Skype not working in 9.04

[David M Lemcoe Jr.]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote: Pastor JW wrote:
>
>>>> On Monday 27 April 2009 3:35:09 pm David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote: Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> David M Lemcoe Jr. wrote: Hello. I recently
>>>>>>>>> installed Xubuntu 9.04 with ext4. I installed it
>>>>>>>>> normally from the .deb for Ubuntu from Skype.com.
>>>>>>>>> When I select Skype from the Applications menu,
>>>>>>>>> nothing happens and when I go to see what
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> was happening by executing from the terminal, I get
>>>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> david at ubuntu:~$ skype Segmentation fault
>>>>>>>>>>>> david at ubuntu:~$
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas why this isn't working?
>>>>>>>>> I really need to use Skype!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Skype runs fine on 9.04 when you use Gnome.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well I'm clearly not using GNOME.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you MUST have Skype you might consider using Gnome :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or you can stay with KDE and complain every 2 hours to
>>>>>> this list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>> No I'm with XFCE. I love it! Except for the rare repository
>>>>>  problems :(.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, and I hate GNOME. haha!
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the heads up.  Without Skype I believe I'll have
>>>> to pass on the "upgrade" too till they fix the broken distro.
>>>> I also really dislike Gnome.  8.10 was non usable as KDE
>>>> couldn't do anything we needed to do, now it seems 9.04 is
>>>> broken somewhere for Skype doesn't work,  perhaps we'll have
>>>> to still wait till 9.10 before there is an upgrade from 8.04
>>>> suitable for use.  Skype is used here at least a hundred
>>>> times per day in our ministry. And on a personal level
>>>> several times a week to visit with my nine grandchildren!!
>>>>
> I'm glad to see it used in such a way! You know what Skype needs to
>  do, is come out with a NEW VERSION. My my. Linux is on version 2
> and Windows is on 4 and Mac is on 2.7. Why the short end on Linux's
> side? rawr!
>
> David
>>
>>

> Boy that is the truth! The Windows Skype works so much better now
> than the old Linux version my Skype friends wonder why I stay with
> Linux!


> Karl

It's not THAT much better. I think that the Linux Skype is very
straightforward with none of this flashy business. :)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAkn24sEACgkQe0Ain3PYkIajNgCdH3JKqX3p84r7Eq9lNmv0G3+O
AYQAniBYGXTNUPjujt7YlGa1pBIVtPj/
=GE2s
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----