Today Skype failed to log me in on one of my Fedora Linux laptops. Â That, I guess, is a part of the force upgrade to Skype 4.3. Â While doing so, I came across two issues:
- Download Skype page is broken in Google Chrome. Â After choosing the Linux distribution nothing happens. Â Switching to Firefox helps.
- The new, upgraded Skype crashes about 2 seconds after a successful login. Â When started from the command line, a simple Aborted message is displayed. Â Nothing more. Â (Maybe because I have core dumps disabled). Â After a bit of Googling around, all you need to do is rename your ~/.Skype/ folder into something else and restart Skype. Â This will lose your history, some settings, and edited contact names. Â But the Skype will work and your contacs will still show up in correct groups.
No “thank you” to you, Microsoft. Â Huge thank you to you, Google. Â Once again you saved the day.
