On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:44 AM, jonathan <j.b...@liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
> The crash is caused by the GTK theme, and missing GConf, a workaround is > to use a different theme as mentioned in the previous post or to export > GTK2_RC_FILES .... as described in the arch linux wiki document on skype > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Skype > section:--- Skype doesn't use my GTK theme, even though other QT apps do > > jon > > On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 10:59 +0100, jonathan wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am running skype on 64 SL6. I installed the fedora rpm from the skype > > website. then i installed the missing 32bit libraries. when start skype > > get the following error, and fails to display the license agreement. > > ------- > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization > > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function > > > > (process:14299): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion > > `initialization_value != 0' failed > > > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization > > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function > > > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization > > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function > > > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization > > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function > > > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: > > assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed > > > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2458: initialization > > assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function > > > > (process:14299): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: > > assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed > > > > (process:14299): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_style_get: assertion > > `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed > > > > -------- > > This is fixed by changing the style. > > execute skype with the command > > skype -style Plastique > Related for Skype 64 bits that I use...a fix is here: http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showtopic=313&hl=skype This was taken from the Princeton RHEL spin (PUIAS) notes...... ~~ John H. Outlan CPA Orlando, FL USA cell (407) 924-2727 fax (321) 422-5717 web: http://outlancpa.com web: http://scientificlinuxforum.org
