I've installed Skype, but the icon is not shown at the top panel (tray). As "tray-whitelist" was removed from dconf, I can't add icon by myself.
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1It should be present under the messaging menu, which makes it easy to access and view all email and chat clients. However, if you don't like it, sni-qt:i386 is the way to go– notablytipsyJul 18, 2013 at 14:43
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@Vic It is not duplication, since another answer works only in < 12.10. In 13.04 "tray-whitelist" was removed. That's why your one won't help on systems >=13.04– Ivan RylachSep 17, 2014 at 17:28
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I had the same problem, installing the following package fixed it for me:
sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386
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I had the same problem when I downloaded skype directly from skype.com.
To fix it just you need completely remove your installed skype, then open terminal and do this:
- sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install skype && sudo apt-get -f install
After these manipulations I have skype icon in panel.
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Its always a bit older version, but a good solution to a given problem– MichaelJul 3, 2013 at 8:09
Skype icon can be visible after white listing the skype icon by gsetting set
command like,
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Wine', 'Update-notifier', 'Skype']"
Found on Linuxicle : Enable skype notification icon in Ubuntu 12.04/13.04
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From Ubuntu 13.04 on, this solution will not work as the support for systray-whitelist was removed (see). You can however install the systray-white PPA's packages to make this solution work again.– taniusFeb 17, 2014 at 17:13
This have worked for me: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fix-skype-not-working-in-ubuntu-1304.html Nvidia and Catalyst drivers don't run well with skype.
I also had problems installing Skype from skype.com. I had tried to install the Ubuntu 12.04 multiarch version that seemed to be the closest they had to the one I was running which was Ubuntu 13.04 on a x86_64 (64 bit) machine. Had problems with both the sound and video and my 13.04 was a clean and recent install.
I then completely uninstalled that version and took the version from canonical.com and have now managed to successfully use Skype.