skype doesn't launch

[xRafx]

11.2 64bit
after installation when start, icon shows for an while and nothing is going on
help pls

[xRafx]

anyone ????

[copperlion]

I'm having the same issue. If I launch it from a terminal window, it tells me that I'm missing a shared file:

skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[linuxlainen]

Suffering from the same issue in here too.
Fresh installation of OpenSuse 11.2 64bit, Skype icon is displayed then vanishes... this sucks

[copperlion]

I found this link in another thread, and it solved my issue:
Skype Howto

[linuxlainen]

Found the solution for this. Skype is 32bit application, thus you need the following packages to be able run Skype on 64bit machine:

zypper install libqt4 libqt4-x11 libqt4-dbus-1 libsigc++2

and

zypper install libqt4-32bit libqt4-dbus-1-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libsigc++2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit

More details are here: Skype HOWTO - openSUSE

[deano_ferrari]

This must be a libqt package issue. What do get if you do

whereis libQtDBus.so.4

On my OS11.0 (32-bit system), I get for reference:

linux:/home/dean # whereis libQtDBus.so.4
libQtDBus.so: /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4

linux:/home/dean # rpm -qf /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
libqt4-4.4.3-13.2
[/QUOTE]

So maybe its either absent or in the wrong location? Similar reports with other distros after recent updates....

What does the following command report?

ldd /usr/bin/skype

[michaelhust]

Hi,

my Skype icon also always vanished. I was able to solve it by manually choosing the Skype icon (right mouse button on the icon > properties (german"Eigenschaften"), left mouse button on the next icon, choosing the Skype icon from additional symbols).

I reinstalled Skype after installing Opensuse 11.2 (32bit) and it worked fine.

Greetings

Michael

[Knurpht]

Any library skype complains about.....

Start software installer, Search, include 'File list' in search, search for missing file, install the ---32bit-version. SOLVED

[xRafx]

Found the solution for this. Skype is 32bit application, thus you need the following packages to be able run Skype on 64bit machine:

zypper install libqt4 libqt4-x11 libqt4-dbus-1 libsigc++2

and

zypper install libqt4-32bit libqt4-dbus-1-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libsigc++2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit

More details are here: Skype HOWTO - openSUSE

thx problem solved
cheers