Skype 4.2 - NOW DEAD - KILLED BY MS

Browsers, email, chat, etc.
Message
Author
User avatar
darkstrike
Posts: 174
Joined: Mon 09 Jun 2008, 14:58
Location: Fauxburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

#16 Post by darkstrike »

With Microsoft forcing all MSN users to use Skype for messaging instead of Windows Live Messenger (I am hoping they will still allow 3rd party clients as I love Pidgin!), I figured it was time to update Skype on my Linux box as well.

I'm running the latest version of Lucid and downloaded this sfs and the qlib one as well. I converted both of them to .pet files using the sfs2pet converter program and installed both .pets, however, when I run Skype, I am getting an error that says "GLIBC_2.15 NOT FOUND" and Skype fails to launch....anybody have any suggestions? :(
[url=http://www.sigx.org/link.php][img]http://www.sigx.org/images/skin/Dark+Win+in+Orange/0/xdarkstrike.png[/img][/url]
[color=brown][b]In memory of the dogs I've loved...Molly and Farrah...[/b][/color]

User avatar
peebee
Posts: 4370
Joined: Sun 21 Sep 2008, 12:31
Location: Worcestershire, UK
Contact:

#17 Post by peebee »

darkstrike wrote: when I run Skype, I am getting an error that says "GLIBC_2.15 NOT FOUND" and Skype fails to launch....anybody have any suggestions? :(
I would imagine it means that Lucid is now too old - can you perhaps install Precise - maybe as a frugall install?

Cheers
peebee
ImageLxPup = Puppy + LXDE
Main version used daily: LxPupSc; Assembler of UPups, ScPup & ScPup64, LxPup, LxPupSc & LxPupSc64

User avatar
darkstrike
Posts: 174
Joined: Mon 09 Jun 2008, 14:58
Location: Fauxburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

#18 Post by darkstrike »

Hi PeeBee,

Well, I have thought about updating to Puppy Precise in the last while, so I may have to give it a try! Currently I am running a full install of Lucid on a machine that is a little older (1.6ghz Pentium 4, 768mbs of RAM, 10gb HDD, 128mb Sapphire Radeon 9600XT video card), which is the computer I have been talking about, so I imagine it's that Lucid is too old, as you say...just thought I would see if anybody had any suggestions before I updated to Precise....it can be a bit of a faff to set back up all my programs and settings again! ;)

I also have another "tinker box" for Linux with similar stats, so I will have to try installing Precise on that as well (that machine is an 1.5ghz AMD AthlonXP 1800+, 512mbs of RAM, 10gb HDD, 64mb Nvidia Quadro2 Pro video card)...

AND, I've got a third machine (1.8ghz AMD AthlonXP 2500+, 1.5gbs RAM, 20gb HDD, 256mb ATi Radeon All-In-Wonder 9600 video card) waiting in the wings too once I find a case for the parts! :wink:
[url=http://www.sigx.org/link.php][img]http://www.sigx.org/images/skin/Dark+Win+in+Orange/0/xdarkstrike.png[/img][/url]
[color=brown][b]In memory of the dogs I've loved...Molly and Farrah...[/b][/color]

mow9902
Posts: 187
Joined: Wed 26 Nov 2008, 08:29

#19 Post by mow9902 »

I run lucid 5.2.8 on two different laptops. Skype version 4.0 and 4.1 run well on both machines.

You have to dowload the static versions of the apps - simply download as a zipped file - unpack into a directory and use.

I believe that since MS took over skype they have stopped making the static versions available for download off their page. You might have to look around at various forum to see if you can find a static version.

I could zip up my version - but it is about a 47M file - so not sure that I should try to post it here.

User avatar
Makoto
Posts: 1665
Joined: Fri 04 Sep 2009, 01:30
Location: Out wandering... maybe.

#20 Post by Makoto »

Is that what causes the...

Code: Select all

./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
...error, too?

Yeah, all that I could find aside from the distro-specific versions, on Skype's official download page, was the 'dynamic' version. No static version in sight (although a link to a somewhat older static v4 elsewhere on this forum still works...) :(
[ Puppy 4.3.1 JP, Frugal install ] * [ XenialPup 7.5, Frugal install ] * [XenialPup 64 7.5, Frugal install] * [ 4GB RAM | 512MB swap ]
In memory of our beloved American Eskimo puppy (1995-2010) and black Lab puppy (1997-2011).

User avatar
666philb
Posts: 3615
Joined: Sun 07 Feb 2010, 12:27
Location: wales ... by the sea

#21 Post by 666philb »

skype 4.1 does work on lucid, but you'll need to install the missing qt dependencies from the PPM to get it to work,

you'll need to enable all the ubuntu repos in the PPM then install ....
libqt4-dbus and libqt4-webkit and there dependencies
Bionicpup64 built with bionic beaver packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114311
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=107331

User avatar
darkstrike
Posts: 174
Joined: Mon 09 Jun 2008, 14:58
Location: Fauxburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

#22 Post by darkstrike »

Thanks guys, maybe I'll try installing the dependencies before I format to put Puppy Precise on!
[url=http://www.sigx.org/link.php][img]http://www.sigx.org/images/skin/Dark+Win+in+Orange/0/xdarkstrike.png[/img][/url]
[color=brown][b]In memory of the dogs I've loved...Molly and Farrah...[/b][/color]

User avatar
OscarTalks
Posts: 2196
Joined: Mon 06 Feb 2012, 00:58
Location: London, England

Skype 4.1.0.20 for Wheezy Puppy (TEST)

#23 Post by OscarTalks »

Has anyone been able to sign in to Skype with a Microsoft account in Puppy at all? I've had no joy so far.

Anyway, I downloaded the Debian Wheezy version of Skype from the Skype website and added all the needed dependency libs into a private directory. These are all official Debian Wheezy qt, gstreamer and libaudio libs and the directory is placed inside /usr/share/skype along with the big binary and the whole thing is self-contained and launched via a script. I believe this method is OK. Correct me if I am wrong. It is big but should not clash with other programs or cause problems if uninstalled. Seems OK on brief testing here in Wheezy Puppy (except for no Microsoft sign in). Please test and comment. No warranty.

The .deb installs the file skype.conf into /etc/dbus-1/system.d so I left that in, but not sure if it is needed in Puppy or should be elsewhere or removed.

EDIT:-
Download links removed
I have posted a newer version for Dpup Wheezy here:-
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 073#709073


I did do a similar thing with Precise Puppy, downloaded the Skype version and all dependency libs. It did work but I was getting lots of ALSA LIB messages in console relating to various things including pulse audio and something called the DSNOOP PLUG IN. What the heck is that I wonder? Doesn't sound very friendly does it?

I think I will still be mostly using good old version 2.2.0.35 of Skype to be honest. It has always served me well.
Last edited by OscarTalks on Wed 19 Jun 2013, 02:17, edited 1 time in total.
Oscar in England
Image

User avatar
pemasu
Posts: 5474
Joined: Wed 08 Jul 2009, 12:26
Location: Finland

#24 Post by pemasu »

In Precise Puppy, try to delete the content of /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d. It has pulse audio related conf files, which will be noticed even though pulse audio is not in use, which causes disturbing messages.

Working fine in Dpup Wheezy. Special thanks of your effort and uploading your great achievement.

What the heck is Microsoft account. I am afraid I dont have that kind....and wont acquire one for trouble shooting. I think I have heard about that company somewhere.
I have skype account and it works fine.

User avatar
OscarTalks
Posts: 2196
Joined: Mon 06 Feb 2012, 00:58
Location: London, England

#25 Post by OscarTalks »

Pemasu,
In Precise Puppy removing the 2 files in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d does stop the messages relating to pulse audio.

