[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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