Yesterday my skypeforlinux
program started showing only a white screen after login. I see the chat window for a fraction of a second and then it goes white. The top menus still show (and appear functional, I can press 'quit') but no dialogs, chats, etc appear.
I have tried restarting and tried clearing the config/skypeforlinux
directory. No change. I don't have sudo
access to the machine so can't reinstall the software.
If I start Skype via the command line then I get the following messages just as the white screen appears:
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM mic_call
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM call
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM mic_call
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM call
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM mic_call
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM call
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 42 ()
Serial number of failed request: 10
Current serial number in output stream: 10
Any ideas what's happening here? It was working fine until yesterday.
Best Answer
@dermaze's solution worked for me too but version 8.10.0.4 is not available any more and the URL is now broken. I was able to download the Debian package with a previous version of Skype at this URL.