Ubuntu
alsa-lib package

Skype immediatelly crashes after login

Bug #277994 reported by cartesius26 on 2008-10-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #273693: biarch alsa-lib path problem with Skype. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	alsa-lib (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

After login skype crashes with this message:

ALSA lib ../../src/conf.c:2700:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_conf_pulse.so
ALSA lib ../../../src/control/control.c:909:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
Aborted (core dumped)

System info:
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

skype:
  Installed: 2.0.0.72-0medibuntu1
  Candidate: 2.0.0.72-0medibuntu1
  Version table:
*** 2.0.0.72-0medibuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Revision history for this message

Ahmad Tarek (ahmadtarek) wrote on 2008-10-04:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #273693, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.