Re: [Linphone-users] Errors in linphone after installation

[ael]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 03:49:01PM +0200, Filippo Lombardo wrote:
> 
> I figured out what was the package that kept that port busy and I removed
> it, but this thing alone didn't unlock the situation.
> 
> Then it came to my mind the idea that I could execute the software invoking
> it on the CLI, and I did with sudo /usr/bin/linphone

I don't think you should need to run it as root with the risks that
entails. Presumably running on the CLI as an ordinary user failed
somehow? Could it be that the user is not a member of the right groups?
I think you will need at least audio,video and maybe netdev and or dialout.

> This thing unlocked the software and now I'm using it for calling.

ael

> > > I don't know which port I could give to linphone; that's I don't know how 
> > > to
> > > check the available ports on the system
> > I am very rusty on that. I think the specification is in various RFCs.
> > I think the main sip rfc is rfc3261, but perhaps that is out of date.
> > (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3261)
> > 
> > I am pretty sure that you can use 5062,4,6,8.... My own linphone (which
> > runs with other sip devices and programmes here) is set to use 5080.
> > So I think you can use any free port in the range 5060-5080 at least.
> > 
> > You might also possibly need to change the RTP UTP ports for audio &
> > video, again if there is a clash, but I think that is less likely.
> > This is all under Options->Preferences->Network settings.