Anyone using Skype on FC11 ?

[jack craig]

updating to use, ...

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/share/skype:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/bin/skype.bin $*

and /usr/share/skype looks like, ...

drwxr-xr-x.  10 1000 users     4096 2009-01-07 08:15 .
drwxr-xr-x. 276 root root     12288 2009-08-28 10:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 accessible
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 avatars
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 codecs
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 icons
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 imageformats
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 inputmethods
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 lang
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users  1893640 2008-11-12 04:19 libQtCore.so.4
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users  7672856 2008-11-12 04:19 libQtGui.so.4
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users   556172 2008-11-12 04:19 libQtNetwork.so.4
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users     1387 2008-11-12 04:19 LICENSE.RtAudio
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users     2388 2009-01-07 08:02 README
-rwxr-xr-x.   1 1000 users      260 2008-11-12 04:19 skype
-rwxr-xr-x.   1 1000 users 13388548 2008-11-12 04:19 skype.bin
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users      453 2008-11-12 04:19 skype.conf
-rw-r--r--.   1 1000 users      161 2008-11-12 04:19 skype.desktop
drwxr-xr-x.   2 1000 users     4096 2008-11-12 04:19 sounds

even with a chown to my user, i get unable to access skype data files.

is the source open anywhere?

thx again, jackc...

On 08/28/2009 02:51 PM, Ryan Lynch wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 14:15, jack craig<jackc at linuxlighthouse.com>  wrote:
>    
>> i guess i muffed this one?
>>
>> 1. i removed the skype.fc10
>> 2. i extracted the tarball to /usr/share/skype  (note that i moved
>> skype-3.0.0.93/* to /usr/share/skype/..)
>> 3. i coped the skype script to /usr/bin and updated it to be, ...
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # Configure this with paths that suit you.  The default should work if you
>> run ./skype from the current directory.
>> #
>> # Example:
>> # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/share/skype/Qt4.4:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./skype.bin
>> #
>> cd /usr/share/skype; LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/share/skype:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>> ./skype.bin $*
>>
>> 4. i also copied /usr/share/skype/skype.bin to /usr/bin/.
>>
>> But! after launch, i put in my passwd and it comes back with, 'unable to
>> access skype data files'.
>>
>> does my error jump out at you?
>>      
> Hmm... You're using a different modification than what I meant.
> Here's what I have in my '/usr/bin/skype' script:
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/share/skype:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/bin/skype.bin $*
>
> If I had to guess, I'd say that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting is where
> 'skype.bin' looks for its config file (which should be at
> '/usr/share/skype/skype.conf', based on how we both did your
> installations).  So I don't know that changing to my usage will work
> for you--try it, see what happens.
>
> -R
>
>    

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