Skype not loading in Ubuntu 11.10 (Error loading libXss)
So it turns out that upgrading to the latest release of Ubuntu, Oneiric Ocelot (Ubuntu 11.10, 64Bit) the latest version of Skype dies a painful death. Specifically it comes up with this error if launched through the CLI:
error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Trying to open Skype through the desktop environment just did nothing. The way I managed to get my beloved VOIP back and running was to run the following code in terminal:
sudo apt-get install libxss1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libqt4-core:i386 libqt4-gui:i386
Double clicking the old skype icon and you should hopefully see Skype 2.2.0.35 (BETA) version launch as good as new! Hope it helps!
Updated November 27th 2011: It turns out that this article on the libXss error for Skype is one of my most popular via Google and Bing. I would greatly appreciate if people could drop a quick message below if its help, or if it didn’t solve the problem, that way I can modify or improve it to help further.
If this article has helped you with Skype, please drop me a comment below.
I read every comment and will usually reply if you ask any questions.
Plus it often helps other visitors in the future.
Skype worked fine until I updated to Ubuntu 11.10. This command fixed everything for me!
Glad you found the article useful – if you update Ubuntu again (major release next month) then you may need to visit this page again. Thanks for the feedback, its good to know these articles benefit others.
I’m using
Linux Mint 12 with KDE
Worked on linux mint too – thanks a lot!
Ah brilliant that’s good to know. Thanks for the feedback. What version of Mint you using, just in case its version specific?
Thank you so much. Worked on Linux Mint KDE.
Thanks for the feedback Jimmy, really glad it helped. How long have you been on Mint, I literally switched back to Ubuntu just this week.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Tried the same thing (mostly) from other websites. Got me half way there. This got me all the way there! Thanks!
Excellent, glad it helped you Phil. Thanks for the feedback too.
It worked for me! Thanks 🙂
I was missing libXv.so.1, and this fixed it:
sudo aptitude install libxss1:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libasound2:i386 libxv1:i386 libsm6:i386 libxi6:i386 libXrender1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386Solution worked for me. Thanks!
Glad it worked Tavasti
… and looks like after updating packets with ‘aptitude dist-upgrade’ skype is broken again, and needs same trick.
I think it’s because after you upgrade yours distributive, it’s didn’t upgrade packages with another architechture than yours system
Worked for me! Much appreciated.
Thanks for the feedback. Glad it worked for you Paul