Crashes imediately unless sudo (Arch Linux)

[gwemmie]

I just installed the AUR package, and when I launch the program either through /opt/skype_unofficial_client/skype or /usr/bin/skype-desktop, it flashes the window and the Skype logo and crashes before reaching the login screen. There is no output related to the crash; only one line: "[0302/090355:INFO:nw_package.cc(175)] /opt/skype_unofficial_client/skype". After some fiddling, I figured out that it works fine if I run it with sudo. I've tried chmodding and chowning /opt/skype_unofficial_client to be writable by me, but neither of those methods work. I simply have to run it as root.

(gksu also works)

[gwemmie]

I found a new aspect to this behavior. Not only does it not launch properly unless I launch it as root, but it also inexplicably doesnt launch through alltray (as root) unless I first launch it NORMALLY as root (without alltray), log in, close it, and THEN use alltray. I have no idea why, but it's extremely annoying, since an app like this is useless without a tray icon.

[gwemmie]

OK, now I can't actually get alltray to work with it at all. I'll just open that as a separate issue then.

[closingin]

I have the same problem (the client opens a window and exits) but it seems like running the program with sudo doesn't help. I get the same output :

closingin@laptop1-linux1: skype-desktop [0330/225835:INFO:nw_package.cc(175)] ./skype --enable-spell-checking

Is there any option to enable debug or fix this ? By the way, by launching the app with no internet connection, i can get the window to stay opened, telling me i have no internet connection.

[gizmocodes]

I can say that the package from AUR works fine for me. What AUR Helper are you using (For example, I use Aura, while most people use Packer or Yaourt). Or are you using a helper?

[closingin]

I'm not using any, I download the tarball and use makepkg.

[BernardoGO]

This is happening for me too. Tried to install it from AUR using yaourt and also tried to compile it, same problem.

[nikita2206]

It also dumps the core by the way:

Process 19202 (skype) of user 1000 dumped core.

Stack trace of thread 19202:
#0  0x00007f95ac253977 n/a (libfreetype.so.6)
#1  0x00007f95ac254367 n/a (libfreetype.so.6)
#2  0x00007f95ac251c8f n/a (libfreetype.so.6)
#3  0x00007f95ac207cb1 FT_Load_Glyph (libfreetype.so.6)
#4  0x00007f95ac208070 FT_Get_Advances (libfreetype.so.6)
#5  0x00007f95b05d4ffc n/a (libnw.so)

[nikita2206]

By the way, I happen to have Infinality-bundle installed with patched freetype2 (infinality-freetype2), seems like it's causing the issue

[HighIO]

@nikita2206 Hi, it works fine with infinality-bundle in my Arch except the error [8288:8288:0702/183855:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(253)] Gtk: IA__gtk_widget_add_accelerator: assertion 'GTK_IS_ACCEL_GROUP (accel_group)' failed

Besides I had to setfattr -n user.pax.flags -v em /opt/skype_unofficial_client/skype in linux-grsec kernel

[Kuchiriel]

This issue persists?

[scorpp]

yes, happens to me to. Archlinux, built with makepkg, freetype2 from infinality-bundle

Stack trace of thread 24334:
               #0  0x00007efe4c944c54 n/a (libfreetype.so.6)
               #1  0x00007efe4c945da0 n/a (libfreetype.so.6)
               #2  0x00007efe4c94420f n/a (libfreetype.so.6)
               #3  0x00007efe4c8fa1f1 FT_Load_Glyph (libfreetype.so.6)
               #4  0x00007efe4c8fa5b0 FT_Get_Advances (libfreetype.so.6)
               #5  0x00007efe50cdbffc n/a (libnw.so)

Update: i installed nwjs-bin from AUR and started skype-unofficial with nw . and it worked fine.