{"id":22367,"date":"2014-08-11T00:16:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T22:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=22367"},"modified":"2014-08-11T00:16:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T22:16:24","slug":"upgrading-to-skype-4-3-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/11\/upgrading-to-skype-4-3-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading to Skype 4.3 on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today Skype failed to log me in on one of my Fedora Linux laptops. \u00a0That, I guess, is a part of the force upgrade to Skype 4.3<\/a>. \u00a0While doing so, I came across two issues:<\/p>\n

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  1. Download Skype page is broken in Google Chrome. \u00a0After choosing the Linux distribution nothing happens. \u00a0Switching to Firefox helps.<\/li>\n
  2. The new, upgraded Skype crashes about 2 seconds after a successful login. \u00a0When started from the command line, a simple Aborted message is displayed. \u00a0Nothing more. \u00a0(Maybe because I have core dumps disabled). \u00a0After a bit of Googling around, all you need to do is rename your ~\/.Skype\/<\/em> folder into something else and restart Skype. \u00a0This will lose your history, some settings, and edited contact names. \u00a0But the Skype will work and your contacs will still show up in correct groups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    No “thank you” to you, Microsoft. \u00a0Huge thank you to you, Google. \u00a0Once again you saved the day.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    Today Skype failed to log me in on one of my Fedora Linux laptops. \u00a0That, I guess, is a part of the force upgrade to Skype 4.3. \u00a0While doing so, I came across two issues: Download Skype page is broken in Google Chrome. \u00a0After choosing the Linux distribution nothing happens. \u00a0Switching to Firefox helps. The … Continue reading Upgrading to Skype 4.3 on Linux<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,62,1334],"tags":[2351,1035],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-22367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-fedora-linux","tag-skype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t