Skype 2.2 beta random crash

Sagitter · #1 10th April 2011, 10:50 AM

Hi to everybody,

has someone tested new beta of Skype on Fedora 14 ?
Have you noted some crash during the account connection ?

Thanks.

cecilpierce · #2 10th April 2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sagitter

Hi to everybody,

has someone tested new beta of Skype on Fedora 14 ?
Have you noted some crash during the account connection ?

Thanks.

using ubuntu natty and when i updated skype now i have no video, sound works in the test call.

Sagitter · #3 10th April 2011, 11:16 AM

I confirm video problem on Fedora 14 too, but at times Skype absorbs whole RAM and then it crash.

wu_qso · #4 10th April 2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sagitter

I confirm video problem on Fedora 14 too, but at times Skype absorbs whole RAM and then it crash.

I do not have video and audio problem. But I have the same problem that it absorbs the whole RAM and then crashes. I'm using F14 x86_64.

Sagitter · #5 11th April 2011, 08:09 PM

Wow !

Hasn't nobody the same problem ?

ofc · #6 11th April 2011, 08:14 PM

after install new skype, audio don't work, on F15

wu_qso · #7 12th April 2011, 01:44 AM

I turned to use the dynamic tarball file and have no crash any more.

wu_qso · #8 12th April 2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wu_qso

I turned to use the dynamic tarball file and have no crash any more.

When I started a video call, more than 80% of RAM was eaten again! I had to turn back to the old version.

Sagitter · #9 13th April 2011, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wu_qso

When I started a video call, more than 80% of RAM was eaten again! I had to turn back to the old version.

What webcam do you use ?

wu_qso · #10 14th April 2011, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Sagitter

What webcam do you use ?

It's no the business of the webcam. The skype2.1 works very well with the webcam.

hutsend · #11 21st April 2011, 12:28 AM

I have the same problem I think. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes Skype makes my entire computer fail and I can't do much about it. I use Skype 2.2 Beta and Fedora 14.

Is there anyone who fixed it? Else I'll have a close look this weekend, because I need Skype to work.

Edit:
Ow, and after such a crash i don't hear any sounds although everything is fine in alsamixer. Don't know whether this part of the problem or just a side effect.

prince93 · #12 24th April 2011, 11:18 PM

I too have the same bug of having skype using about 2.7 Gigs of ram of 3.0 Gigs, having alot of slow downs, but I then kill the process to get rid of this lag.
I want to report this bug to skype developers but I don't know how.anybody can help ?

wu_qso · #13 25th April 2011, 03:59 AM

At least you can visit the skype forum and post a thread three.

One of the developers claimed on the forum that they had tested the new version on a variaty of linux distributions before releasing it. Now it is clear that they did not. At least they did not test the skype 2.2 enough on Fedora, one of the most popular linux distributions.

ludentico · #14 15th May 2011, 07:38 PM

I'm on Fedora 15 (beta), kernel 2.6.38.5-24.fc15.i686 and Skype 2.20.2.25. When I upgraded, it worked no more. It opens, but crashes the system when it tries to connect. I have to hard-reset.

Has anyone found a solution?

marvin_ita · #15 15th May 2011, 07:56 PM

On my F15 x86_64 I''ve noticed that at Skype login if no sound is played it starts eating all the RAM... I think is a pulseaudio related problem, sometimes I have the same problem with VLC eating all the RAM.

But be sure, now that Microsoft have bought Skype the compatibility with Linux will be better! :-p