Skype on FreeBSD / amd64 - what's the trick?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:02:07 -0800
David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Patch to /usr/ports anyone? :-)

I guess this is not what you are asking for:
--- /usr/ports/graphics/linux_dri/Makefile_org  Sun Nov  6 19:50:50 2005
+++ /usr/ports/graphics/linux_dri/Makefile      Tue Jan  3 10:11:30 2006
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 USE_LINUX_PREFIX=      yes
 USE_XLIB=      yes
 
-ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=        i386
+ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=        i386 amd64
 
 MODULELIST=    gamma_dri.so i810_dri.so i830_dri.so mga_dri.so
r128_dri.so \                r200_dri.so radeon_dri.so sis_dri.so
tdfx_dri.so

(beware of linewraps)

Anyway, that made my linux_dri port install, which made skype install.
It looks like Skype works, but I haven't tested chat or call yet.
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway