Skype on openSuSE 10.3 x86_64

Install these libraries

• libsigc++2-32bit-2.0.18-3.x86_64.rpm
• libqt4-32bit-4.3.1-23.x86_64.rpm
• libqt4-dbus-1-32bit-4.3.1-23.x86_64.rpm
• libqt4-x11-32bit-4.3.1-23.x86_64.rpm

Check out this: http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=104670&st=0&p=476113&#entry476113
http://www.susebrasil.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28&forum=2&post_id=81

This allows the installation.

The sound configuration on
Sony VAIO VGN-AR51SU:

Install the latest alsa software from this repository:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_10.3_Update/

Download th corresponding alsa-lib sources from http://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/
edit ./src/mixer/simple_none.c
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1492: /* err = -EINVAL; */
1493: goto __ignore;

1542: __ignore:
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./configure
make
cp /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0.ori
cp ./src/.libs/libasound.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/
ln -sf /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libasound.so
ln -sf /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2.0.0 /usr/lib64/libasound.so.2

Kmix -screens should show (something like) this:










Kmix -screens should show this:


This may vary when using the internal microphone!

/etc/modprobe.conf.local:
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=vaio

(=vaio is only an invalid model for alc262 but this makes thing work, strange...)

Set all skype sound devices to:
"HDA Intel (hw:Intel,0)"

Video configuration on Sony Vaio VGN-AR51SU
lsusb reports
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd

To enable webcam support add this repository to the list of used repositories:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_10.3/
Install from the repository above
r5u870
r5u870-kmp-default

Other software needed is listed in this restart script, which should be used to restart the video system in
case of wrong colour maps etc.
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modprobe -r uvcvideo

modprobe -r r5u870
modprobe -r v4l2-common
modprobe -r v4l1-compat
modprobe -r video-buf
modprobe -r sony-laptop
modprobe -r videodev
modprobe -v videodev
modprobe -v sony-laptop camera=1
modprobe -v video-buf
modprobe -v v4l1-compat
modprobe -v v4l2-common
modprobe -v r5u870

modprobe -v uvcvideo
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