I'm running Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" KDE 64-bit and have been having this problem. The fix seems to be to ensure you have ia32-libs installed as well as ia32-libs-multiarch which does not come preinstalled.
Installing ia32-libs-multiarch fixed the problem for me. For referance, via release notes for ubuntu it states: "Ubuntu 11.10 provides "multiarch" support for installing 32-bit library and application packages on 64-bit systems. For all amd64 installs and upgrades, select 32-bit software (like Skype and Flash), will now be installable directly using the same 32-bit packages that are used on i386 installations. You are not required to install the ia32-libs compatibility package. For users, this change means that the 32-bit libraries will always be available at the same time as their 64-bit counterparts, even in the case of security updates, and users will only need to install those 32-bit libraries required by the user's application(s)." So their messing around with the 32-bit compatbilty library seems to be what messed things up for Skype installs. The ia32-libs-multiarch libraries are need but are not preinstalled with Linux Mint 12 KDE 64-bit. I'm not sure if that's the case for [k]ubuntu 11.10, upon which Linux Mint 12 is based. Hope that helps! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980320 Title: Skype silently crashes on Ubuntu 64bits To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/980320/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
