When I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 13.04, I found that Skype would refuse to start when I clicked on it. Skype would appear briefly in the task manager with a spinning/loading icon, then it would disappear from the taskbar and fail to start altogether.
This was very frustrating. However, a bit of searching led me to a fix - or rather a workaround that was originally posted on Launchpad.
To apply this fix on Kubuntu, you'll want to right click on Kickoff (that's the big K icon in the lower right corner of the screen for newbies, where the Windows Start menu *used to be*) and click Edit Applications. It's the first choice (or at least it is for me
Skype is usually listed under Internet. Click the carrot (looks like ^ only pointing in the other direction) and look for the Skype icon. Click on the Skype icon. The Skype entry should open in the menu editor.
Look for the Command field. It should read:
Change this to:
Click SAVE. The Save button is right under the File dropdown.
Now attempt to run Skype. It should load!
The bug has, by the way, been reported on Launchpad.
This was very frustrating. However, a bit of searching led me to a fix - or rather a workaround that was originally posted on Launchpad.
To apply this fix on Kubuntu, you'll want to right click on Kickoff (that's the big K icon in the lower right corner of the screen for newbies, where the Windows Start menu *used to be*) and click Edit Applications. It's the first choice (or at least it is for me
Skype is usually listed under Internet. Click the carrot (looks like ^ only pointing in the other direction) and look for the Skype icon. Click on the Skype icon. The Skype entry should open in the menu editor.
Look for the Command field. It should read:
Code:
skype %U
Code:
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype %U
Click SAVE. The Save button is right under the File dropdown.
Now attempt to run Skype. It should load!
The bug has, by the way, been reported on Launchpad.
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