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1. Minimum OS version.
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Skype is a Linux binary package that we run on FreeBSD via our Linux compat.
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In order for Skype to work at all, you need to be running FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT with
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a Kernel and modules later than 2015-05-24.
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The port tries to check for this, and determines your kernel's osversion.
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Chances are, if your kernel isn't new enough, the installation will fail.
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So in case of any trouble please make
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sure you run kernel/modules built from sources after above dates.
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Tests were only done on HEAD with linux CentOS 6, and it's certainly broken
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with Fedora 10 (legacy).
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2. Sound
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Since the OSS interface was removed, Skype now uses linux-pulseaudio compat packages.
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By default you get one device corresponding to your default OSS dsp device (so
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Skype will use it for ringing, incoming voice and mic).
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For this to function properly, we've sourced a very specific libpulse.so, which
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implements most of the things Skype actually needs through OSS, and not much
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else. And that's okay, as libpulse.so is used exclusively for Skype via
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and nothing else.
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Chances are, if you want to use Skype 4.3 *and* something that actually
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requires (Linux) PulseAudio, you'll be better off running Linux natively.
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3. Video
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3.1. Receiving video
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Should work out of the box. Please make sure you have
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Options --> Video Devices --> Enable Skype Video checked.
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3.2. Sending video
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Skype uses /dev/videoX (usually /dev/video0). This device node is created by
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the drivers for your webcam (eg. multimedia/webcamd). If you selected the VIDEO
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option (default) multimedia/webcamd will be pulled in.
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First please make sure your webcam works with the drivers webcamd provides; you
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can use multimedia/pwcview's pwcview(1) to check that you get a good image from
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your webcam; if you get a good image, you will get video in Skype also.
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It also uses v4l2 interface hence you very likely need to have linux_v4l2wrapper
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kernel module (which you either have in base on recent HEAD or the port will
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install for you); you need to load the module before stating Skype:
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# kldload linux_v4l2wrapper
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To make it permanent you can:
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# echo 'linux_v4l2wrapper_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
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4. SMSes
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You can send SMSes with this version (provided you have Skype credit, of course).
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Check Options --> SMS for details.
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5. Screen sharing
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You should be able to receive and send once you have enabled Skype Video (check
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§3)
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6. Skype Access
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Doesn't work and it is likely not very probable it will ever work since it
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uses a lot of Linux-specific things.
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7. Troubleshooting
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If Skype coredumps after displaying a (grey) About screen, you need to mount
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linprocfs.
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# mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /compat/linux/proc
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To persist the changes, add it to your fstab.
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This should work:
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linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw,late 0 0
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8. Problems and bug reports
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First of all, please understand that this is a closed, binary Linux application
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that makes use for some more-or-less cutting edge Linux features/interfaces,
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etc. As such, making it work on FreeBSD is mainly a question of keeping our
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Linuxulator as close as possible to the Linux kernel, and our Linux compat
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ports up to date.
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When reporting problems at very least we need to know the output of:
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$ uname -a; sysctl compat.linux | head -2; grep OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf
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the Skype version you are using, and hardware details (eg. webcam) if related.
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