Robin, as reported here:<br><a href="http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/06/skype_for_linux_14_beta.html">http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/06/skype_for_linux_14_beta.html</a><br>you can submit bugs here:<br><a href="https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL">
https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL</a><br><br>Your big sounds like this one:<br><a href="https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-62">https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-62</a><br><br><blockquote><div style="margin-left: 40px;">
This means you have a Skype client already running that is locking the data files.
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When you click the Close button on the Skype client, it continues to
run in system tray. On systems without a system tray, this behaviour
can be unpredictable.
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<br>Try opening a console and typing "killall skype", if you don't get
an error, then the previous instance was killed and you can start it
again.</div></blockquote><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robin Hall</b> <<a href="mailto:robinhall@f2s.com">robinhall@f2s.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have downloaded the latest version of Skype but after I have typed in<br>my password and clicked on "Sign in" I get the following error message,<br>"Database failure". But, not every time. Sometimes I actually do get
<br>"signed in" and am able to use Skype.<br><br><br>I have put my problem to Skype but I am fobbed off with a reply that the<br>problem is covered in their FAQs. Not that I can find it there.<br><br><br> I expect with some 8 million customers it will take a very small
<br>proportion of them to email a query to swamp their customer services.<br><br><br>Any suggestions?<br><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Anders Jacobsen<br><a href="http://www.extrospection.com">
www.extrospection.com</a>