Zultys LIPZ4 IP Soft Phone for Linux
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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.
August 23rd, 2004 at 12:35 pm
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?
August 26th, 2004 at 11:56 pm
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.
August 30th, 2006 at 1:21 pm
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?..
August 30th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
Yes, you can use Skype on Linux and it works pretty well. However, I was looking for a softphone that supports the SIP protocol.