Package Details: skypeforlinux-bin 8.133.0.202-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/skypeforlinux-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: skypeforlinux-bin
Description: Skype for Linux
Upstream URL: https://www.skype.com/
Keywords: skype
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: skype, skypeforlinux
Provides: skype, skypeforlinux
Submitter: Hanabishi
Maintainer: Hanabishi
Last Packager: Hanabishi
Votes: 330
Popularity: 1.05
First Submitted: 2024-03-04 17:57 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-11-21 03:34 (UTC)

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Hanabishi commented on 2024-07-31 07:28 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-20 13:25 (UTC) by Hanabishi)

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.

bulletmark commented on 2020-04-30 10:01 (UTC) (edited on 2022-06-13 00:22 (UTC) by bulletmark)

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.

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bulletmark commented on 2020-04-30 10:01 (UTC) (edited on 2022-06-13 00:22 (UTC) by bulletmark)

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.

mozo commented on 2020-04-30 07:29 (UTC)

@bulletmark, If you install libappindicator-gtk3 the system tray gets broken. You can't rise most of the programs with single click. You have to right click and chose Open "app" which is annoying.

ikiruto commented on 2020-04-30 07:09 (UTC) (edited on 2020-04-30 07:10 (UTC) by ikiruto)

@bulletmark, I still do not understand why not add one of the workarounds in order to avoid problems for a fairly large percentage of users. For example this one: ln -sf /usr/lib/chromium/chrome-sandbox /usr/share/skypeforlinux/chrome-sandbox Checking whether chrome is installed or not.

bulletmark commented on 2020-04-30 06:54 (UTC)

@ikiruto, please go back and read all the older comments here about this issue.

ikiruto commented on 2020-04-30 06:45 (UTC) (edited on 2020-04-30 06:51 (UTC) by ikiruto)

@bulletmark, 4.14. This kernel is the most stable in my system and has support until 2024. Please add permissions to PKGBuild.

bulletmark commented on 2020-04-30 00:06 (UTC)

@mozo, what problem does it cause? @others, the majority of users benefit from including libappindicator-gtk3 so their tray icon will just work. It you don't need it then it should not affect anything and it is only a small package. I can change it to optdepends but is it really a problem?

mozo commented on 2020-04-29 20:13 (UTC)

Also libappindicator-gtk3 causes problems on Plasma.

windy commented on 2020-04-29 19:47 (UTC)

libappindicator-gtk3 is also not required for the tray icon in Cinnamon. Please remove the dependency or move it to optdepends.

bulletmark commented on 2020-04-29 04:25 (UTC)

@ikiruto, what is your kernel version? You should not need to do that if you are running a kernel since 5.1.8.

TioDuke commented on 2020-04-28 10:23 (UTC)

libappindicator-gtk3 is not needed for tray icon. At least it is not needed on my system which runs plasma. Please consider changing the dependency to an optdeps.

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