I found out the problem, at least for me. I was running quantal kernel with old precise xorg. Upgrading to LTS raring kernel and LTS raring xserver solved the problem. I think upgrading to LTS quantal xserver would have been worked as well.
I had a few hicckups while running precise xorg over quantal kernel on other places as well. (It was not that frequent though) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1002187 Title: Skype won't start (segmentation fault) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1002187/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs