In skype (both static and non-static), there is a problem with the autodetection script in /usr/bin/skype (which is a symlink to /opt/skype/skype). It contains the line skypecmd="MALLOC_CHECK_=0 artsdsp -m ${skypecmd}" which is run if a running artsd is found. It then tries to execute this, and fails. In ~/.Skype/skype.log, the following lines are logged Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge skype 2. type "skype" at the console while artsd is running 3. Actual Results: console output: $ skype Running artsd found Starting artsd wrapped skype ========================================== Running wrapped Skype failed, trying not-wrapped mode... ========================================== skype starts but because it is not wrapped, it cannot use the sound card contents of ~/.Skype/skype.log ~/.Skype $ cat skype.log ===== Tue Sep 27 16:18:37 BST 2005 ===== Starting artsd wrapped skype MALLOC_CHECK_=0 artsdsp -m /opt/skype/skype.bin --resources-path /opt/skype/ /usr/bin/skype: line 52: MALLOC_CHECK_=0: command not found Expected Results: the script should have ensured that "MALLOC_CHECK_=0" was interpreted correctly. My solution to the problem -- in /opt/skype/skype replace line 52: ${skypecmd} ${progopts} >> ${logfile} 2>> ${logfile} with: echo "${skypecmd} ${progopts} >> ${logfile} 2>> ${logfile}" | /bin/bash $ emerge info Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -msse2 -mtune=pentium4 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -msse2 -mtune=pentium4 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.solnet.ch http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" LANG="en_GB.utf8" LC_ALL="en_GB.utf8" LINGUAS="en_GB en fr eo ja" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X X509 aac aalib acpi alsa apm arts audiofile avi bash-completion bidi bzip2 cdparanoia cdr chroot cjk crypt curl dar32 dar64 dga directfb divx4linux doc dv dvd dvdread eds emboss encode erandom extras fbsplash ffmpeg fftw flac foomaticdb fortran ftp fusion gcj gd gdbm ggi gif glibc-omitfp graphviz gstreamer gtk2 hal hpn imagemagick imap imlib immqt ipv6 jabber java jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas koffice-plugin latex lcms libclamav libg++ libvisual libwww linguas_en linguas_eo linuxthreads-tls lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzo m17n-lib mad maildir mikmod mime mmx motif mozdevelop mozilla mozsvg mp3 mpeg msn multitarget ncurses netboot nls no-old-linux nptl ogg oggvorbis openexr opengl oss pam pcre pdflib php pic pie png posix qmail qt quicktime readline real reiserfs rss rtc ruby samba savedconfig sdk sdl sftp slang spamassassin speex spell sse sse2 ssl subject-rewrite subversion svg svga sysfs tcpd tetex threads tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts ucs2 ucs4 unicode vorbis win32codecs wmf xine xml2 xmms xv xvid yahoo zeroconf zlib video_cards_radeon linguas_en_GB linguas_fr linguas_ja userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS
*** Bug 109135 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Skype 1.3 and up now use ALSA so all these wrappers and stuff are no longer needed.
