| <beazer> Hi all, I keep having the system freeze when a Skype user calls me - Edgy, Skype 1.3.0.53 - anyone know a fix for this? | |
| <nlogax> don't know a fix as such, but does it freeze your whole system? | |
| <nlogax> i.e. can you use ctrl+alt+f1 to switch to a virtual terminal? | |
| * mattb doesn't know any solutions either | |
| <mattb> but those problems | |
| <mattb> are often related to sound | |
| <purserj> beazer: have you tried with an older version of skype? | |
| <purserj> The newer one is alsa compliant and has some issues | |
| <purserj> Whereas the older one uses OSS exclusively | |
| * nlogax winces | |
| <beazer> nlogax: Yep, the whole system freezes - X, can't get a text console, can't ssh in. 20 -30 secs later, everything comes right | |
| <beazer> purserj: I have gone back to an older version but had other frustrations - which I can't remember exactly :-( | |
| <beazer> But I ended up coming back to the latest available Skype in Edgy | |
| <purserj> beazer: hmm, I believe you can tell Skype to either use OSS or ALSA in the new version. Try switching which one its using | |
| <beazer> purserj: Hmmm, could have sworn I was using ALSA - looks like it was still set to OSS. Thanks for the prompt - I'll try that | |
| <beazer> Gotta bad feeling I went to OSS 'cos Skype on ALSA was killing some other sound app on the box, though - but I'll see what happens. | |
| <purserj> cool | |
| <nlogax> I don't know if you've looked at OpenWengo or Gizmo as alternatives, but I guess your friends are using Skype? | |
| <beazer> nlogax: I had a look at both, and I thought Gizmo was OK. Apart from one person on Ekiga, everyone I need to talk to is on Skype. The power of marketing . . . | |
| *** irc.freenode.net sets mode: +v kirjava | |
| <dudanogueira> hello there | |
| <mattb> hi | |
| * dudanogueira from brazil, thinking about live in NZ next semester | |
| <dudanogueira> so im grabbing some infos =) | |
| <mattb> yep, I've seen some of your earlier conversations | |
| <hads> Hey guys | |
| <dudanogueira> hello hads | |
| <dudanogueira> mattb, yeah... im already saving some money to this... and would like to know about daily costs... you know... so ill have a better notion about how much ill spend to live in NZ for at least 3 months of pure english study | |
| <hads> Where are you planning on living? | |
| <dudanogueira> well, helington? | |
| <hads> heh. Wellington | |
| <dudanogueira> yes :P | |
| <hads> I don't really know Wellington that well so I couldn't give you an idea of rent or anything sorry. | |
| <dudanogueira> well, i would like to make the best english course possible... depending on the costs// :) | |
| <dudanogueira> What island do you live? | |
| <hads> I live just below the middle of the South Island, Timaru | |
| <hads> This might help with an idea of renting costs; http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Rentals/Default.aspx | |
| <hads> This site is good for looking up places in New Zeland; http://zoomin.co.nz/ | |
| <dudanogueira> pw is the currency? | |
| <dudanogueira> ill have to find how much a pw in r :) | |
| <dudanogueira> da per week... | |
| <hads> pw? | |
| <hads> New Zealand Dollars is the currency | |
| <dudanogueira> yeah, and with 1 NZD you buy 1,48 BRL | |
| <dudanogueira> 100 pw == 400 per month :) so about 600 BRL..., double it for eat and live plus the course cost... | |
| <hads> Oh 'Per Week', things like that must be hard to pick up on if you don't know the language | |
| <dudanogueira> yeah, i wouldnt expect it. here things go more monthly :) | |
| <hads> Per week is pretty standard for rent over here |