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Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May

There is a problem with Skype being stuck on the login screen on first launch. That happens when your org.freedesktop.secrets provider doesn't have a keyring configured, i.e. also first launch.

I don't know if this is a quirk of libsecret or Skype itself, but we can't do pretty much anything about it anyway.

Solutions are simple though:

1. Despite the login screen being stuck, the login itself is actually successful. So just kill it and run Skype again, it should be fine after that.

2. Configure your default keyring manually (using seahorse, kwalletmanager etc.) before running Skype.

To get automatic login, install a package that provides org.freedesktop.secrets, e.g. gnome-keyring.

To get a systray icon, install libappindicator-gtk3. On GNOME, then install the appindicator extension.

Thanks. It worked when I did it manually. Maybe it just didn't like yay.

@pescepalla Everything compiles here.

I'm getting an error:

error fetching skypeforlinux-stable-bin: fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /) Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).

Is it just me?

In theory, since version 8.59.0.77 we should be able to change the background with an image (https://support.skype.com/en/faq/fa34778/what-s-new-in-skype-for-windows-mac-linux-and-web) but the only option that I see is only to blur it. Anyone knows if this feature is available in GNU/Linux? Reading the changelog, I understand that yes...

Okay, I found how to disable global shortcuts

Tools → Settings → General → × Enable global shortcuts

Does anybody know how to fix this: after upgrading to 8.60.0.76 version I stumbled upon a regression: if I have a call and use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>e</kbd> while skype is not focused, I get disconnected from the call. So, basically everytime I'm trying to do something in background while having a call, I all the time get disconnects.

edit: I posted a question on forum https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/sk_access-skype_linux/disable-the-new-global-shortcut-in-860-version/6d9e62fb-1900-4c5c-b1d3-de6bc92dec65?tm=1589959112741

guys my skype works fine but i want to start minimized. is there a way to do that?

Tools → Settings → General → ✓ Launch Skype in the background

guys my skype works fine but i want to start minimized. is there a way to do that? [linux@Linux ~]$ uname -a Linux Linux 5.6.13-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 14 May 2020 06:52:53 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[linux@Linux ~]$ neofetch linux@Linux

OS: Arch Linux x86_64 Kernel: 5.6.13-arch1-1 Uptime: 5 mins Packages: 1276 (pacman), 5 (flatpak) Shell: bash 5.0.16 Resolution: 2560x1080 DE: GNOME WM: Mutter WM Theme: Arc-Dark Theme: Arc-Darker [GTK2/3] Icons: Numix-Square [GTK2/3] Terminal: gnome-terminal CPU: Intel i5-3330 (4) @ 3.200GHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Memory: 3098MiB / 32075MiB

If somebody wants, you can also try removing 4 GL libs that gets installed with Skype because they seem to duplicate libglvnd ones. I do not guarantee Skype remains stable because I don't know reasons MS included them (they could've added some patches on top of it), but it works for me so far.

Listing the libs:

pacman -Ql skypeforlinux-stable-bin | perl -lane 'print @F[1] if /lib.*GL.*so$/'

Removing them:

sudo rm $(pacman -Ql skypeforlinux-stable-bin | perl -lane 'print @F[1] if /lib.*GL.*so$/')

If something goes wrong, just reinstall the package.

@maep, that it a makedepends so not really. However, to be honest I am not sure that icon manipulation stuff is needed in recent versions. I notice my tray icon looks fine without it now so I will remove it and see if anybody complains(!).