Suse 13.1 / KDE Skype

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#1

Hello there ,

I’m kinda new here , but trying …

Last night I updated my openSuse distribution from 12.3 to 13.1.4 .
So far so good , everything worked perfect except skype .
I checked and I found several posts about pulse audio , so I did as it says here https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Skype , step by step .

But nothing yet . Despite I see the “Welcome” window for skype , it then dissapears . I don’t know if it’s just me or someone else ,and I also don’t know how to fix it … Any suggestions about what might be wrong ?

Thanks in advance !

#2

If your OS is 64 bits you need to install several 32 bit libraries because skype is 32 bit/

If you start it in a terminal window it will list what is missing/errors

#3

Hi,

Actually I had the same problem. I followed the instructions in the link mentioned by you and the sound quality was very poor. Therefore I removed Skype and all the previously installed files (pulse audio etc.) and after that I reinstalled only Skype and nothing more. I went to Skype Options -> Audio Devices and tested some different settings. This worked out for me.

#4

not sure if it is directly related to your problem but there are some issues with skype and pulse audio 4.0 (included with openSUSE 13.1)
Have a read here
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/multimedia/492389-how-downgrading-pulseaudio-3-a.html#post2600391