It is NOT as easy as it would first seem. Some magic wand waving (oh yes — Hokey Pokey again!) is required. Download Skype for Debian 7 (multi-arch) NOTE: if you are using Ubuntu or Linux Mint, you will need to download the Ubuntu Multiarch version, instead. 1. What is multi-arch? Multi-arch supports the 32 […]
6
May
How to: Install Skype on 64 bit Debian Wheezy
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: Medium26 comments
22
Jun
Fixing the libcanberra wrong ELF class message in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: EasyThe solution is very simple. It’s just so buried, it is hard to find. Reposted from the original article above. I was getting: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 Trying to run the new V4.0 of Skype in 64 bit Debian. The old trick of doing an LD_PRELOAD does NOT […]
2
Jan
Getting a Webcam/Logictech Quick Cam to work with Skype in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: Easy, videoTHIS RECIPE WORKS WITH THE NEW V4.0 SKYPE FOR LINUX! yAy! Video Chat Cameras are nice. But they don’t always play nicely with the Linux version of Skype. 1. Here’s the camera I have: (here’s now to find out what you have.) lsusb and the output will look like: Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:092e […]
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