I have this problem too. I had it also on my old ubuntu 11.04, but I resolved following the instructions listed here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/33773/what-to-do-when-skype-freezes-silently
The problem may be related to libpulse 32bit libraries, so the "dirty" workaround seems to remove read attribute to them, but I read that this causes many problems in other apps. See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/646862. The bug is marked "Fixed", but now in 12.04 the libpulse libraries are newer, and it was adopted the multiarch paradigm... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Partner Developers, which is subscribed to skype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980320 Title: Skype silently crashes on Ubuntu 64bits To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/980320/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
