Starting skype from Unity-Launcher does'nt work

[Schorsch]

11.10 64bit
Unity 3D
skype 2.2.0.35-0oneiric2

Automatically adding a shortcut-icon after installing Skype via USC works fine. But from there skype does not start! (Just a pulsing icon no welcome-screen, no indicator-icon)
It is working from the dash (super+a) and from terminal.
When skype was started a second icon apears in the launcher an when you mark "stick in launcher" from contextmenu this icons works starting the programm.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Antti Teliö (antti-telio)]

There is a workaround (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pmM8l4H_s) but it should work "from the shelf" without any modifications of the software sources.

[Antti Teliö (antti-telio)]

Alright, I found the issue in file "/usr/share/app-install/desktop/skype.desktop". It tries to execute "skype-wrapper" which doesn't exist in the system. It should be just plain "skype", instead.
***
[Desktop Entry]
X-AppInstall-Package=skype
X-AppInstall-Proprietary=true
X-AppInstall-Channel=oneiric-partner
X-AppInstall-LicenseUri=/usr/share/app-install/channels/oneiric-partner.eula
X-AppInstall-Architectures=i386
Name=Skype
Comment=Skype Internet Telephony
Exec=skype-wrapper
Icon=skype.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
***
One may need to fix the same thing also in files "/usr/share/applications/skype.desktop" and "~/.local/share/applications/skype.desktop".

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[papukaija (papukaija)]

If you install skype-wrapper from its PPA, it adds a launcher for skype-wrapper but it uses the icon of Skype. Could you confirm if you have an other Skype icon in /usr/share/application? Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for skype (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]