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When I first read at work about the free Zultys IP Soft phone for Linux (in Internet Telephony?), I decided I needed to check it out. Then when I saw another mention of it in Voxilla’s RSS feed while I was sitting at my Linux box tonight, I decided it was time to give it a try. If I can get a SIP-based soft phone running on Linux, I will be a lot less interested in trying to figure out how to get Skype running on Linux.
After filling out a very brief identification form, I downloaded the rpm file for their softphone. They currently claim to support RedHat 7.1, RedHat 8.0, and RedHat 9.0.
Files were installed to /usr/local/zultys, with a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin/softphone pointing to /usr/local/zultys/softphone. When I tried to start it from the command line with “softphone”, though, all I got was a segmentation fault. Runing it as root gave the same results.
$ starting...
/usr/local/bin/softphone: line 44: 17685 Segmentation fault
./KylixPhone 2>/dev/null
Interesting to see that they used Borland’s Kylix development tool to build it.
Although I’m pleased that they have a LIPZ4 discussion board there aren’t many posts there, and no one else was reporting the same problem. I’ll bang my head against it for a while longer before seeking help there, to make sure I haven’t missed something obvious.
Actually, I have just had the same thing happen to me. I downloaded their softphone-1.3.13-0.i386.rpm file and installed it as specified in the Quick Start. However, when I run it nothing happens. It looks like a substitute for the clear command. Anyone else had any luck?
Sorry for not replying sooner. I upgraded to Fedora Core 2 this weekend and have been very busy upgrading lots of other software and dealing with various bits of breakage.
The Zultys softphone definitely appears to be part of the breakage.
I had previously a tip in this thread on the LipZ4 discussion forum to get it working on Fedora Core 1.
We have a Zultys IP PBX at my new job, so I have even more motivation for getting the Zultys softphone working.
Nowadays you can find softphones (skype-like mobile Voip programs) even for Symbian, Nokia s60 platform. Doesn’t Skype compile its freeware for Linuxes as of now?..
Yes, you can use Skype on Linux and it works pretty well. However, I was looking for a softphone that supports the SIP protocol.