Re: using Webex from Stretch
On Monday, April 6, 2020 12:52 PM, I wrote:
> My employer is now having lots of audio/video conferences, some of which I
> should at least listen to. Unfortunately, they are doing the conferences
> with Cisco Webex. Webex uses an app that's not available for Debian Linux.
On Friday, April 10, 2020 3:55 AM, Curt <curty@free.fr> replied:
> There's a *browser extension* for Firefox. Have you installed it (there are
> security implications)?
>
> https://help.webex.com/en-us/nt8cif7/Cisco-Webex-Web-App-Meeting-Functionality
Yes, thank you. On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 5:26 PM, I wrote:
> What I did was to get Webex's add-on cisco_webex_extension.xpi and add it
> to Firefox.
I have confirmed that that's the same extension as I get at the site you have
suggested.
On Friday, April 10, 2020 3:55 AM, Curt <curty@free.fr> replied:
> *Connect to Audio and Start Your Video*
> (Have you gone through these recommended steps and failed?)
Yesterday I did play more with the Webex settings and connected to a meeting
with good audio and video reception. I did not have a chance to test a
microphone. It seemed that I got no incoming sound unless I chose "Allow
Microphone". Furthermore, whether I received sound depended on whether I
chose Mute or Unmute for my (non-existent) microphone. I forget which
position allowed incoming sound. I was surprised that it mattered.
I got what I needed yesterday, given that I didn't want to speak anyway. I'm
grateful for all the help here. Now I need to read up on how to initiate a
Webex conference (maybe from my wife's Windows box) so that I can do testing
whenever I want. And I need to locate a working microphone.
Thanks again.
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From: tomas@tuxteam.de
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 4:33 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: using Webex from Stretch
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 07:55:25AM -0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2020-04-06, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) <kleenesj@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> wrote:
> > My employer is now having lots of audio/video conferences, some of which I
> > should at least listen to. Unfortunately, they are doing the conferences
> > with Cisco Webex. Webex uses an app that's not available for Debian Linux.
>
> There's a *browser extension* for Firefox. Have you installed it (there are
> security implications)?
Oh, c'mon. Cisco? Security implications? Say it ain't so! You must be
kidding [1] !!1!
Cheers
[1] https://prod.lwn.net/Articles/784758/
-- tomás
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