Empathy and VOIP on Karmic

[Santiago Erquicia]

2009/10/9 darkfena313 <darkfena313 at gmail.com>
>
> Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> > On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:25:18 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I'm running Karmin beta with a fresh install. Ekiga is not installed by
> >> default but from what I read, Empathy is meant to provide VOIP and
> >> should replace Ekiga (and Pidgin).
> >>
> >> But I cannot find anyway to get Empathy to make a VOIP call or configure
> >> a VOIP account. Does anyone know how this can be done? Do I need another
> >> package?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Tony.
> >>
> >
> > you need the telepathy-sofiasip package, but it still won't work ...
> > Or tell how if you do manage to make a SIP call with it.
> >
> > -jh
> >
> >
> >
> >
> i have been trying to find an answer to this as well.
>

You can start a call going to "Chat > New Conversation", selecting
your SIP account and entering the number you want to call in the
"Contact Id".

I just tried it today and it works. It's awful, but it works.

Santiago