Have tried the work around on Ubuntu 14.04 but that leads to a segmentation fault (core dump)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1155327 Title: skype crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc@plt() Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “qtwebkit-source” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “skype” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” source package in Raring: Won't Fix Status in “qtwebkit-source” source package in Raring: Invalid Status in “skype” source package in Raring: Fix Released Bug description: Workaround in the archive ========================= With version 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.13.04.2 of the skype and skype-bin packages, the issue in this bug report has been fixed for most users. However, it has been fixed in the sense that the LD_PRELOAD workaround[1], that has been widely applied by users for a few weeks, has been built-in in the archive packages as a temporary measure while awaiting a more proper fix. When upgrading to 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.13.04.2, please remember to 1) install both the skype and the skype-bin packages, and 2) remove possible extra files that you created when applying some workaround manually. -------------------------------------------------------------- Ubuntu 13.04 I try to launch skype but it crashes before it opens. This only happens when skype is used with the Nvidia drivers/repo's. With the default Xorg repo skype will open and run fine. Using any of the 304, 310 or 313 repo's skype will crash when an attempt is made to start it. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: skype-bin (not installed) Uname: Linux 3.8.0-12-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Thu Mar 14 20:52:39 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/skype MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: skype ProcCwd: /home/keith Signal: 11 Stacktrace: #0 0x08075f40 in malloc@plt () No symbol table info available. #1 0xf38b4119 in ?? () from /usr/lib32/nvidia-313-updates/libGL.so.1 No symbol table info available. Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) StacktraceTop: malloc@plt () ?? () from /usr/lib32/nvidia-313-updates/libGL.so.1 UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo [1] WORKAROUND: run it with the command "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 skype" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1155327/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp