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I recently updated ubuntu to 15.10. After the update I couldn't see any text in Skype! I tried reinstalling it

sudo apt-get purge skype

Deleted the /home/username/.Skype folder

and reinstalled Skype but that didn't solve the problem. enter image description here

As you can see from the image screenshot above, I can't event start it now as it is stuck on the Terms of Use window

I managed to login after restarting ubuntu but then it failed again enter image description here

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How did you install skype as in did you get the deb package from the website or did you add a PPA – Neil Nov 8 '15 at 12:36
    
I downloaded it from skype website skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading/… skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb – Waqleh Nov 8 '15 at 12:42
    
do you have another desktop environment you can login to. ? try starting Skype from a another desktop environment. – Neil Nov 8 '15 at 21:17
    
@Waqleh , Could you try with sudo rm -rf ~/.qt ~/.kde . WARNING: rm -rf is a dangerous command, so write sudo rm ~/.qt ~/.kde, confirm then add -rf :) – user.dz Dec 2 '15 at 11:50
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I solved this problem by switching from Unity to Gnome 3

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