Re: Got skype 4.2 to connect again
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!
>
> Hans
Thanks so much for this. It's particularly useful for anyone
who must use skype for linux on a box with a sempron
processor. As with recent versions of flash, the newest
skype won't run at all on this processor.
The avoidance of pulseaudio is a plus, of course, but I must
confess than time has inured me to its attendant
frustrations.
--
Michael
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