Skype doesn't start anymore

Bug #793425 reported by lindelof
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #788573: Skype crashes during start. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

This is what I get on the console when I start Skype:

$ skype
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so

/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Loading IM context type 'ibus' failed

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Loading IM context type 'ibus' failed
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so

/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to load type module: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ibus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(<unknown>:7773): Gtk-WARNING **: Loading IM context type 'ibus'

Skype used to work just fine before. I'm not 100% sure but the recent upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 could coincide with the appearance of this bug.

Ubuntu version:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

affects: ubuntu → skype (Ubuntu)
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