Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hans wrote:
> Hi folks, 
>
> I managed to get an older version of skype (the multiarch debian package) 
> getting connected to skype. As you might have noticed, the new version is 
> pulseaudio needed /what a crap!) and the older version (4.2) inhibits to 
> connect to the server.
>
> So I found a simple solution:
> - Install the 4.2 package.
> - start a hexeditor and open the file /usr/bin/skype
> - search for "4.2.0.11" and change this to "4.3.0.37"
> - save the file
> - restart skype and 
> - voila! It is now connecting to the server again!
>
> No pulseaudio needed any more! Yeah!
>
> Have fun!

Works like a charm! How in the world did you figure that out?

Hugo