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Today's Topics:
1. Skype and sound (Dick Angus)
2. Re: Skype and sound (Jesse Kline)
3. blue tooth and customer relation management (Dan Mueller)
4. Re: blue tooth and customer relation management (Shawn)
5. Time to wear a disguise in public... ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:46:30 -0600
From: Dick Angus <[email protected]>
Subject: [clug-talk] Skype and sound
To: CLUG General <[email protected]>
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I'm running Kubuntu 9.04 on a brand new i7-920 with an nVidia graphics card
and Intel, built-in sound. It's a brand new install (yesterday).
PulseAudio - 0.9.15
Skype - 2.1.0.47
Logitech Pro9000 camera with built-in microphone
I just can't get the audio to work. I've followed so many suggestions I
can't
remember what the original setting was. Skype offers only PulseAudio as
devices
in this new version. Video works, notifications work, and sound in/out does
not. If I try a test call I hear the connecting notification sound, then it
runs for about 35 seconds and Skype aborts. If run in a terminal I get:
E: pstream-util.c: Assertion 'p' failed at pulsecore/pstream-util.c:36,
function pa_pstream_send_tagstruct_with_creds(). Aborting.
On my old computer (still Kubuntu 9.04 but an older version of Skype and no
PulseAudio) it worked great. Amarok and various video formats work well.
Any suggestions? - I've tried about 10 or 15 different suggestions from
various
forums.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:38:15 -0700
From: Jesse Kline <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Skype and sound
To: CLUG General <[email protected]>
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I've had a similar problem with the latest Skype beta and I've heard others
have as well. I would suggest un-installing it and trying the stable
version, which is available through the Mediabuntu repo.
Jesse
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Dick Angus <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm running Kubuntu 9.04 on a brand new i7-920 with an nVidia graphics
card
> and Intel, built-in sound. It's a brand new install (yesterday).
>
>
> PulseAudio - 0.9.15
> Skype - 2.1.0.47
> Logitech Pro9000 camera with built-in microphone
>
>
> I just can't get the audio to work. I've followed so many suggestions I
> can't remember what the original setting was. Skype offers only PulseAudio
> as devices in this new version. Video works, notifications work, and sound
> in/out does not. If I try a test call I hear the connecting notification
> sound, then it runs for about 35 seconds and Skype aborts. If run in a
> terminal I get:
>
>
> E: pstream-util.c: Assertion 'p' failed at pulsecore/pstream-util.c:36,
> function pa_pstream_send_tagstruct_with_creds(). Aborting.
>
>
> On my old computer (still Kubuntu 9.04 but an older version of Skype and
no
> PulseAudio) it worked great. Amarok and various video formats work well.
>
>
> Any suggestions? - I've tried about 10 or 15 different suggestions from
> various forums.
> --
>
> from Dick's desk
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:26:48 -0600
From: "Dan Mueller" <[email protected]>
Subject: [clug-talk] blue tooth and customer relation management
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Hello All. More questions on something I know nothing about. If I add a
Bluetooth usb unit onto my aspire one running kuki Linux.. Can that
Bluetooth interface through my blackberry access the internet if my
blackberry is internet enabled??
#2. you guys were so helpful on my previous question regarding a customer
relation management system. I looked at afew of the options and even
downloaded Sugar but these were way too much. Would it be possible to get a
program like "Kontact" to be accessed at the same time from about 5-6
different users here in the office?? We want all users here inside to be
running off of the same calendar and also have the same contact/supplier
base to work from. Also through the email we could all use the same e-mail
to send globally and receive globally. Are there any options or avenues that
im not seeing??
Thanx
Dan
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:11:51 -0600
From: Shawn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] blue tooth and customer relation management
To: CLUG General <[email protected]>
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Dan Mueller wrote:
> Hello All. More questions on something I know nothing about. If I add
> a Bluetooth usb unit onto my aspire one running kuki Linux?. Can that
> Bluetooth interface through my blackberry access the internet if my
> blackberry is internet enabled??
In theory, this is possible. I've heard of some people being able to do
something like this with some phones. But from what I understand, it
comes down to the phone capabilities. I think what you are looking for
is "bluetooth tethering". Other than that though, I have no experience
with a BlackBerry or tethering through a cell phone. John has had some
success here and blogged about it -
http://www.herd-of-neurons.com/node/23. Maybe something in there will
be helpful.
Thanx for the Bluetooth input. I will look into the website.
Dan
> #2. you guys were so helpful on my previous question regarding a
> customer relation management system. I looked at afew of the options and
> even downloaded Sugar but these were way too much. Would it be possible
> to get a program like ?Kontact? to be accessed at the same time from
> about 5-6 different users here in the office?? We want all users here
> inside to be running off of the same calendar and also have the same
> contact/supplier base to work from. Also through the email we could all
> use the same e-mail to send globally and receive globally. Are there any
> options or avenues that im not seeing??
First, while a CRM may be overkill, they can provide these types of
services. I'll assume you are not interested in a CRM though, for now....
You are discussing shared address books and shared calendars. Gustin
has some extensive experience with shared calendars. (I'm betting he
will post a response to this thread... ) I have been recently searching
for a shared/common address book solution for myself and have only been
partially successful.
The moment you start thinking of a central repository for contact
information, you find yourself looking at an LDAP server. In theory
this is what it is meant for. In practice it CAN do this, and more.
But the problem comes in terms of what client you are intending on using
to talk to the LDAP server. ThunderBird can read from an LDAP server
but cannot write - so no changing your contacts via ThunderBird.
Kontact should be able to read/write from LDAP. And the inconsistencies
extend to the various clients. If you get to select the client tool,
this may not be an issue. LDAP is a somewhat difficult thing to get set
up, as it is based on terminology and technology that was designed
before the massive proliferation of the Internet. (X.500 is the base
concept). There is lots of documentation out there on getting LDAP up
and running, and really it isn't that difficult. But understanding the
terms and the problem area is not for a novice. Still, a little effort
goes a long ways here. (I might be willing to plan an LDAP workshop if
there were enough interest.)
I believe the easiest alternative at the moment is to make use of Google
Calendar and Google Contacts. There are plugins to make use of these
for most mail clients. The negative side of this is that you are giving
Google your calendar and contact information and it is known they'll
make use of this to personalize ads for you. I personally don't believe
Google has a need for this info, and have so far resisted using these
services. But I can't deny the convenience they bring to the table.
Not a definitive solution for you, but hope you have a good start...
Shawn
Thanx Shawn for the input. I will do some reading on this ldap thing. I
did look at the Google thing and it is workable but the drawback is that
anyone can "Leak" out his password and now what ever info I had that was
mine is now also theirs and also if there was someone disgruntled... they
can delete all. I looked at if there were some permissions that could be
changed and not so easy to properly set up permissions. If they are allowed
to write, change and add customers ect than they can also delete. Also it
can be worked around if a proper backup can be done but again.... its on
someone else's server and therefore anyone could also do a back up.
If anyone else has input, it would be greatly appreciated. Again, Thanx
Shawn.
Dan
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:47:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [clug-talk] Time to wear a disguise in public...
To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]>
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? or perhaps it?s too late already. Google street view comes to Calgary.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2009/10/07/tech-internet-google-stree
t-view-toronto.html
http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.076806,-114.00275&panoid=
BF1JczLvaZjK3cMfRfsuMw&cbp=12,189.15,,0,0&hq=&hnear=Calgary,+Division+No.+6,
+Alberta&ll=51.07681,-114.002552&spn=0,359.928803&z=15
Simon
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