Re: Skype via VNC
On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:39, Peter Easthope wrote:
> Joshua & others,
>
> I'm back at home and can reply to the list with help
> of a thunderbird.
>
> jk> What error messages do you get if you open a shell and start Skype
> jk> that way (or look in .xsession-errors in your home dir).
>
> Xsession: X session started for peter at Sat Oct 14 15:56:02 PDT 2006
> ** (xfwm4:4431): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite
> extension.
> ** (xfwm4:4431): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.
>
> jk> The message about the XComposite extension are from xfwm,
> jk> not skype, so that's not the problem.
>
> OK, I'll try to fix it for sake of tidyness.
>
> I can start skype from the VNC client here after all.
> A message returns as skype starts.
>
> peter@joule:~$ skype &
> [1] 4446
> peter@joule:~$ Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing on display
> ":1.0".
>
> What does the complaint about XInputExtension mean?
It means the X server does not have the XInputExtenstions enabled. Here is a
message explaining why:
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-December/053489.html
Not sure there is much you can do except contact Skype about it.
j
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