Can't startup Skype

[Hyper Tails]

Hey guys, I've recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 (64-bit), and it's been so-far-so-good.

I installed Skype on it as well, I was able to use it on earlier versions of Ubuntu, but every time I tried to load it up, it will not start up.

I looked up answers to my problem on Google, and none of them worked for me.

Any help will be thanked.

[Thee]

When you start Skype from terminal what does it say?

[Hyper Tails]

liam@liam-Z68P-DS3:~$ skype
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I followed some instructions on the internet as well.

[Thee]

Try running this:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype

[Hyper Tails]

Try running this:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype

liam@liam-Z68P-DS3:~$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
liam@liam-Z68P-DS3:~$

Here is my results.

[Gizfreak]

Take a look at my thread about Skype and maybe you'll understand why Skype doesn't support Linux anymore.

[stevedude]

This is a known bug regarding Ubuntu 13.04 and proprietary NVidia or AMD Drivers. I had the same issue. Go to http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fix-s...untu-1304.html and follow the instructions. It worked for me.

[Odzinic]

This is a known bug regarding Ubuntu 13.04 and proprietary NVidia or AMD Drivers. I had the same issue. Go to http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fix-s...untu-1304.html and follow the instructions. It worked for me.

I attempted this fix using AMD 13.3 beta driver on 13.04 and I still got this error:

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Segmentation fault

[melal]

I attempted this fix using AMD 13.3 beta driver on 13.04 and I still got this error:

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
Segmentation fault

The reason of your problem is current version of libqtwebkit4 library. Just rollback to older version 2.2.1-4ubuntu1 of libqtwebkit4.

for 64-bit system:

cd /tmp
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/112036076/libqtwebkit4_2.2.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libqtwebkit4_2.2.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb

for 32-bit system:

cd /tmp
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/112036044/libqtwebkit4_2.2.1-4ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libqtwebkit4_2.2.1-4ubuntu1_i386.deb

After installation your problem will be resolved.

[timgood]

Recent Skype update has solved this problem.