Hey Y'all, About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start it up but I can't log on. Does this have something to do with the recent update to LibC? Is there a repo som where that has the latest version of Skype for CentOS 6.5? When I go to the Skype web site I see that there is a version several versions newer available for RPM based Linux but that one won't even start. Can anyone offer some sound advice to getting my Skype running again?
On 08/18/2014 08:09 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Hey Y'all, > > About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start it up > but I can't log on. Does this have something to do with the recent update > to LibC? Is there a repo som where that has the latest version of Skype > for CentOS 6.5?No. This is because Microsoft dropped support for older versions of Skype.> When I go to the Skype web site I see that there is a version several > versions newer available for RPM based Linux but that one won't even start. > > Can anyone offer some sound advice to getting my Skype running again?Did you try the directions on the wiki? http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype -- Jim Perrin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77
On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:09:41 -0400 Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com> wrote:> About a week ago my Skype installation stopped working. I can start > it up but I can't log on.[snip]> Can anyone offer some sound advice to getting my Skype running again?The reason skype stopped working is that Microsoft decided to change its communication protocol in an incompatible way, starting from 1. August. In order to continue working, all devices running skype (computers, smartphones, etc.) on all operating systems must update to the latest version of skype for their platform. For Linux, this is version 4.3.0.37. As far as CentOS 6 is concerned, you want to download the latest "dynamic" skype tarball from the skype website [1], and install it as per instructions on the CentOS wiki [2]. Essentially, the installation is the same as for previous versions, no surprises. Works well for me. As far as CentOS 5 is concerned, no support, forget it. HTH, :-) Marko [1] http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/ [2] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype