New skype 4.1.0.20 version experiences with Ubuntu 12.04

Vojtěch Polášek krecoun at gmail.com
Sun Nov 25 08:34:24 UTC 2012


Hi, I am holding mentioned version, but a new version appeared in my
list of updates recently:
4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Have you tried this version as well?
Vojta


Dne 22.11.2012 16:28, Hammer Attila napsal(a):
> Hy,
>
> This day my Ubuntu 12.04 system upgraded with Skype from 4.0.8 version
> to 4.1.0.20 version, but the proposed repository awailable my system.
> When the upgrade is happened, the old installed skype package are
> removed my system, and a new skype-bin package are installed.
> Ubuntu partner repository now following version awailable, but only
> possible the proposed repository: 4.1.0.20-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
> Changelog says following, this is a very fast upgrade:
> "skype (4.1.0.20-0ubuntu0.11.10.1) oneiric; urgency=low
>
>   * New upstream release, bumping skype-bin replaces/breaks.  LP:
> #1079348.
>   * Add build-dependency on libqtwebkit-dev.
>   * Mark library build-dependencies as i386-only.
>
>  -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 21 Nov 2012"
>
> Hopefuly only my system I have following experience:
> 1. Login screen is total inaccessible my machine. I hear only Orca
> screen reader with a "filler ctrl+Q" message. When I moving between
> dialogue widgets with TAB and SHIFT+TAB key combinations, actual
> vidgets are Orca not spokening. I only possible to log in the new
> version if I using following command into terminal:
> echo "skype_username skype_password" |skype --pipelogin
> The prewious version the login dialog are wonderful accessible, but
> now, only screen reader use graphical way impossible to log in.
> Hopefuly other people not have same experiences, but if want keeping
> the 4.0.8 version, please hold the skype package before upgrade and
> careful!
>
> Have an official report possibility to report this problem? Oldest
> time I reported some issues with Skype bug tracker, but nothing happened.
> Very need to land this version into Precise?
>
> Attila
>





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