Skype hangs

[evfreek]

Tried instructions at
http://punkts.org/trac/wiki/Skype22ForCentOS5

at least does not have
skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by skype)

but hangs

Has anybody installed this successfully?

Thanks,
Eric

[TrevorH]

I've got skype 2.2 running by copying the libstdc++.so.6.0.10 file into /usr/local/skype (where the skype executable is installed), creating a symlink to it like

[code]
cd /usr/local/skype
ln -s libstdc++.so.6.0.10 libstdc++.so
[/code]

then creating /usr/local/skype/skype.sh containing

[code]
#!/bin/bash

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/skype

/usr/local/skype/skype
[/code]

[milosb]

I've installed it successfully on a VM following the same instructions, however, it didn't work as expected.

Namely, Skype started nicely but as soon as I attempted typing anything into the log-on window, Skype froze - permanently. Didn't pursue this issue any further, but I will as soon as the time permits.

[toracat]

[quote]
milosb wrote:

Namely, Skype started nicely but as soon as I attempted typing anything into the log-on window, Skype froze - permanently. Didn't pursue this issue any further, but I will as soon as the time permits.[/quote]
Yes, this is a known (to me and some others) issue. skype 2.2 hangs. I do not have a fix for that but am hoping to come up with something. :-(

[TrevorH]

FWIW, I am using the libstdc++.so.6.0.10 that was recommended for making googelearth run. It looks like this

[code]
-rwxr-xr-x 1 trevor trevor 954544 Nov 5 2008 libstdc++.so.6.0.10
$ md5sum /usr/local/skype/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
9b343ba6b6205073ef383cef7dc0fc2f /usr/local/skype/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
[/code]

I have no hangs and mine is working correctly.

[toracat]

Thanks, [b]TrevorH[/b]. My md5sum matches yours.

I have a note sent from the author of the instructions at the punkt site. According to him, "Skype 2.2 was freezing out - had to kill it". Then he un-installed the RPM, and installed it again. "Now Skype works on the laptop every time I try to run it", he says.

So, I've just done it -- uninstalled and reinstalled Skype. It does not freeze any more.

[milosb]

[quote]
toracat wrote:
I have a note sent from the author of the instructions at the punkt site. According to him, "Skype 2.2 was freezing out - had to kill it". Then he un-installed the RPM, and installed it again. "Now Skype works on the laptop every time I try to run it", he says.

So, I've just done it -- uninstalled and reinstalled Skype. It does not freeze any more.[/quote]
I've just tried uninstalling and installing Skype back again several times, but to no avail. It kept freezing as soon as keyborad input was passed on to the login window.
However, as soon as I added the sound card to the VM - it started working (I have a habbit removing those from VMs).

Hope this helps somebody.


Regards,

[evfreek]

[quote]
TrevorH wrote:
I've got skype 2.2 running by copying the libstdc++.so.6.0.10 file into /usr/local/skype (where the skype executable is installed), creating a symlink to it like

[code]
cd /usr/local/skype
ln -s libstdc++.so.6.0.10 libstdc++.so
[/code]

then creating /usr/local/skype/skype.sh containing

[code]
#!/bin/bash

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/skype

/usr/local/skype/skype
[/code][/quote]

Hi. I tried this out, but it also was not able to find the library. Using
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/bin/skype
finds the library, but it hangs.

[evfreek]

[quote]
toracat wrote:
Thanks, [b]TrevorH[/b]. My md5sum matches yours.

I have a note sent from the author of the instructions at the punkt site. According to him, "Skype 2.2 was freezing out - had to kill it". Then he un-installed the RPM, and installed it again. "Now Skype works on the laptop every time I try to run it", he says.

So, I've just done it -- uninstalled and reinstalled Skype. It does not freeze any more.[/quote]

That's an interesting idea. My md5sum also matches. I uninstalled and reinstalled, and it still hangs. I uninstalled and reinstalled again, but it still hangs.

The customer support suggested upgrading to Centos 5.6 (I'm running 5.3). This is pretty painful, since I have some "must run" apps which I cannot afford to lose, but if this is the only solution...

[pschaff]

[quote]
evfreek wrote:
...
The customer support suggested upgrading to Centos 5.6 (I'm running 5.3). This is pretty painful, since I have some "must run" apps which I cannot afford to lose, but if this is the only solution...[/quote]
No wonder. You should have said so earlier and we should have requested that you [url=http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=25128&forum=47]provide more information about your system[/url]. 5.3 is [b]seriously[/b] obsolete and has numerous known bugs and security issues that have been fixed in subsequent updates. Obsolete releases are not supported, nor is it advisable to be running them. See the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.6]CentOS 5.6 Release Notes[/url] Section 4 for details on the recommended update procedure.

Make a full backup, preferably bootable as explained [url=http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide]here[/url] if nervous about updating, but a CentOS point or minor release is just the previous release with all updates rolled into a new [base] repo, plus a bunch of new updates, and [url=http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General?highlight=%28TUV%29#head-d29a2b7e61ffc544973098f9dd49fe4663efba50]TUV[/url] (thus CentOS by inheritance) goes to considerable effort to avoid breaking things across minor releases.

P.S. Please do not quote entire posts to no good purpose. Trim to required relevant information as needed for context.