[SOLVED] Skype on 64bit 13.04

**timgood** · April 26th, 2013

There is a problem with Skype and NVidia and (I believe) some ATI drivers which causes a segmentation fault when launched. This workaround fixes it:

Code:

sudo -s
mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype-bin
gedit /usr/bin/skype

then copy this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1
exec skype-bin

save and close and then:

Code:

chmod 0755 /usr/bin/skype

However I am still getting issues with Skype running 64bit 13.04

The notification icon does not show. sni-qt is installed.
Sound output is set to default audio output, but can not be muted. Everything else will mute, but Skype notifications continue to boom out.

Help would be gratefully received!

**timgood** · April 28th, 2013

bump...

**timgood** · April 29th, 2013

I uninstalled skype and then added the partner repositories and installed from there. It pulled down a few more dependencies. Then following the instructions here I managed to get it working correctly and the icon has appeared and sound is back to normal.

**LinuXXuniL** · April 29th, 2013

I've created the file in /usr/local/bin, added sudo chmod +x skype.

Instaled skype with following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype

Now it's working.