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