Skype not working open suse 11.2

wilscco · January 27, 2011, 4:24am

I get this error
skype: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZNK17QVariantAnimation10metaObjectEv

Tks. Wilscco

stamostolias · January 27, 2011, 10:13am

Your system is 32bit or 64bit?

hcvv · January 27, 2011, 10:28am

Please be more talkative and give more information. Did it work earlier or is this immediatly after installation? How did you install? And yes, stamostolias question allso needs an answer.

Joakim_W · January 27, 2011, 12:04pm

From what repository did you install skype from? There is the official build from skypes homepage, but you also have the skype from wrapper repo that I use and it’s been working all the time. I have 32 bit version of openSUSE 11.3, should work for 11.2 as well.

stamostolias · January 27, 2011, 1:24pm

I install skype from here Download the latest version of Skype for Linux.
1)Skype is not repository, it is rpm package which you must install it through yast.
2)Because you have 32bit system skype is written for 32bit operating systems. It can also run in 64bit systems
3)

skype: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZNK17QVariantAnimation10metaObjectEv

You try in terminal to run and the output is that text?

4)tell us the installation process.

please_try_again · January 27, 2011, 1:46pm

If you are in a 64-bit system, do that:

zypper in libqt4-x11-32bit libsigc++2-32bit libpng12-0-32bit

wilscco · January 27, 2011, 3:24pm

Tks. Henk van Velden for replying.
I’m using an 65 watts AMD Athlon X2 64, 4Gb ram, Nvidia G8600 512M, Creative SB Live 5.1. I’ve just intalled Open Suse 11.2 X86-64, with both, KDE and Gnome UIs, language spanish. Thou I followed the procedure recomended at SDB:Skype - openSUSE. Thus: 1.2 Preparation with (su -c ‘zypper install libqt4-32bit libqt4-dbus-1-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libsigc++2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit’ ). Then 1.3 Yast installed downloaded Skype as indicated (Download Skype for Linux). both speps successful, then bash runned skype which showed the error I posted, since it first just failed to start from the GUI

DenverD · January 27, 2011, 3:58pm

On 01/27/2011 03:36 PM, wilscco wrote:
> since it first just failed to start from the GUI

i’m just guessing so you might want to wait for some other opinions,
but i would open YaST, go Software > Software Management and put
libQtGui.so.4 in the search block, then click on “File list” and then
click on Search…

you should get a list of all the occurrences of that file on your
machine (seems i have two, one is for google earth)…

first i would right click and mark the one NOT associated with
google-earth for Update, then click Accept…

and try skype again, in bash…

if it is still broken i GUESS (somehow) Skype is finding the google
associated lib instead of the one in /usr/lib/ a problem i wouldn’t
have a clue on solving…

so, WAIT for competent advice.

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5
“release 1”, Thunderbird3.0.11,]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

please_try_again · January 27, 2011, 4:37pm

It sounds like the library has been updated and Skype expects another version.

readlink /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
ldd -v /usr/bin/skype

stamostolias · January 27, 2011, 8:55pm

As said “please_try_again” download these libraries with zypper.

wilscco · January 28, 2011, 1:26am

Hi! Omniscient Penguin
You may be right, I rechecked de libs installation and then: readlink /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4 returned version libQtGui.so.4.7.1
ldd -v /usr/bin/skype then shows:

    /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4:                                          
            libgcc_s.so.1 (GCC_3.0) =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1            
            libgcc_s.so.1 (GLIBC_2.0) =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1          
            libpthread.so.0 (GLIBC_2.0) =&gt; /lib/libpthread.so.0      
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.2) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.9) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                  
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.2) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                  
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.3) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.3.4) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.4) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                  
            libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6                  
            libm.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1) =&gt; /lib/libm.so.6                  
            libm.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) =&gt; /lib/libm.so.6                  
            libstdc++.so.6 (GLIBCXX_3.4) =&gt; /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6  
            libstdc++.so.6 (CXXABI_1.3) =&gt; /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6   
            libpng12.so.0 (PNG12_0) =&gt; /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0

And I cannot find libQtGui.so.4 in via yast search, installed or from the installed repos.
By the way Just in case, I use Spanish language for this 64 bits installation
Tks. again for your reply. Wilscco

please_try_again · January 28, 2011, 3:04am

I have version 4.6.3 on regularly patched 11.3 64-bit.


rpm -qf /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
libqt4-x11-32bit-4.6.3-2.1.1.x86_64

However I don’t use skype anymore (cause they suck)

DenverD · January 28, 2011, 2:23pm

On 01/28/2011 03:06 AM, please try again wrote:
> However I don’t use skype anymore (cause they suck)

do you will agree that yours is an opinion?

because, i think Skype is wonderful! (wanna fight?

best thing since telnet on 14.4 dialup…

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5
“release 1”, Thunderbird3.0.11,]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

please_try_again · January 28, 2011, 3:11pm

Not even. If they wouldn’t suck, I wouldn’t care. BTW I do have Skpe In and Skype Out, used Skype for years as my only phone (still don’t have phone). It has never been a free service for me. I should in theory have a right to complain about its miserable customer service.

wanna end up in the soap box ?

