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authorMiklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>2008-02-23 03:17:06 +0100
committerMiklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>2008-02-23 03:17:06 +0100
commit833eaeee91bddd0cf21255a4016b1db2c780acf7 (patch)
tree2464557d0e7c4a855be0462845476c965e42b3c3
parent6af541d6a5bf951b7f0ee874391f1b4948497d77 (diff)
doc update: manual start of skype no longer necessary
-rw-r--r--skype/README13
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/skype/README b/skype/README
index c986185d..4321dbff 100644
--- a/skype/README
+++ b/skype/README
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ Skype servers (the company's ones). It needs a running Skype client to do so.
In fact BitlBee will connect to `skyped` (a tcp server, provided in this
package) and `skyped` will connect to to your Skype client.
-NOTE: The order is important. First you have to start Skype. Then `skyped` can
-connect to it, finally BitlBee can connect to `skyped`. (In fact `skyped`
-automatically reconnect if you restart Skype.)
+NOTE: The order is important. First `skyped` starts Skype. Then `skyped` can
+connect to Skype, finally BitlBee can connect to `skyped`.
- If you happen to be a happy Frugalware user, you can install the `bitlbee`
and `bitlbee-skype` packages from
@@ -119,16 +118,12 @@ if you used the `--sysconfdir` switch when running bitlbee-skype's `configure`.
NOTE: Maybe you want to adjust the permissions in the `/usr/local/etc/skyped`
dir. For example make it readable by just your user.
-- Start Skype and `skyped` (the tcp server):
+- Start `skyped` (the tcp server):
----
-$ skype
$ skyped
----
-NOTE: You should run `skyped` on the same `X11` display, otherwise it won't be
-able to connect to Skype!
-
- Start your `IRC` client, connect to BitlBee and add your account:
----
@@ -159,8 +154,6 @@ Now create `~/.vnc/xstartup` with the following contents:
#!/bin/sh
sleep 1
-skype &
-sleep 5
skyped
----