Cant open skype again after closing it

Question

i have skype installed but if i close the "main menu" it is still running in the background but i cant open it again. How can i open the window again?

what gui interface and ubuntu version are you using? – fossfreedom Jan 15 '12 at 13:44 — fossfreedom, Jan 15 '12 at 13:44
There is a new Skype beta. Works fine on ubuntu – fixxxera Aug 15 '16 at 11:14 — fixxxera, Aug 15 '16 at 11:14

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '12 at 15:03

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Skype does currently not play well on ubuntu. A work around in your current situation would be to kill all running skype instances e.g. pkill skype or killall skype and then launch skype again.

If you want to avoid this in the future, don't close skype, just minimize it.

As an alternative, you might want to try the skype wrapper as described here. As far as I know, this wrapper should be able to handle your situation as well.

answered Jan 15 '12 at 15:03

xubuntix

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+1, and if it does not work, then killall -9 skype – Michał Šrajer Jan 15 '12 at 15:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '16 at 11:04

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The solution is to run sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386 and then restart your computer. You will have an icon of skype in the top bar of Ubuntu, where you can reopen it and also you can see the amount the unread messages!

answered Aug 15 '16 at 11:04

aburbanol

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '12 at 00:14

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Have a look at this article:

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html

Skype is not white-listed in Ubuntu 11.10 but you can change this..

answered Jan 18 '12 at 00:14

Maximilian

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Cant open skype again after closing it

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