Indeed ! almost as secure.

DenverD · January 28, 2011, 5:39pm

On 01/28/2011 03:36 PM, please try again wrote:
> I should in theory have
> a right to complain about its miserable customer service.

oh i agree…i complain when stuff is only 97% ok…

i guess that comes from knowing 100% of the mountain side can kill
ya’, so have to pay attention and miss ALL of it…

> wanna end up in the soap box ?

GOOD one!

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5
“release 1”, Thunderbird3.0.11,]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

please_try_again · January 29, 2011, 3:32am

It the case of Skype, it’s worse than that. I understand that people may be enthousiastic about Skype at first glance. I felt that way and also encouraged many people in different countries to give it a try, some of them who whould never have figured out in their dreams that they would be able one day to talk to or see friends or family they had missed for many years, and all that at no cost! Ok, we all know how beautiful Skype could be.

However things become more complicated as soon as you have a paid account, since you get a “nice” feature then … so great and useful that Skype doesn’t offer the possibility of not using it: Skype’s voice mail. For more than 5 years - as far as I can remember - Skype users, private people and compagnies, have send thousands of emails and posted hundreds of complains on Skype user forums, all utterly ignored by the company. It’ not a bug, it’s a design decision in their software and a part of their economic strategy.

This unability to disable voice mail can have - did have - unfortunate and sometimes dramatic consequences on people’s private life an businesses. There are only two work arounds:

either stay connected permanently and let ring the phone, so Skype can use your computer as router for the rest of the traffic (just launch etherape while using Skype for fun to persuade yourself)
or when you are off line, use call forwarding (another great but paid feature) to forward the calls you don’t want to nowhere or to someone you don’t like

It is a serious matter. It’s not just about bad sound quality, arbitrary bandwith usage, absolute transparency regarding logs and encryption (the comparison with telnet was justified - in several aspects Skype can be considered as another kind of spyware) or unsupported platforms I had to deal with (like BSD - tired of using Linux emulator and looking for alternatives - maybe Ekiga?). But all this belongs to day-to-day computer fun we all know and can be assigned a greater or lesser importance.

But being forced to use voice mail - and listen to everything you tried to escape while using Skype rather than a traditional phone company - is unconceivable and unacceptable. Do I still agree that it’s my opinion? Well - exceptionally - until somebody can prove that legaly, socialy and moraly speaking, one is required to stay permanently in touch, I would say that it is just true.

DenverD · January 29, 2011, 11:56am

On 01/29/2011 03:36 AM, please try again wrote:
> However things become more complicated as soon as you have a paid
> account, since you get a “nice” feature then … so great and useful
> that Skype doesn’t offer the possibility of not using it: Skype’s voice
> mail.

nice rant, but i don’t have voice mail, never have had it, never
signed up for it…and, i don’t have to leave Skype running and
forwarding messages to nowhere…

i do have an account (and have for a long time) and can call land
lines or mobile phones over most of earth (at one time i had a paid
for call all i want inside the country where i live, and another to
all i wanted to the USA)…and if i SMS via skype i get answers via
my mobile…and if i call someone it shows my mobile phone number in
their who-is-calling feature…

so, i don’t have the problem you do, for some reason…if you are
saying that once you sign up for voice mail it is impossible to drop
it, then just pick a similar user name and with it do NOT join
something you do not want!

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5
“release 1”, Thunderbird3.0.11,]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

please_try_again · January 29, 2011, 12:58pm

Of course I didn’t sign up for voice mail. Am I an idiot? The feature is not optional. Either Skype has different rules in different countries, or we don’t talk about the same software/company or … you do have voice mail and you don’t know it. If you have Skype in, you have voice mail. If you want Skype out, you need Skype in. I do NOT join something I do not want.

there are/were several other threads like those ones. I cannot find them anymore. I suspect they removed them.

DenverD · January 29, 2011, 2:20pm

On 01/29/2011 01:06 PM, please try again wrote:
>
> Of course I didn’t sign up for voice mail. Am I an idiot?

you have a PM from me…

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5
“release 1”, Thunderbird3.0.11,]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

lak_726 · March 15, 2011, 12:46pm

Why are help pages often ending in mudslinging and pissing contests?

Love to come here to look for answers but they are often forgotten in the macho contest.

PLEASE guys !!!