Re: Faking it with skype
On 17/09/2014, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/09/14 17:05, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 17/09/2014, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 17/09/14 15:16, Bret Busby wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> With the recently posted fix for the Microsoft attempt to close down
>>>> skype; the fix involving the use of a hex editor, to cause faking the
>>>> skype version number, to pretend to be 4.3 (I think it is that version
>>>> number that is needed), I am wondering whether anyone has successfully
>>>> attempted to do that to skype version 2.2.
>
>>> Yes
>
> ------------8<---------->8---------------------
>
>>> Hex editor not necessary.
>>>
>>> As root run the following 2 lines in bash:-
>>>
>>> cp /usr/bin/skype{,.bak}
>>> Old=$(skype -v | head -n1 | cut -d " " -f2);sed -i "s/$Old/4.3.0.37/g"
>>> /usr/bin/skype
>>>
>>>
>>> You can check the change off-line, as normal user:-
>>> skype -v
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> However, ...
>>
>> "
>> :~# cp /usr/bin/skype{,.bak}
>
> No errors, so you have a backup of the original at /usr/bin/skype.bak
>
>> root@bret-dd-workstation:~# Old=$(skype -v | head -n1 | cut -d " "
>> -f2);sed -i "s/$Old/4.3.0.37/g"
>
> $Old 'should' hold your current skype version string.
>
> e.g.:-
> $ skype -v
> Skype 4.2.0.11
> Copyright (c) 2004-2013, Skype
>
> That's what MS checks before allowing you to connect to the network. If
> the version is less than 4.3.x you get this message:-
> http://ge.tt/3a2yGKx1/v/0 (AdBlock recommended).
>
> sed -i "s/$Old/4.3.0.37/g"
> 'should'replace your current version string with one that'll allow you
> to connect. Perhaps you are running an old version of sed?
>
> Wheezy with backports enabled:-
> sed 4.2.1-10
> skype 4.2.0.11-1
>
> Try replacing $Old with your current version (from `skype -v`)
> e.g. as root:-
> sed -i "s/4.2.0.11/4.3.0.37/g"
>
>
> Which 'should' result in:-
> skype -v
> Skype 4.2.0.11
> Copyright (c) 2004-2013, Skype
>
> Which then connects to the Skype P2P network, and shows this version in
> the About info:-
> http://ge.tt/3a2yGKx1/v/1?c (AdBlock recommended).
>
>>
>> (<unknown>:4748): Gtk-WARNING **:
>> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
>> ELFCLASS64
>
> Sorry, means nothing to me
>
> ------------8<------------------->8---------------------------------
>> sed: no input files
>> "
>>
>> Then, I re-read the message above, and figured that gmail had wrapped
>> the second line, so I tried
>>
>> "
>> :~# Old=$(skype -v | head -n1 | cut -d " " -f2);sed -i
>> "s/$Old/4.3.0.37/g" /usr/bin/skype
>
>
> Again, sorry, I don't know that error.
>
>
> ----------------------8<-------------------->8--------------------------
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
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>
Still does not work;
"
:~# sed -i "s/2.2.0.35/4.3.0.37/g" /usr/bin/skype
root@bret-dd-workstation:~# skype -v
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
(<unknown>:6671): Gtk-WARNING **:
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
Skype 2.2.0.35
Copyright (c) 2004-2011, Skype Limited
"
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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