skype segfaults

[doctordruidphd]

Anyone have skype working? Here, it just crashes with a segmentation fault, no hint of why.
I do have multiarch enabled for i386.
The version I have is labeled 12.04, but apparently is coming from the raring partner archive.

Yeah, yeah, I know, but I need to stay in contact with someone who has windows.

Just want to find out if it's just crashing on my system, or if it's a general problem for now.

[doctordruidphd]

The 'solution' didn't work; I suspect some bruhaha with i386.

Installing skype-ubuntu_4.0.0.8-1_amd64 from your link worked. It wanted some lib32c?? package, but it seems to be working properly now.

Thanks.

PS if you do this don't forget to put a hold on skype so it won't automatically update (and break).

echo "skype hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections

[Snowhog]

That's because Skype isn't written for 64-bit, even though the _amd64 package exists. Because it's a 32-bit app, it requires lib32c.

[HalationEffect]

Looks like there are issues in Raring with the combination of Skype and Nvidia drivers.

More info (and a workaround) here - http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fix-s...untu-1304.html