Asterisk/Skype

Start with getting headless Skype to work, then export the display variable for SipToSis:

export DISPLAY=:0

Download SipToSis (SIP to Skype integration software), unzip and start it:

mkdir /opt/SipToSis
unzip -d /opt/SipToSis /tmp/SipToSis_20110310.zip
cd /opt/SipToSis
chmod +x SipToSis_linux

First we have to allow incoming Skype calls and forward them to a SIP extension. To do this, open the file /opt/SipToSis/SkypeToSipAuth.props with Microsoft Frontpage or your preferred text editor, scroll to the bottom and try to make it look a little something like this:

#Default: all incoming skype callers get the invalid destination message
#*,play:clips/invalidDest.wav

#Default: all incoming skype caller are forwarded to SIP extension 100 on the local Asterisk
*,sip:100@127.0.0.1:5060,your_skype_username_or_something_else

Feel free to get funky with /opt/SipToSis/SipToSkypeAuth.props to set up call routing from your SIP device to Skype, i didn't.

Hold on to your pants, here we go:

screen -S SipToSis ./SipToSis_linux

After starting SipToSis, connect to the VNC server where headless Skype runs. You'll see a dialogue asking you if you want to allow "Skype4Java" to connect to Skype. Go ahead, click whatever makes sense to you... (that would be "Remember this selection", unless you like to do this everytime you start SipToSis, and of course "Yes")

If you're too slow, you may be unable to click any of the buttons - well, you can click them, but nothing happens. If that's the case, just kill SipToSis, reconnect to the screen (screen -S Skype -r), kill Skype with CTRL+C and start everything up again, including the VNC server, and be quicker this time.

Now bribe someone how's online in Skype to give you a call. You should even see their Skype username as the CallerID, if you got a fancy phone from this century!