This problem appeared for me today, was using same skype yesterday ok, but for me the tray icon has disappeared as well, so alternative 1 still works.
Oh, found bug #845173, I guess this is my real problem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810337 Title: Skype does not quit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/810337/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs