Skype on Breezy?

[Phillip Sc. Bøgh]

> good that i saw this thread.  i am having the same problem, skype hangs
> when i try to start it. when it finally starts, i can't log in.
>
> anybody else here with the same problem?

If you use the Ubuntu repositoryś skype it hangs or if you download
the last one (1.2.0.17) from skype.com it also hangs.
If you use the old one 1.2.0.11 no problem for me. You can also work
around the problem as Eamonn Sullivan did.
So we have discussed it, but once more for "Forum Post" (-:

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Emne: Re: Skype on Breezy?
Fra:  Phillip Sc. Bøgh <psb at ipl.dtu.dk>
Dato: Mandag, 26/9 2005, 21:10
Til:  "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> It works for me, but it takes a very long time (a minute or so) to
start up. That's on a 2.4Ghz Celeron with a gigabyte of RAM. Also, the
last time I tried to install the deb (either by downloading it or
Skype's repository in my sources.list), I get a complaint about a
missing dependency. (I'm at work now, but it's a libqt-mt dependency
>
> Yes, it takes over a minute to start up on my P4 3.2 Ghz machine w/2Gb ram.
> That's pretty slow! :( I installed it with:
>
> dpkg --ignore-depends libqt3c102-mt -i skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb

Here is the potential error. Do not use the last update 1.2.0.17 but only
1.2.0.11 (through wget and dpkg -i) and you get no problems. The start-up
time still takes 45 secunds, but function very well.
The 1.2.0.17 has no practical update anyway.

Best regards

Phillip