so you may see why the
>>> upgrade
>>> > was required.
>>> > 'nough said,
>>> >
>>> > Just like F14 I'm seeing an error in running the
>>> install
>>> > sequence
>>> >
>>> >
>>> cd /usr/local/src/freeswitch/src/mod/endpoints/mod_skypopen/oss
>>> > make clean; make; insmod ./skypopen.ko;
>>> mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3
>>> >
>>> > once again I see
>>> > insmod: error inserting './skypopen.ko': -1 Device
>>> or resource
>>> > busy
>>> > mknod: `/dev/dsp': File exists
>>> >
>>> > I'm told previously that I don't want to see any snd
>>> modules
>>> > listed in the
>>> > command
>>> >
>>> > lsmod |grep snd
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > but in my case I see several
>>> >
>>> > lsmod | grep snd
>>> >
>>> > snd_hda_codec_realtek 223962 1
>>> > snd_hda_intel 33773 3
>>> > snd_hda_codec 127706 2
>>> > snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
>>> > snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
>>> > snd_pcm 97188 2
>>> snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
>>> > snd_seq_midi 13324 0
>>> > snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
>>> > snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
>>> > snd_seq 61896 2
>>> > snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
>>> > snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
>>> > snd_seq_device 14540 3
>>> > snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
>>> > snd 78855 15
>>> >
>>>
>>> snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
>>> > soundcore 15091 1 snd
>>> > snd_page_alloc 18529 2
>>> snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>>> >
>>> > Questions:
>>> >
>>> > do I need to rmmod each of these before I can
>>> successfully
>>> > install the
>>> > mod_skypopen ?
>>> >
>>> > Assuming this is true, can I insmod the list to
>>> return to the
>>> > previous
>>> > state or does the install of mod_skypopen limit what
>>> I can do
>>> > with the
>>> > systems audio capabilities?
>>> > I utilize other applications that require audio ie:
>>> alsa and
>>> > pulse modules
>>> > to function.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> - Best Regards,
>>> -
>>> - Todd Bailey
>>> -
>>> -
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>> -
>> - Todd Bailey
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