[asterisk-biz] Chanskype released

[Juan Carlos Castro y Castro]

trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 21:06 -0300, Paulo Mannheimer wrote:
>   
>> Well, based on objective testing, and not on subjective second-guessing, we have learned that X and asterisk just don´t mix well when you add a TDM board.
>>     
> did you test both the xvfb as well as a hardware based X server?  I dont
> see why xvfb will have much impact difference if there is a tdm card vs
> not having one.
>
> (for those that dont know, xvfb ius the x virtual framebuffer, no video
> hardware is used for that)
>   
Yes, it looks like you could assemble an alternative setup using xvfb 
instead of VNC server, which actually does a very similar thing. VNC's 
advantages are that (a) you can "visually tap into" each of its virtual 
screens for maintenence purposes, and (b) you can start up lots of 
simultaneous independent virtual screens, one for each Unix account (not 
a real limitation if you only want one Skype channel).

The good thing about both alternatives is that you avoid any potential 
hardware conflict problems (mentioned elsewhere in this thread) if you 
have Zap hardware in addition to ChanSkype, since you're not using any 
graphics hardware at all.

I'll freely admit I don't know much about xvfb, never having used it. 
Correct me if I said something wrong.

Cheers,
Juan