I do still get a lot of other messages though, maybe they are not important. They seem to relate mostly to pcm_dmix (only accepts playback) and pcm_dsnoop (only accepts capture) so I guess these are part of alsa and are just talking about traffic to each being only allowed one way.
Oscar in England
Image

User avatar
Makoto
Posts: 1665
Joined: Fri 04 Sep 2009, 01:30
Location: Out wandering... maybe.

#26 Post by Makoto »

pemasu wrote:What the heck is Microsoft account. I am afraid I dont have that kind....and wont acquire one for trouble shooting. I think I have heard about that company somewhere.
I have skype account and it works fine.
Microsoft now owns Skype. They're ending their MSN Messenger/Live service, for the most part, and basically converting all those accounts for use with Skype. It's not a forced change, though, as far as I'm aware.

I wouldn't be surprised if it weren't possible to set up an MSN Messenger account at this point (it's past the deadline when they were supposedly going to shut down Messenger services, anyway.)

It does pose a potential problem for those of us who do have MSN Messenger accounts, though... I don't think I'll ever be able to get Skype 4 running on this system, so here's hoping they leave the Messenger services running. :D
[ Puppy 4.3.1 JP, Frugal install ] * [ XenialPup 7.5, Frugal install ] * [XenialPup 64 7.5, Frugal install] * [ 4GB RAM | 512MB swap ]
In memory of our beloved American Eskimo puppy (1995-2010) and black Lab puppy (1997-2011).

User avatar
sancxjo
Posts: 92
Joined: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 17:24
Location: Russia

#27 Post by sancxjo »

Hello!
Uploaded files skype-4.1.0.20.sfs and qt-4.8.2-stripped.sfs.
Put them in a directory: /mnt/home.
In theory it should be in the Internet menu, not Network.
But it is not anywhere on the menu at all :( .
In the terminal, typed:

Code: Select all

skupe
Skype blinked and closed immediately.
In the terminal:

Code: Select all

Inconsistency detected by...
:shock:
What the hell does he want?

User avatar
peebee
Posts: 4370
Joined: Sun 21 Sep 2008, 12:31
Location: Worcestershire, UK
Contact:

#28 Post by peebee »

sancxjo wrote:Hello!
Uploaded files skype-4.1.0.20.sfs and qt-4.8.2-stripped.sfs.
Put them in a directory: /mnt/home.
In theory it should be in the Internet menu, not Network.
But it is not anywhere on the menu at all :( .
In the terminal, typed:

Code: Select all

skupe
Skype blinked and closed immediately.
In the terminal:

Code: Select all

Inconsistency detected by...
:shock:
What the hell does he want?
Hello

Which Puppy?

How is Puppy installed? What size savefile?

Don't understand "Put them in a directory: /mnt/home" - do you mean this is where you downloaded the sfs's to?

How did you install the sfs's?

If possible please provide the full terminal error message. A screenie if you can't capture the words as test.

Not enough information in your report at the moment I'm afraid.

Cheers
peebee
ImageLxPup = Puppy + LXDE
Main version used daily: LxPupSc; Assembler of UPups, ScPup & ScPup64, LxPup, LxPupSc & LxPupSc64

User avatar
sancxjo
Posts: 92
Joined: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 17:24
Location: Russia

#29 Post by sancxjo »

Operating System: Lxpup 13.01
Desktop Panel: lxpanel 0.5.10
Desktop Window Manager: Openbox 3.5.0
Desktop Start: xwin startlxde

Files are in the directory:
/initrd/mnt/dev_save
or this same: /mnt/home
lxpupsave-2013.05.08.3fs size 1.0 GiB
The total size of the section size 3GiB

Code: Select all

# skype
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 667: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed!
I also used the menu "sfs Manager download and install sfs files"
Maybe they conflict

User avatar
peebee
Posts: 4370
Joined: Sun 21 Sep 2008, 12:31
Location: Worcestershire, UK
Contact:

#30 Post by peebee »

sancxjo wrote:Operating System: Lxpup 13.01

Code: Select all

# skype
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 667: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed!
I also used the menu "sfs Manager download and install sfs files"
Maybe they conflict
Sort of sounds like you may have a corrupt download - have you checked the md5 checksums on the sfs's? as shown in post #1

The sfs should be located either in the top level directory of the partition or in the subdirectory containing the frugal install

To install the sfs's you should just click on them (or maybe double click in LxPup 13.01)

Cheers
peebee
ImageLxPup = Puppy + LXDE
Main version used daily: LxPupSc; Assembler of UPups, ScPup & ScPup64, LxPup, LxPupSc & LxPupSc64

User avatar
sancxjo
Posts: 92
Joined: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 17:24
Location: Russia

#31 Post by sancxjo »

Checksums are checked.

