On Alice's console: $ python call.py alice_localhost bernard@localhost connecting got handle 2 for bernard@localhost new streamed media channel channel ready requesting audio/video streams MembersChanged (dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([dbus.UInt32(2L)], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.UInt32(0L), dbus.UInt32(0L)) MembersChanged (dbus.Array([dbus.UInt32(2L)], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.UInt32(0L), dbus.UInt32(0L)) On Bernard's console: $ python call.py bernard_localhost connecting new streamed media channel channel ready accepting incoming call MembersChanged (dbus.Array([dbus.UInt32(1L)], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.Array([], signature=dbus.Signature('u')), dbus.UInt32(0L), dbus.UInt32(0L))