Skype server took a short break

Thank you, did the same on Ubuntu and it came back to life (~/.Skype/shared.xml, also incidentally deleted shared.lck but not sure if that was necessary or not)

StavrosK• 15 years ago

Moved shared.xml out of the way, everything works again, thank you!

teoruiz2• 15 years ago

Ha, they posted the instructions for the different OSes (but Linux) here: http://heartbeat.skype.com/2011/05/problems_signing_into_sky...

I wonder if all users will have to do that, because it would be a huge pain.

pilif• 15 years ago

Looking at that file, I see another case of severe XML misuse. If you have that amount of binary data to store, you probably shouldn't be using XML.

bad_user• 15 years ago

My Linux Skype client (ver 2.2) kept crashing on me since 3 hours ago, as in when I'm starting the client it stays open for about 3-4 seconds, then quits with message "Aborted".

To fix it, I first deleted ~/.Skype, then I disabled by Internet connection, then reopened Skype, then tried to login (of course it doesn't work, my net is down, but it's going in a loop mode continuously trying to connect), then re-enable my Internet connection.

Well, either that or just dumb luck, but I'm not touching it to see if the method is repeatable.

dave1010uk• 15 years ago

Deleting ~/.Skype worked for me. Did that earlier with no effect. A diff of the broken ~/.Skype with the working one shows loads of changes, most interesting is shared.xml, which appears to have some -1 values in the old one.

mbubb• 15 years ago

Reiterating the Windows and MacOSX fix:

http://heartbeat.skype.com/2011/05/problems_signing_into_sky...

For me on Ubuntu - simply moving the .Skype directory and rerunning the program worked

danparsonson2• 15 years ago

I fixed the problem by removing ~/.Skype/shared.xml, so if you need to do it again try that.

teoruiz2• 15 years ago

Even http://heartbeat.skype.com/ seems to be suffering, and when it loads it claims that everything is "working normally".

Sigh.

sapper2• 15 years ago

Downgrading to Skype 4.2 seems to solve it. http://blog.alertfox.com/2011/05/mysterious-skype-crash-down...

pearle• 15 years ago

Wow, ok -- I thought I was crazy for about 40 minutes this morning as I tried launching Skype on 4 of my computers (2 Windows 7 machines, 1 Ubuntu machine, and 1 MacBook Pro). It crashed within seconds on each and every one.

It's good to know it wasn't just me.

BTW, thanks to those of you who posted potential fixes.

andrewpi• 15 years ago

Everything seems to be back now. I didn't delete anything and launched Skype normally without any crashes.

Skype server took a short break

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