Code: Select all

# md5sum qt-4.8.2-stripped.sfs
1dd3f328cfc7bf6e5031f14af068c991  qt-4.8.2-stripped.sfs
sh-4.1# md5sum skype-4.1.0.20.sfs
682b68f1655538db0b25adfdc01d109c  skype-4.1.0.20.sfs
I have all the files located on the hard courts in a special section.
The system itself is on a flash drive.
Is that improper placement?

Code: Select all

# ls -l .
total 1116280
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root         35 May 26 17:00 fsckme.flg
drwx------ 2 root root      16384 May 17 04:20 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073741824 May 26 17:36 lxpupsave-2013.05.08.3fs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   37183488 Jan 12 18:44 qt-4.8.2-stripped.sfs
When you run the mouse pops up a message
they have been loaded: is arleady loaded. Do you want to unload? :?

User avatar
peebee
Posts: 4370
Joined: Sun 21 Sep 2008, 12:31
Location: Worcestershire, UK
Contact:

#32 Post by peebee »

sancxjo wrote:I have all the files located on the hard courts in a special section.
The system itself is on a flash drive.
Is that improper placement?
Hello

I booted up a pristine frugal install of LxPup 13.01 and then installed the 2 sfs's (using sfs-load-on-the-fly). The 2 sfs's were located in the same sub-directory as the LxPup files - i.e
# cd /mnt/home/test1
# ls
initrd.gz
puppy_lxpup_13.01.sfs
qt-4.8.2-stripped.sfs
skype-4.1.0.20.sfs
vmlinuz
Works fine from a terminal - see the screenie - so I think your problems are to do with how you have your system configured.

If your puppy files are on a flash drive then I suggest that the sfs's should be there as well.

The reason skype does not show up in the menu is that LxPup has a different menu structure to ordinary puppies - but this can easily be fixed by a small edit to the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications

Cheers
peebee
ImageLxPup = Puppy + LXDE
Main version used daily: LxPupSc; Assembler of UPups, ScPup & ScPup64, LxPup, LxPupSc & LxPupSc64

User avatar
sancxjo
Posts: 92
Joined: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 17:24
Location: Russia

#33 Post by sancxjo »

Hello

Thank, peebee,
Yes, you have convinced me that my configuration is not suitable for Skype. Apparently the files are loaded later than necessary.
It is set up in the Boot manager.
Without carry files to a USB flash drive can not be without?
Can prescribe them to a file "fsckme.flg"?
I see it: sda8,ext3,/lxpupsave-2013.05.08.3fs

It did not work.
Files transferred to a USB flash drive.
When installing the system offered their copy to the section where they were with me.
And when you start Skype, it just flashes and closes.

Code: Select all

# skype
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 667: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed! 

dersou
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri 31 May 2013, 09:17

On Lxpup 13.01 Full (Slacko) Skype open and shut down immedi

#34 Post by dersou »

Hello mates,

Same issue with Skype on Lxpup 13.01 Full (Slacko-based) than our friend sancxjo :

It opens, flashes and disappears immediatly :-/

Error Massage is the same too :
# skype
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 667: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed!
:?: :!:

User avatar
sancxjo
Posts: 92
Joined: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 17:24
Location: Russia

#35 Post by sancxjo »

I already tried to delete my configuration file 3fs (now: lxpupsave-2013.05.29.3fs)., and the new set up everything, but this bug has not disappeared. :evil:

Post Reply