VoIP Client
Menu path: Sessions > VoIP Client
Ekiga Voice over IP client allows you to use the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and H.323; see http://ekiga.org.
You will find a detailed description of all Ekiga options under http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Manual.
In this area, you can configure desktop integration for the VoIP session.
Session name: Name for the session.
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Starting Methods for Session
Start menu
☑ The session can be launched from the start menu.
Application Launcher
☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher.
Desktop
☑ The session can be launched with a program launcher on the desktop.
Quick start panel
☑ The session can be launched with the quick start panel
Start menu's system tab
☑ The session can be launched with the start menu's system tab.
Application Launcher's system tab
☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher's system tab.
Desktop context menu
☑ The session can be launched with the desktop context menu.
Menu folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the start menu and in the desktop context menu.
Application Launcher folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the Application Launcher.
Desktop folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used for the program launcher on the desktop.
Password protection: Specifies which password will be requested when launching the session.
Possible values:
- None: No password is requested when launching the session.
- Administrator: The administrator password is requested when launching the session.
- User: The user password is requested when launching the session.
- Setup user: The setup user's password is requested when launching the session.
Hotkey
☑ The session can be started with a hotkey. A hotkey consists of one or more modifiers and a key.
Modifiers: A modifier or a combination of several modifiers for the hotkey. You can select a set key symbol/combination or your own key symbol/combination. A key symbol is a defined chain of characters, e.g. Ctrl.
Do not use [AltGr] as a modifier (represented as Mod5). Otherwise, the key that is configured as a hotkey with AltGr cannot be used as a regular key anymore. Example: If you configure [AltGr] + [E] as a hotkey, it is impossible to enter an "e".
These are the pre-defined modifiers and the associated key symbols:
(No modifier) =
None
= Shift[Ctrl] =
Ctrl
= Mod4
When this keyboard key is used as a modifier, it is represented as Mod4; when it is used as a key, it is represented as Super_L.
[Alt] =
Alt
Key combinations are formed as follows with |:
Ctrl +
= Ctrl|Super_L
Key: Key for the hotkey
user and enter xev -event keyboard. Press the key to be used for the hotkey. The text in brackets that begins with keysym contains the key symbol for the Key field. Example: Tab in (keysym 0xff09, Tab)
Autostart
☑ The session will be launched automatically when the device boots.
Restart
☑ The session will be restarted automatically after the termination.
Autostart delay: Waiting time in seconds between the complete startup of the desktop and the automatic session launch.
Autostart notification: This parameter is available if Autostart is activated and Autostart delay is set to a value greater than zero.
☑ For the duration defined by Autostart delay, a dialog is shown which allows the user to start the session immediately or cancel the automatic session start.
☐ No dialog is shown; the session is started automatically after the timespan specified with Autostart delay.
Autostart requires network
☑ If no network is available at system startup, the session is not started. A message is shown. As soon as the network is available, the session is started automatically.
☐ The session is started automatically, even when no network is available.