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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windy commented on 2024-04-12 18:58 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for maintaining this package!

I have a small suggestion: Could you put the number at the end of the URL into a variable? This way the diff would be much easier to read. Thanks!

jrohwer commented on 2024-04-12 14:16 (UTC)

Thanks, works now!

Hanabishi commented on 2024-04-12 10:48 (UTC)

Re-pushed the branch, it seems to be fine now.

Hanabishi commented on 2024-04-12 10:39 (UTC)

I absolutely did. https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=skypeforlinux-bin&id=88f5ed684dcb6713e59da882c3fe529677db19dc

And information on the page is displayed from .SRCINFO. If it wasn't updated, the page would have shown the old version.

Looks like it's AUR experiencing technical problems.

jrohwer commented on 2024-04-12 10:26 (UTC)

You have not updated .SRCINFO, it still sits at version 8.116.0.213

Hanabishi commented on 2024-04-09 13:58 (UTC)

Ok, -2 now reads skypeforlinux-flags.conf.

Hanabishi commented on 2024-04-09 13:21 (UTC) (edited on 2024-04-09 13:21 (UTC) by Hanabishi)

In that case, wouldn't it be a much cleaner solution for all apps to read one generic file, electron-flags.conf for example, instead of everyone having personal one?

But anyway, if it could be useful, I'll implement it.

Xihu0208 commented on 2024-04-09 12:59 (UTC)

@Hanabishi @xiota Thanks for the tip. I was aware of the option of using a .desktop file. Just feel like a conf file is a cleaner solution as I can simply link it to my other (Chromium, Spotify, Electron...) conf files. And I don't have to see duplicate entries of the same application in my dmenu anymore.

Hanabishi commented on 2024-04-09 10:10 (UTC)

I were about to say the same thing. You can simply modify the desktop file as described in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_entries#Modify_desktop_files

xiota commented on 2024-04-09 10:06 (UTC)

@Xihu0208 Don't most desktop environments allow the user to edit and save a copy of the .desktop in their home directories?

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