FC3 rpm of Skype on FC4

samuel hsu samuel.hsu at tecom.com.tw
Mon Dec 5 01:38:20 UTC 2005


It works fine on my FC4 machine. But usually I use chat with my friend 
instead of talk.
That is my information.

gf durin wrote:

> Paul Smith wrote:
>
>> Dear All
>>
>> Does the rpm of Skype (online at its website) for FC3 work fine on FC4?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> Dear All and Paul,
> I have just discovered that the FC3 rpm of skype has big problems on 
> my FC4. As for Tim, I had a frequent crash of the system, given an 
> high and long use of CPU at 100%. Well, last time after a 10 s of talk 
> the systems crashed.
> Maybe I have problems with the CPU fan (I am working to check it).
>
> But then I have uninstalled the rpm, and used the dynamic binary 
> (http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic). It works very well, 
> using only about 1/3 of the CPU.  I have talked 15 minutes and 
> everything has been stable all the time.
>
> Hope this helps
> Gianfranco
>




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