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Re: Skype on SL5
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:20:20 -0800
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On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Der Kybernetiker
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> has anybody installed Skype under SL5 successfully?
>
> I did everything according to instructions at
> http://punkts.org/trac/wiki/Skype22ForCentOS5
> but it freezes as soon as I try to type anything into the logon
> window.
>
> I'm using Scientific Linux 5.7 and Genius Slim 2020AF Web Cam.

You may want to check out this CentOS mailing list thread:

http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2012-January/122298.html

Looks like there are a few possible solutions. One of them is to use
the static version referenced in http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype .
Avoiding 2.2.x seems to be a better option (?) at this moment.

Akemi

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