qtwebkit-2.3.0-1.fc17.i686 makes Skype segfault

[Rex Dieter]

On 04/22/2013 05:04 AM, Laurent Rineau wrote:
> Le vendredi 19 avril 2013 15:33:37 Rex Dieter a écrit :
>> On 04/16/2013 06:54 AM, Laurent Rineau wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I know that Skype is a proprietary software, but I want to let you know
>>> that qtwebkit-2.3.0-1.fc17.i686 from kde-unstable (Fedora 17) makes Skype
>>> segfault at startup.
>>>
>>> The setup that works is the following:
>>>     renoir ~ $ rpm -q skype qtwebkit.i686
>>>     skype-4.1.0.20-fc16.i586
>>>     qtwebkit-2.2.2-5.fc17.i686
>>>
>>> If I upgrade using kde-unstable, then Skype segfaults.
>>
>> Put qtwebkit-2.3.1-0.1 into kde-unstable just now, at least one ubuntu
>> user claims it resolves the skype problem for them.  Mind trying it to
>> confirm or not?
>
> Unfortunately, it still segfaults on my machine: Fedora 17, 64 bits, but Skype
> is 32 bits.
> renoir ~ $ rpm -q skype qtwebkit.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
> skype-4.1.0.20-fc16.i586
> qtwebkit-2.3.1-0.1.fc17.i686
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-304.64-3.fc17.i686

OK, another workaround, try invoking skype as:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 skype

Fwiw, anyone seeing this *not* using nvidia drivers?

-- rex