Kphone working for PC to phone calls Options

[xjqian]

I wouldn't waste your time with kphone, as a project it seems to be virtually dead and it never worked very well anyway ;-(

dead? Not yet http://sourceforge.net/projects/kphone

[johnsutton]

I wouldn't waste your time with kphone, as a project it seems to be virtually dead and it never worked very well anyway ;-(

dead? Not yet http://sourceforge.net/projects/kphone

Yes, I stand corrected. A new version was released in September for which the release notes claim that "The well known memory leaks are closed now". So that sounds promising!

[jpmatrix]

dead? Not yet http://sourceforge.net/projects/kphone

Yes, I stand corrected.  A new version was released in September for which the release notes claim that "The well known memory leaks are closed now".  So that sounds promising!

great!
who can compile it for us ?

[kkazakov13]

I have it compiled since months

http://z.drun.net/packages/kphone_4.2_armv5tel.ipk

EDIT:

just updated it, did not had menu shortcuts and icons.

[johnsutton]

I have it compiled since months

http://z.drun.net/packages/kphone_4.2_armv5tel.ipk

EDIT:

just updated it, did not had menu shortcuts and icons.

I've just installed 4.2 and in some respects it is an improvement on 4.04:

- it remembers your password without having to manually insert it into kphonerc, as before;
- it consistently registers with the SIP server on startup and (generally) holds the registration open after a call ends. This was completely flaky in 4.04. But I did still get a couple of occasions when I had to restart it in order to get re-registered.

However, on the downside, I never got even a squeak out of it!!! No sound output whatsoever ;-( I had the "ReadandWrite" setting selected, i.e., use the same device for both, and this device set to /dev/dsp. These are the settings that *do* work (for me) in 4.04. I tried with /dev/audio instead but it never even managed to get registered with this setting ;-(

If anybody has any better luck, I'd like to hear about it! But I still think Ekiga, and possibly only on a 2.6 kernel, is the only thing that has a chance of working well.

EDIT: Turns out that the microphone *is* working. A friend who I rang has a recording of me on his voicemail! So just the output (speakers) not working.

[jpmatrix]

If anybody has any better luck, I'd like to hear about it!  But I still think Ekiga, and possibly only on a 2.6 kernel, is the only thing that has a chance of working well.

do you have ekiga running on your zaurus ? it seg fault on mine...

[johnsutton]

If anybody has any better luck, I'd like to hear about it!  But I still think Ekiga, and possibly only on a 2.6 kernel, is the only thing that has a chance of working well.

do you have ekiga running on your zaurus ? it seg fault on mine...

No. Earlier in this thread, you said that you were trying to compile ekiga for pdaxii13. Did you succeed? If so, can you post it somewhere so that I can have a go with it?

[ratki]

Hi,

I've just insert the KphoneSI package with icons and translations in package anoncement list. (kphonesi_1.0.2_armv5tel.ipk)

It worked for me.

Best wishes,

Tamás

[zeigerpuppy]

Hi,

I've just insert the KphoneSI package with icons and translations in package anoncement list. (kphonesi_1.0.2_armv5tel.ipk)

It worked for me.

Best wishes,

Tamás

Thanks ratki!
It's working better than the previous version (ie: calls stay connected) but I get reproducible segmentation faults when trying to save audio connections and when hanging up..
but over all it's usable with GSM, hooray!
I even tried it using a 3G connection via bluetooth and I am pleasantly surprised to see that there is enough bandwidth to handle this with little delay.

[jpmatrix]

but over all it's usable with GSM, hooray!
I even tried it using a 3G connection via bluetooth and I am pleasantly surprised to see that there is enough bandwidth to handle this with little delay.

did you change some settings ? i've just tried via 3g and the sound isn't understandable...i tried a 4mn chat...

ps:i had a seg fault on exit although it doesn't seem bad

[zeigerpuppy]

but over all it's usable with GSM, hooray!
I even tried it using a 3G connection via bluetooth and I am pleasantly surprised to see that there is enough bandwidth to handle this with little delay.

did you change some settings ? i've just tried via 3g and the sound isn't understandable...i tried a 4mn chat...

ps:i had a seg fault on exit although it doesn't seem bad

I changed the audio mode to prioritise GSM over other formats or else you get very choppy audio. I suspect this is actually due to processor load not network bandwidth, but haven't tested it that extensively.
My settings: > preferences > audio

Audio Codec position:
ULAW: 2 ALAW: 1 GSM: 0 ILBC: -1 Speex: 4
Payload: 160

It actually segfaults also when you close this dialogue (does this help to bug track it?) but the settings stick and are there when you reload (coundn't find the config in /etc).

[portalgod]

I installed the package from http://z.drun.net/packages/kphone_4.2_armv5tel.ipk.

The system didn't complain during install but running Kphone from the commandline it complains to not find libSM.so.6 although that library is on my box.



It also complains not to find libqt-mt.so.3.

Where does kphone expect to find the library so I can make a symlink

I'm using Cacko 1.23 on an sl-c1000.

[T3_slider]

Bottom line: it probably won't work under Cacko without recompiling it. It would be easier to recompile it than to get the pdaXrom ipk running under Cacko. Correct me if I'm wrong (I may be).

[jfv]

I got speaq working on my C860 Sharp ROM so I expect it will work just as well with Cacko. Might be a good alternative for you. Search the forums for speaq.

Felipe

[portalgod]

I got speaq working on my C860 Sharp ROM so I expect it will work just as well with Cacko. Might be a good alternative for you. Search the forums for speaq.

Felipe

I've got Kphone/Si on my SL-C1000 running pdaxii13. I've got some earbud headphones in and I use the right earbud as the speaker and the left earbud as the microphone.

However, the party that I've called complains about an echo where they hear themselves louder than they hear me.

The call is fine, I can talk indefinately, the software works, my account at sipphone.com is fine.

Anyone else experience the other side echo'ing? I've read that reducing my volume would reduce the echo but I dont' buy that. I'm using ear buds so there is no way that my mic is picking up the sound from in my ear.

I although thought about crosscoupling between the earbud headphone wiring, but I've got nothing else to try it out with.

Anyone got any idears how to minimize or eliminate the echo?