skype doesn't launch

English Applications
#1

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

#2

anyone ???

#3

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
#4

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

#5

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

#6

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

#7

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

#8

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

#9

Any library skype complains about…

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

#10

thx problem solved
cheers

#11

Thanks, solved it for me, too.