Cannot connect to skype

[Paul O'Malley]

Me - Atlantic wrote:
> Meaning that it doesn't report anything on the commandline.  If there is
> a place in /var/logs (or somewhere else) that it might record its
> actions, I'd like to know - maybe there's a way to config skype to do
> this?
>   
Not that I can see, it seems to abhor telling the world about what it is
doing.
The only logs I can find are to do with dpkg and the install.
There is a live help system you could power on one of the other boxes
and ask there.

> I am able to log onto the Skype site with the same username and password
> that is not working on the second system.  I can log onto the Skype site
> on both machines using the same username and password (separately and
> simultaneously).
>   
Reading this I am a little confused.
Have you used the browser successfully on the laptop?

You can log on multiple times this is a "feature" of the service, funny
that, when money can be involved.

As is it a closed source binary blob, I would suggest uninstalling it.
Removing the repo.

Downloading the new version and trying it. The beta is running rather well.
Nothing to loose, everything to gain.

Download the binary and use the command line.

dpkg -i filename.foo

Nothing to loose, something to gain.
This is where closed source software excels at helping the user. ;-)

Regards,

Paul