how to get jitsi to work?

[Docaltmed]

I downloaded the correct .deb from the website, installed it, installed the dependencies.

When I start jitsi, it gives me a login screen with a partial yahoo username and then asks for a password. I give it the correct password, click ok, and it tells me no. If I click cancel instead, the login screen disappears. The Jitsi application sits on the launcher, if I click it nothing happens.

The jitsi bug-reporting system appears to be pretty obscure and for developers only, no launchpad, no bugzilla.

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome Shell.

So I'm left with you guys. Any suggestions?

[jayshomebrew]

just tried this on a vm with gnome, and it worked fine for me:

I got the .deb here:


THen filled out the info, and I was running.

[kuvanito]

things has gotten a lot better now:
https://jitsi.org/index.php/Main/HomePage
it let's you call phones trhough your google talk account and video or audio quality are excelent.

[AwaitingUserInput]

things has gotten a lot better now:
https://jitsi.org/index.php/Main/HomePage
it let's you call phones trhough your google talk account and video or audio quality are excelent.

Are you using the 1.0 "stable" version or the 1.1 "nightly" version? I would like to get Jitsi running on my machine but it keeps giving me errors when I try to connect through my Google account. I have a gmail account, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing as Google Talk.